Everyone in life have goals they want to achieve,and by setting these goals it gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation  Thats focuses you on to organizing your time and resources so that you can make the very most of your life. Also, setting clear defined goals can help you measure your knowledge to achieve those goals, and you'll see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind. You will also raise your self-confidence, as you recognize your own ability and competence in achieving the goals that you've set. Obviously the only way this an happen is by the (SMART) goal setting criteria: