November 20, 2009

A Practical Formula To Help You Set And Achieve All Your Goals

Take a good look into your future, how does it appear? Please tell me you have a vision of the life you desire. It's a must. After all, if you know where it is you wish to go, there's a good chance you will get there. If you have no idea of where it is you're going, it is certain you'll get nowhere.

Zig Ziglar, one of the all time greats of goal setting and achievement said it like this: What he can do is take the sharpest archer the world over and inside of just a three minutes, he could have you shooting arrows with accuracy much greater than that of the archer. What he quickly adds is, he would put a blinfold on the archer and turn him around three or four times so he'd have no idea where the target was located.

The point Ziglar is making is nobody can strike a target which they're not able to see? If your desire is to live a better life but lack knowing exactly what it is you want, then how will it ever become reality?

Some will refer to it as goal setting while others might their big dream. However you reference it, it is critical to your achievement that you have a clear goal in mind.

Once you do have a clear vision of where you'd like to be, the next thing would be to reverse engineer the steps necessary to get there. The most efficient means of achieving your vision is to figure out where you're headed then work on what it will take to get there.

Here, I'll give you a perfect example. I can recall a time when I was watching the summer Olympics. The event being covered was the women's marathon. The marathon is a race of 26 miles which ended in the main arena. After running 25.75 miles the athletes ran into the arena, did a complete lap around the track prior to crossing the finish line. The goal is to cross that finish line which marked the end of a 26 mile race.

Now, do you think the Olympic committee will randomly pick a starting point at some distance from the arena and held out hope that the route chosen would somehow work out to 26 miles? Or maybe do you think this person began at the finish line, which included a single lap around the track, and worked their way backwards to find their precise starting point?

Obviously , planning out the complete 26 mile race couldn't have been possible unless the Olympic committee began at the finish line and worked their way backwards to locate the spot where the marathon would begin. destinations in life.

Taking action to reach your goal is of utmost importance. Do not wait to take action, start right now. What good is having your vision and reverse engineering the steps necessary to get there if those steps aren't actually taken.

Let me give you these 7 words that can help you reach your goals and change your life. With the end in mind, start now. If you do this, if you take action starting today, right now, with your desired outcome in mind it will be a certainty that your dream life will become your reality. This I can promise you.

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Filed under Goal Setting by amauser

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