A fruitful life is a life spent setting and hitting targets or goals. For it would be a flat and thoroughly boring life if one never set any goals but just went on living each day as it comes. Goals are targets we set to help us reach certain levels, often greater than the current level we are in.

Although everyone has different reasons for setting goals, the underlying core of goal-setting is to become better versions of ourselves. Setting and achieving goals help us to grow into better peo...