Goal
noun
A target or result that someone tries to achieve.
Her goal is to become a lawyer.
Often appears as...
- achieve a goal
- set a goal
noun
In sports, a point scored when a player sends the ball or puck into a net or meets some other criteria.
He scored a goal in the last minute of the game.
Often appears as...
- score a goal
- shoot a goal
noun
The area or net into which players must send the ball or puck in order to score a point.
The goalkeeper prevented the ball from entering the goal.
Often appears as...
- goal line
- goal post
noun
In business, a desired result a company plans and commits to achieve.
Our main goal for the next fiscal year is to increase sales by 15%.
Often appears as...
- business goal
- financial goal
noun
A target or result that someone tries to achieve.
Her goal is to become a lawyer.
Often appears as...
- achieve a goal
- set a goal
noun
In sports, a point scored when a player sends the ball or puck into a net or meets some other criteria.
He scored a goal in the last minute of the game.
Often appears as...
- score a goal
- shoot a goal
noun
The area or net into which players must send the ball or puck in order to score a point.
The goalkeeper prevented the ball from entering the goal.
Often appears as...
- goal line
- goal post
noun
In business, a desired result a company plans and commits to achieve.
Our main goal for the next fiscal year is to increase sales by 15%.
Often appears as...
- business goal
- financial goal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Aspiration
Refers to someone's personal ambitions or desires in life or career.
My goal is to master English within two years.
Pro Tip 2/3Planning Required
Achieving a goal usually involves planning and effort.
She set a goal to read 50 books this year.
Pro Tip 3/3Long or Short-term
Goals can be immediate or require a long-term strategy.
His short-term goal is to improve his presentation skills.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Aspiration
Refers to someone's personal ambitions or desires in life or career.
My goal is to master English within two years.
Pro Tip 2/3Planning Required
Achieving a goal usually involves planning and effort.
She set a goal to read 50 books this year.
Pro Tip 3/3Long or Short-term
Goals can be immediate or require a long-term strategy.
His short-term goal is to improve his presentation skills.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Aspiration
Refers to someone's personal ambitions or desires in life or career.
My goal is to master English within two years.
Pro Tip 2/3Planning Required
Achieving a goal usually involves planning and effort.
She set a goal to read 50 books this year.
Pro Tip 3/3Long or Short-term
Goals can be immediate or require a long-term strategy.
His short-term goal is to improve his presentation skills.
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What makes muscles grow?...
because the way you treat them on a daily basis determines whether they will wither or grow. Say you're standing in front of a door, ready to pull it open. Your brain and muscles are perfectly poised to help you achieve this goal. First, your brain sends a signal to motor neurons inside your arm. When they receive this message, they fire,
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The Egyptian Book of the...
The goal of the two-month process is to preserve Ani's body as an ideal form with which his spirit can eventually reunite. But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates, all guarded by fearsome beasts -
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How playing sports...
Some of the most significant are psychological benefits, both in the short and long term. Some of those come from the communal experience of being on a team, for instance, learning to trust and depend on others, to accept help, to give help, and to work together towards a common goal.
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How to practice...
takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence. So what does practice do in our brains to make us better at things? Our brains have two kinds of neural grey matter and white matter.
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5 tips to improve your...
If you're trying to decide on a diet to improve your nutrition, you may ask an expert for their advice, or seek other people's testimonies. Information gathering helps you weigh different options, moving you closer to a decision that meets your goal. apply the information,
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The psychological weight...
later and you're almost at your goal i learned that i had to keep track of everything so i used iphone apps like lose it and i use my up band to track how much sleep i was getting and how much exercise i was getting along the way and this really helped me to keep the
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5 ways to kill your...
Life is never about the goals themselves. Life is about the journey. Yes, you should enjoy the goals themselves, but people think that you have dreams, and whenever you get to reaching one of those dreams, it's a magical place where happiness will be all around.
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
'Cause we always thought that we would have each other, and she always saw the best in everyone, no matter who it was, she just like brought out their light. And her lifelong goal was to be a healer. And she got her dream job as a transplant nurse,
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What happens when our...
take control of the world and stick electrodes into the facial muscles of humans to cause constant, beaming grins. Another example, suppose we give A.I. the goal to solve a difficult mathematical problem. When the A.I. becomes superintelligent,
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CUTE Orphan Orangutans...
or a maternal age vulnerable orphan has gone through the trauma of losing his or her mother the long-term goal is to release them into protected forests and
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What makes muscles grow?...
because the way you treat them on a daily basis determines whether they will wither or grow. Say you're standing in front of a door, ready to pull it open. Your brain and muscles are perfectly poised to help you achieve this goal. First, your brain sends a signal to motor neurons inside your arm. When they receive this message, they fire,
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
The goal of the two-month process is to preserve Ani's body as an ideal form with which his spirit can eventually reunite. But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates, all guarded by fearsome beasts -
Video examples
How playing sports...
Some of the most significant are psychological benefits, both in the short and long term. Some of those come from the communal experience of being on a team, for instance, learning to trust and depend on others, to accept help, to give help, and to work together towards a common goal.
Video examples
How to practice...
takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence. So what does practice do in our brains to make us better at things? Our brains have two kinds of neural grey matter and white matter.
Video examples
5 tips to improve your...
If you're trying to decide on a diet to improve your nutrition, you may ask an expert for their advice, or seek other people's testimonies. Information gathering helps you weigh different options, moving you closer to a decision that meets your goal. apply the information,
Video examples
The psychological weight...
later and you're almost at your goal i learned that i had to keep track of everything so i used iphone apps like lose it and i use my up band to track how much sleep i was getting and how much exercise i was getting along the way and this really helped me to keep the
Video examples
5 ways to kill your...
Life is never about the goals themselves. Life is about the journey. Yes, you should enjoy the goals themselves, but people think that you have dreams, and whenever you get to reaching one of those dreams, it's a magical place where happiness will be all around.
Video examples
Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
'Cause we always thought that we would have each other, and she always saw the best in everyone, no matter who it was, she just like brought out their light. And her lifelong goal was to be a healer. And she got her dream job as a transplant nurse,
Video examples
What happens when our...
take control of the world and stick electrodes into the facial muscles of humans to cause constant, beaming grins. Another example, suppose we give A.I. the goal to solve a difficult mathematical problem. When the A.I. becomes superintelligent,
Video examples
CUTE Orphan Orangutans...
or a maternal age vulnerable orphan has gone through the trauma of losing his or her mother the long-term goal is to release them into protected forests and
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Robert Collier
American Author
Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
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Future
American Musician
I want my money to be different. I'm not trying to have rapper money. My goal is to be able to get everything from the world that I can get.
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Lou Holtz
American Coach
If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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Les Brown
American Speaker
Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.
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Viktor E. Frankl
Austrian Psychologist
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
The goal of all life is death.
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Robert Collier
American Author
Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.
Quote examples
Thomas Jefferson
American President
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Quote examples
Future
American Musician
I want my money to be different. I'm not trying to have rapper money. My goal is to be able to get everything from the world that I can get.
Quote examples
Lou Holtz
American Coach
If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
Quote examples
Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
Quote examples
Zig Ziglar
American Author
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Quote examples
Les Brown
American Speaker
Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.
Quote examples
Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.
Quote examples
Viktor E. Frankl
Austrian Psychologist
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
The goal of all life is death.
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