True success is all about working towards meaningful goals. Setting goals is one of the most important things you can do for yourself.
"Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life ----- LES BROWN
These are great quote that has helped me over time in setting goals and achieving them.
I have achieved so many goals in my life and I learnt on the road to achieving them that they must be properly set to bring you success. As a privileged newbie, I had the opportunity to receive a fresh lecture, from great leaders 
WHAT ARE THE BENEFIT OF SETTING GOALS?
When you take your goals as your company or business, your target would be growth, great achievement, success and the best of the best. To achieve all this we need to *set our goals properly Which leads me to the benefits of setting goals.
- Gives you direction and makes you focused.
- It defines reality and separates it from all your wishful thinking.
- It keeps you motivated
- It makes you improve on all sides
- You would know your strength and weakness.
- It makes you responsible.
It doesn't end in setting goals but "SETTING SMART GOALS".
WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS AS REGARDS YOUR HIVE POWER, YOUR FOLLOWERS, YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND CONSISTENCY AND ANY OTHER GOALS AS A NEWBIE'S HIVE?
- HIVE POWER
My current HP(Hive power) is 52.618HP
I look forward to achieving 62HP in 7weeks I can do more than this but with all I do for a living and my love for writing and multi-tasking, I hope for the best.
- MY FOLLOWERS
My current followers as of 17/10/2022 are 22
Am very positive that at the end of 7weeks I would gain 32 followers and more.
- MY ENGAGEMENT
Below, it shows my engagement, a total of 514 comments
I can do better than this. With my understanding of engagement, I look forward to attaining a total comment of 650comments in 7weeks.
- CONSISTENCY
The things you don't know are bigger than you.
I never knew consistency was one of the KEY WIN to hive, now I know from my first lecture as a newbie, I look forward to the best. - REPUTATION
My current reputation is 55 and my goal is to reach 60 in the next 7 weeks. The key is motivation to be consistent.
WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES YOU WANT TO PUT IN PLACE TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS?
The rules of SMART GOALS come to play which are specific, measurable, attainable and relevant. There is something I do on a daily bases mostly when I have a task I need to achieve. I do it before I go to bed so it's easy for me to work on them the following day A TO DO PLAN now I put all my goals on a WORK SHEET TABLE CALLED A TO DO PLAN I have to make sure my goals are attainable.
| column1 | column2 | column3 |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | Achievement plan | Target Date |
A. For my HP(HIVE POWER)
Now I know I have to be specific in choosing a good quality post, going through the site that encourages post, I make I post and I plan to post consistently.
B. For my FOLLOWERS
I know now, my follower's develop the blogs I need to make new friends from the know which are my fellow newbies, team leads and those who comment on my post. To the unknown random pick those I visit their blog with beautiful and inspiring stories.
C. For MY ENGAGEMENT
It has to be better now I have a good understanding of engagement, I have to make out time to engage in people's posts and also make good comments that would lead the author to come to me.
D. For CONSISTENCY
This has to be a day visit, it's my company now, my business, my office I must visit every day, check who came to visit if I have new emails, reply to them and find out if there is something new to learn and also contribute.
E. For REPUTATION
This would change in 7weeks now my engagement level has increased, my followers also increased, and my hive power changed too, definitely my reputation would change. This can be attainable because am focused to be productive to make a profitable change.
WHAT DO YOU THINK MIGHT HINDER YOU FROM ACHIEVING YOUR SET GOALS?
- I wouldn't want anything to hinder me, but am not a perfectionist. As a mother, a wife, a drilling engineer and I live in one of the busiest cities in Lagos state Nigeria.
- Power failure which is already a hindrance to my late post today.
- Being in good health is what I always pray for. You can never cheat nature, once you are sick you would not be able to perform effectively.
- force majeure is something we do not pray for because currently in lokoja, Kogi state flood has taken over the state. We all know how this would affect them.
All thanks to the newbies initiative team 
All thanks to my team lead 
Thank you for reading