| If I say to you go to a specific house in a town | | | | How good would our society be if everyone was |
| and when you get there you will be given a piece | | | | really good at setting and achieving their goals? |
| of paper with something written on it and this | | | | How would your life be different if you had the |
| thing will allow you to set and achieve virtually any | | | | ability from an early age to set and achieve |
| goal you want to, would you want that? Would | | | | virtually any goal you set yourself? |
| you like that piece of paper? What if I said I have | | | | Want to halve your handicap? Want to play single |
| this piece of paper but I am not sure if you really | | | | figure golf or get to scratch? Would you like to |
| want it. | | | | play on Tour? I can virtually guarantee that if you |
| You know what goals are? They are destinations. | | | | follow just the little advice on goal setting here, |
| They are where you want to get to aren't they? | | | | you will get results that will knock your socks off. |
| Like halve your handicap, win the club | | | | If you learn from this study and apply it to your |
| championship, play on Tour. If you set a | | | | golf you may just get some pretty amazing |
| destination then your mind will work out the route | | | | results. |
| to get you there. | | | | A great study was done many years ago. It |
| Analogy: Get a satnav, program in a destination | | | | involved asking a class of college graduates if |
| and it will show you the route to achieve your | | | | they had written their goals down on paper. Only |
| goal of arriving at your new desired destination. | | | | 3% said that they had written goals.Years later |
| Do nothing with it and it will get you nowhere. | | | | the group was contacted again to find out what |
| Your mind is a satnav beyond your wildest | | | | had happened to each graduate. This amazing |
| dreams. More powerful than any man made | | | | study revealed that the 3% who had written their |
| device. This is a fact that any high achieving | | | | goals down were worth more financially than the |
| person in Sport, business, relationships, life, will | | | | other 97% combined! |
| confirm with you - FACT. | | | | If that doesn't convince you of the power of |
| Read the first paragraph again. How on earth are | | | | writing your goals down then nothing will. You |
| you going to get that piece of paper if I have not | | | | could believe it if you want to or try it yourself |
| given you the exact address of the house where | | | | for a year or two. |
| your goal setting and achieving paper is? You can't | | | | The goal setting and achieving genius Brian Tracy |
| because you don't have the destination. If you | | | | does not just recommend you write your goals |
| don't want to get to new places in your life, | | | | down once a year, once a quarter, once a month |
| literally and figuratively, achieve new things, then | | | | or even every week. No, he recommends you |
| all you have to do is SET NO GOALS. | | | | spend 15 minutes every day writing down and |
| Just about everyone has set goals at some time | | | | thinking about your goals. What I do know is that |
| in their life; but very few people actually set and | | | | if you follow that advice you will very quickly |
| achieve goals on a regular basis. Many goals set | | | | start achieving goals in ways you never thought |
| every year, called new years resolutions, are just | | | | possible. Within a few years, perhaps even one, |
| "wish Lists" and I'm afraid it's the same for the | | | | you may achieve more great goals than you |
| vast majority of goals people think about and | | | | have done your entire life. |
| "Wish" to achieve. Wish lists never get achieved. | | | | Does that motivate you to start writing? It |
| Why is it that people are so poor at setting and | | | | better! Write your goals down on paper and at |
| achieving goals? I'll tell you, BECAUSE THE VAST | | | | least review them every day. There now, you |
| MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO | | | | have the piece of paper I promised you. It has |
| SET AND ACHIEVE GOALS PROPERLY. Want | | | | real power if you seriously want to achieve your |
| proof? Ask people how often they write their | | | | dreams. |
| goals down on paper and review them on a | | | | Too simple? OK then you could ignore this advice |
| regular basis. Virtually no one. And if they are | | | | and keep doing what the 97% of people do, |
| honest they will also admit that they never | | | | nothing, or you could give it a try for a year or |
| achieve very much of their "Wish List" stuff | | | | two, change your life and achieve like the 3% do. |
| either. | | | | It's really up to you but at least you have been |
| It's not your fault. This stuff should be taught | | | | given the paper that holds the power. |
| from junior school all the way through universities. | | | | |