HOW TO SET A GOAL

HOW TO SET A GOAL

1. - How to CHOOSE a goal?

Do you have problems choosing a goal? Do you have too many? Or don’t you

have any goals at all? Then this chapter is for you!

We all want better life. We all have wishes. Wishes are goals - but goals with

snap, crackle, and pop.

Goals provide the process that can take you where you want to go, but too often

they don't provide the inspiration to get you there.

Wishes are different. They have impact - like being struck by lightning instead of

by a lightning bug. They let you dream. They let you soar. They let you tap into a

source of limitless possibility and boundless energy that gives you the power to

accomplish what you might otherwise never have imagined.

If you want to make things happen in your life, don't think about goals -

think about making your wishes come true.

Before you can make your wishes come true, you must first decide what to wish

for. Many people grind through one work week after another, daydreaming about

the good life, but they rarely master a clear idea of what that “good life” should

be.

Figure out what you really want.

Not what you’re supposed to want, not what someone else wants for you, but

what you in your heart want for yourself.

How to discover what you really want

The easiest way to find out what you really want is to ask yourself. Specifically,

ask your subconscious mind – the powerhouse of your intellect.

Here is the technique that will help you discover what you really want from life.

Brainstorming technique

This is the first step to getting what you want in life. Brainstorming is a little

magical, because it removes the self-imposed limits you've set for yourself, while

at the same time exposing the secret desires you have kept tucked away.

Don't skip over it!

You may think you know what you want, but don't take a chance on limiting

yourself. You'll be surprised.

Ask yourself: “What do I want to have, be and do in my life?”

Take a piece of paper and write down every thought that comes to you about

what you want in your life.

Don’t think about whether you can do these things or whether you can have them

- just punch them out as fast as you can.

Don't even think about the word "realistic"!

Each idea that comes to you will bring out other things. Write every thought

down even if it sounds silly or outlandish. The silliest one may lead to the most

important one. This exercise should take twenty minutes or more. Don't stop until

you have exhausted your imagination.

Just let the thoughts flow and write them down without qualification.

This will be the most important step you have ever taken to become the person

you want to be in life. This is the point in your life that you can exercise your

greatest power, the power of choice, to choose whether you want to live your

life by accident, or make it what you want it to be.

You'll have thoughts about what you want to look like, how much money you

want to make, what kind of mate you want to find and what your career will be.

You'll think about what kind of family you want to have, what "things' you want to

have, where you want to live and what kind of house you want.

The sky is the limit.

Don't eliminate anything that pops out of your mind.

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

When you’re done, take a break. Stand and stretch; go to the bathroom, take a

walk. When you come back, you’re going to switch gears, and you’ll need to feel

fresh enough to take on a new challenge.

How to prioritize your Wish List.

You have just created your first honest-to-goodness Wish List. At this stage in

your wishing career, it’s a good idea to work on only one wish at a time, so you

need to decide which item on your list you want to work on first. Here’s how to go

about it.

Look at the first two items on your list. Which is more important to you? In your

mind label that item your Current Choice. Then move to the next item on your

list and compare it with your Current Choice. Which of them is more important to

you? The one you prefer becomes your Current Choice.

Repeat this process for each item on your list. When you come to the end of your

list, the Current Choice that remains is the single most important item on your list.

It’s the first wish you’re going to make come true, the wish you’re going to

work on for the rest of this book.

2. - Are you willing to pay the PRICE?

At a cocktail party one evening, a famous pianist gave a recital. Afterward, her

hostess said, “I would gave anything to be able to play like you.”

The pianist looked at her thoughtfully for a moment and replied, “No you

wouldn’t.”

The hostess, surprised and embarrassed in front of her guest, said, “I most

certainly would.”

The pianist shook her head. “You would love to play as I play now, but you are

not willing to practice eight hours a day for twenty years to learn how to play that

way.”

Take whatever you want, said God, but pay for it.

- Spanish Proverb

Every wish has its price. You can have anything you want if you are willing to

pay that price. The price may be time, money, or efforts. It may be in what you

have to give up in order to get what you want.

Your willingness to pay the price is what gives you the power to cause your wish

to come true.

If you are 100% willing to pay the price, then you are 100% likely to

succeed.

Pay the price and your wish will come true.