Set a goal to be the best!

"I want to be the best cook in London!" - Louisa Leyton, The Duchess of Duke Street




I love to watch BBC period dramas and I have been working my way through quite a few by instantly downloading them through Netflix. Over the Labor Day weekend I watched the first few episodes of The Duchess of Duke Street. Its a tale of a young servant girl with high ambitions that she, through a winding path, achieves.


What got me thinking was the strength of her declaration "I want to be the best cook in London!" It seemed so courageous to say it out loud. Then she follows up by making choices and doing everything in her power to move toward that goal, accepting nothing less. Later I was asking myself the question, what have I ever declared I want to be the very best at? I have many strings to my bow as our times dictate being versatile broadens your chances of staying employed. Can I be the very best if my energies are so dissipated. Probably not.


What if I did make such a declaration out loud and followed through? I can feel my fear of not being able to meet my goal come up, a fear of failure to do what I said I wanted. The truth is if we don't set goals or fail to make a plan then we are planning to fail. Also our goals need to be broken down to immediately reachable as we work toward the grander objective otherwise we may become disheartened if we don't see some results. I am inspired to set a goal of being the best at what I do. The next thing is to really explore what that takes and take those steps. I'm starting today, I hope you do too.