Over many years, I read, watched, and listened to many motivational gurus before formulating the recipe for success that you see here. Thirty-two years later, I still refer to it and benefit from its advice. I hope you will, as well.
Yet, I remind you now, as I often remind myself, “No matter how memorable the words nor how wise the advice, remembering them, repeating them, and praising them is not enough. You only get full value from them when you actually use them.”
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SET GOALS for your life that reflect your personal priorities, stir your imagination, and stimulate your enthusiasm.
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Most of us spend most of our Lives pursuing other people’s goals. As children, it seemed we were always trying to please parents, teachers, or friends and live up to their goals for us. Even as adults, most of our time is spent looking after our children to make them successful, earning money to pay for our family’s lifestyle goals, or striving to achieve company goals so we can keep our jobs.
It is good to help others. Even our own personal goals should benefit others as well as ourselves. Yet, no one ever becomes a success until they are in motion toward their own personal goals.
CHOOSE GOALS
- big enough to excite you,
- appealing enough to stir actions by you,
- demanding enough to challenge you,
- close enough to be attainable by you,
- valuable enough to be worth the cost to you,
- important enough to evoke persistence by you until you have attained them or replaced them.
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HAVE PLANS for reaching your goals that are clear, comprehensive, and complete.
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Something stands between you and your goals, or you would have them already. What are those obstacles and roadblocks? Question: what is it that is keeping you from doing all the things you really want to do, from having all the things you really want to have, from becoming the kind of person you really want to be?
What will it take to overcome, get around, or remove those obstacles and roadblocks? How could you arrange to do what it will take? When could you arrange to do what it will take? Where could you arrange to do what it will take?
How much will it cost? Are you willing to pay the price? If not, then forget that goal and move on to another.
If yes, create a detailed, written plan. Break it down into small steps that allow you to take positive action toward your most important goals each day. Include a way to track your progress.
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INTENSIFY DESIRE for your goals by focusing on their benefits and visualizing yourself enjoying them.
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Every day, practice visualizing yourself as if you have already achieved your goals.
SEE IT
Practice seeing yourself doing the things you really want to do, using all the things you really want to have, and being the kind of person you really want to be.
SAY IT
Every day, practice talking out loud to yourself about your goals as if you already have achieved them.
FEEL IT
Then, practice feeling the way you want to feel when you do the things you want to do, when you use the things you want to have, and when you become the kind of person you really want to be. The more clearly, intensely, and frequently you visualize yourself as if you have already achieved your goals, the more surely and quickly you will achieve them!
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NURTURE CONFIDENCE in your ability to reach your goals by focusing on your positive plans, powers, and potentials.
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At one time, you did not know a single word, much less how to speak, write a sentence or compose a thought. At one time, you could not crawl, much less walk, run, or drive a car.
You have succeeded again and again on your journey to where you are, and you will succeed again and again on your journey to where you want to be.
Remember each of your old successes. Picture each of your new successes as you will create them by unlocking more of your potential, exercising more of your powers, and executing each of the small steps in your plans. The more frequently and intensely you visualize each of these successes, the more quickly and surely you will be filled with indomitable self-confidence.
Once you have this kind of self-confidence, you cannot resist taking the actions that will get you to your goals.
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EXERCISE DETERMINATION to reach your goals with persistent daily progress despite obstacles, opinions, or actions by others.
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With the other four steps firmly in place, your success is just a matter of time, a matter of taking one more step and then another and another, always moving closer to your most important goals.
It is normal to adjust and refine your goals over time, but do not be dissuaded from your mission simply because of difficult obstacles, well-intentioned opinions, or malicious actions directed at diverting you.
You have goals, plans, desires, and confidence. You need only persist one more day at a time to MAKE YOUR LIFE SHINE WITH SUCCESS!
Graham Rouse
Editor: ROUSEings.com
© GM Rouse 2024. All rights reserved.
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