People have many different goals. Get their dream job, make a sales target for their company, learn a new skill or master an existing one, improve their existing relationships or make new ones.
Sometimes when people discuss their goals, these come across as aspirational. We want to start working as a data scientist, but do not take serious action towards getting a career. We want to make new friends, yet never put ourselves out there to meet people.
Some of these goals are not true goals. They should be discarded. But for any serious goal, we should research the path to success. Determine what actions and behaviors are likely to help us reach it. We can look to others who reached our target goals to understand what actions may be worth emulating.
By researching what is required for success, we have a path. While in some cases success is based on luck, with most things you can change the probabilities in your favor. You just need to do the appropriate actions and spend your time and energy pursuing it.
Any meaningful goal will have a price. Just figure out the costs and then pay the price.