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A great deal has been said and written about goals and the setting of goals. Unfortunately, much of what has been written doesn't give a complete picture and often times leads to even greater frustration. In reality, there are two major problems with what has been taught about goals:
1. They are written for tomorrow—not today.
2. They are thoughts based on what you “hope” you can achieve.
That may not sound so bad, but it really sets you up for failure. Let me explain why:
When something is based on “what if,” there is always doubt. Nothing destroys positive mental sight quicker than doubt. Thoughts can become desires that have no positive mental connection. Oh, you’ll get the thoughts, but they die from lack of positive mental nourishment. This makes goal setting a very self-destructive act for many people!
When we live in tomorrow, what happens to today? Most ideas that start in tomorrow get buried under the crisis of today. Unless life begins today, tomorrow remains a vacant room that you keep planning to decorate.
Here are some questions that you can ask yourself to help you achieve your dreams:
Q: What do I really want to achieve? This gives your mind direction. It allows your imagination to sketch a picture you can color each day with designed action.
Q: Why do I really want to achieve this? This creates the motivation. The answer to this question becomes the mental control you use in the moments of doubt. During the year, those moments will creep into your mental processing. The answer to this question lets you
face and then remove the doubt.
Q: What price am I willing to pay to achieve my dream? This is the most important question. The desires of life don’t break down at the point of drive; the drive is taken away when you are no longer willing to pay the mental and emotional price to have your dream.
Q: What must I do today to create a possibility? This becomes the daily question you ask yourself every morning. The answer to this question designs your daily agenda. It gives each day direction, purpose and meaning. It designs each day as an investment of your time, talent and resources.
Q: Will this action make my dream easier or more difficult? This is the monitoring question. Before you take any action, place the action against this question. If the action creates a distraction or detour, then don’t take it.
Learn this and learn it well: each time you hesitate on your journey, your mind wanders off and when it comes back it has missed what happened during its detour. Then you have gone backward instead of forward.
For the past 26 years, Richard Flint has been helping people live the life of THEIR dreams, not someone else's. He'll give you the insight and direction you need to fit the puzzle pieces together perfectly. Listening to Richard for just a few hours is like taking a crash course in 'Success as a Lifestyle'. To learn more about how to set goals that work, visit http://www.RichardFlintsInnerCircle.com and sign up for a 14-day trial to Richard's member's only website.
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