ESL Questions Goals
Goals
Goals drive us forward, or so we believe. These 75 questions explore why we set goals, what happens when we don't reach them, and what goals really mean.
Beginner
Do you have goals?
What's your main goal right now?
When do you want to achieve it?
Have you reached a goal before?
What goal makes you happy?
Is your goal education or career?
Do you set goals for yourself?
How do you plan to reach it?
Are your goals realistic?
Do you tell people your goals?
Have you failed at a goal?
What would you do if achieved?
Is having goals important?
What goal scares you most?
Do you have short or long goals?
Are your goals your own or others'?
Do goals change over time?
What stops you from reaching goals?
How do you stay motivated?
Do goals make you work harder?
What's your biggest dream goal?
When do you check your progress?
Do family goals matter to you?
Have you changed your goals?
What goal would make you proud?
Intermediate
How do you set meaningful goals for yourself?
What's the difference between dreams and goals?
How do you stay motivated to reach goals?
Have you ever had to change your goals?
Do you think having goals is necessary?
What happens when you don't reach a goal?
How do you balance different goals?
Should goals be realistic or ambitious?
Do you think goals should be shared?
What makes a goal worth pursuing?
How do you deal with setbacks?
Are your goals influenced by others?
Do you track your progress toward goals?
What role does luck play in achieving?
Should goals be flexible or fixed?
How do you celebrate reaching goals?
Do you think most people achieve their goals?
What would you sacrifice for your goal?
How has your goal changed over time?
Do you think society pushes certain goals?
What's the relationship between goals and happiness?
Should you set goals for other people?
How do you handle goal-related stress?
Do you prioritize one goal over another?
What advice would you give about goals?
Advanced
If you don't know your goal, are you lost?
Do goals actually motivate or just create anxiety?
Should goals be about achievement or meaning?
If everyone reaches their goal, is society better?
Can pursuing goals destroy your present happiness?
Do we set goals to avoid facing ourselves?
Should we chase goals others expect or our own?
If you reach your goal, is the journey wasted?
Can a goal ever be truly yours?
Does having no goals make you free?
Should we encourage poor people to have big goals?
Do goals perpetuate inequality?
Can goals ever be achieved, or always ahead?
If a goal requires compromising values?
Should we define success by goal achievement?
Do goals give life meaning or false meaning?
Can you be content without goals?
Should we judge people by their goals?
If everyone pursues goals, who cares for community?
Do goals serve us or do we serve goals?
Is goal-setting a privilege of the wealthy?
Can unfulfilled goals haunt you forever?
Should we grieve for goals we abandon?
If you achieve your goal, does it fulfill you?
What would life look like without goals?