The first step of achievement

This was a note-to-self I wrote a while back. Maybe it's of interest to you, or maybe you're a self accomplished happy person. Either way, here it goes:

"There's been something bothering you lately and you know this isn't the first time it has crossed your mind. The fact is, you don't elucidate your aspirations to yourself. I can't help but feel that this is nothing more then a precaution you take. You purposely don't spend the time to set and define goals for yourself so that you don't run the risk of failing. Its seems like an artificial way of preserving your self esteem and it's clear why this tendency is lamentable ... You know what you want from life and what you expect from yourself. It's a matter of delineating these aspiration, both professional and personal, and working your hardest to achieve them. The idea is simply to take an affirmative stance and accept the risk that comes along with it.
...Maybe simply wasn't the appropriate word."

I guess all this gibberish can be summed up to: Without pinpointing your feelings and desires all you're doing is shooting at a infinitely large target with a tiny bull’s-eye.