The real value of setting and achieving goals lies not in the rewards you receive but in the person you become as a result of reaching your goals and arriving at your mountaintop. When you achieve a goal, whether that goal was to be an extraordinary leader or a better parent, you will have grown as a person in the process. Often, you will not be able to detect this growth, but the growth will have occurred at an invisible level. You have built awareness and self-discipline, discovered new things about your abilities and manifested more of your human potential. These are rewards in and of themselves.