I've been studying success and the psychology of success for more than 25 years. I've spoken about this subject to many thousands of successful men and women. Ultimately, everyone comes to the same conclusion. "Success cannot be achieved without goals."
The ability to set goals and make plans for their accomplishment is, in reality, the "master skill" of success. It is the single most important skill that you can ever learn and perfect. Goal-setting will do more to help you achieve the things you want in life than anything else you've been exposed to.
Becoming an expert at goal-setting and goal-achieving is something that you absolutely must do if you wish to fulfill your potential as a human being.
Goals enable you to do the work you want to do, to live where you want to live, to be with the people you enjoy, and to become the kind of person you want to become. Setting goals enables you to achieve all of these.
If one of your goals is to make a lot of money, then there's very little that can stop you from achieving financial success. There are millions of men and women who have started in poverty and obscurity and by setting goals, have achieved wealth and prestige. There is virtually no limit to the financial rewards you can obtain. All you have to do is to set them as goals, make a plan, and then work the plan until you succeed in that area.
The whole purpose of setting goals and making plans is for you to be able to choose the kind of life you want to live.