Goals give our lives purpose and meaning. Without goals, we just drift aimlessly, and we're not motivated. Lindner quoted a Harvard University study that asked graduates if they had goals for their lives. The study followed their careers over the next 25 years and discovered that the three percent who had goals had more stable marriages, had better health, and were more wealthy than the other 97 percent. They also led much happier lives.
Enthusiasm is produced by having goals.
I want to challenge you today to set high goals for yourself. Lindner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Wright of Warner Robins and lives in Rome, Ga., with her husband, Jamie Lindner. She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in early childhood education. She was named to the dean's list each semester she attended Berry. Lindner was valedictorian of the 1995 Northside High School graduating class.