Create The WhyCreate The Why

Before Doing The What

What Do You Want?What Do You Want?What Do You Want?What Do You Want?

Financially

Physically

Intellectually

Spiritually

Financially

Physically

Intellectually

Spiritually

Success Is GoalsSuccess Is Goals

All else is commentary

“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.”

Tom Hopkins

Everything Begins as a Everything Begins as a Thought or IdeaThought or Idea

The Heart of Every The Heart of Every PhilosophyPhilosophy

You become what you think about most of the time

Your Outer World is a Your Outer World is a Reflection of Your Inner WorldReflection of Your Inner World

If you think about what you want and how to get it most of

the time…

Unsuccessful People Think Unsuccessful People Think About What They About What They Don’tDon’t Want Most of the TimeWant Most of the Time

Unsuccessful People Think Unsuccessful People Think About What They About What They Don’tDon’t Want Most of the TimeWant Most of the Time

Problems

Worries

Blames

Frustrations

Problems

Worries

Blames

Frustrations

Driving in the FogDriving in the FogDriving in the FogDriving in the Fog

Driving in the FogDriving in the FogDriving in the FogDriving in the Fog

The Carrier PigeonThe Carrier PigeonThe Carrier PigeonThe Carrier Pigeon

You Have the Same AbilityYou Have the Same AbilityYou Have the Same AbilityYou Have the Same Ability

You don’t even have to know how!

Simply decide where you want to go and you will begin to move toward your goal

You don’t even have to know how!

Simply decide where you want to go and you will begin to move toward your goal

Creative TensionCreative TensionCreative TensionCreative Tension

The natural result of the difference between current reality and your desired reality

The natural result of the difference between current reality and your desired reality

What Do You Want?What Do You Want?What Do You Want?What Do You Want?

To get home and watch TV?

Or health, happiness and prosperity?

To get home and watch TV?

Or health, happiness and prosperity?

Like an Organic ComputerLike an Organic ComputerLike an Organic ComputerLike an Organic Computer

You goal seeking mechanism is non-judgmental.

You get what you want regardless of what you decide to program into it.

You goal seeking mechanism is non-judgmental.

You get what you want regardless of what you decide to program into it.

Why Don’t People Set Why Don’t People Set Goals?Goals?

Why Don’t People Set Why Don’t People Set Goals?Goals?

Not importantGrew up in a non-goal environment

Don’t know howOr think they already have

Fear of failureIt hurts!

Fear of rejectionPeer pressure

Not importantGrew up in a non-goal environment

Don’t know howOr think they already have

Fear of failureIt hurts!

Fear of rejectionPeer pressure

Harvard Study 1979Harvard Study 1979Harvard Study 1979Harvard Study 1979

Harvard MBA graduating class asked if they had clear written goals3% said yes

13% said yes but not written down

84% said no

Ten years later13% earning twice as much as the 84%

3% earning 10 times as much as the other 94%

Harvard MBA graduating class asked if they had clear written goals3% said yes

13% said yes but not written down

84% said no

Ten years later13% earning twice as much as the 84%

3% earning 10 times as much as the other 94%

The Only Constant is The Only Constant is ChangeChange

Goals can control the direction of change

““Man is a Teleological Organism”Man is a Teleological Organism”

Happiness results from moving toward

something we want

Aristotle

A Burning DesireA Burning DesireA Burning DesireA Burning Desire

The Secret of SuccessDecide exactly what you want

Decide what you are willing to exchange for it

Get busy paying the price!

The Secret of SuccessDecide exactly what you want

Decide what you are willing to exchange for it

Get busy paying the price!

H. L. Hunt

Zig ZiglarZig Ziglar“The elevator to success is out of service…

…but the stairs are wide open.”

“The elevator to success is out of service…

…but the stairs are wide open.”

Goal setting is so powerful Goal setting is so powerful that even thinking about that even thinking about goals makes you happygoals makes you happy

Take Charge of Your LifeTake Charge of Your LifeTake Charge of Your LifeTake Charge of Your Life

Create a five year fantasy“Blue Sky Thinking”

Imagine you have all the time, talents, abilities, connections, friends, contacts and relationships to achieve anything you desire

Create a five year fantasy“Blue Sky Thinking”

Imagine you have all the time, talents, abilities, connections, friends, contacts and relationships to achieve anything you desire

The I-beam TestThe I-beam TestThe I-beam TestThe I-beam Test

Let’s Be Realistic!Let’s Be Realistic!

No, let’s not!

Goals Are Dreams Goals Are Dreams With a Date With a DateGoals Are Dreams Goals Are Dreams With a Date With a Date

Imagine your perfect…Family life

Personal fitness

Spiritual Awareness

Financial Success

Calendar / Daily,Annually

Imagine your perfect…Family life

Personal fitness

Spiritual Awareness

Financial Success

Calendar / Daily,Annually

Your Hearts DesireYour Hearts DesireYour Hearts DesireYour Hearts Desire

What do you want to be famous for?

How would you like people to talk about you?

What would you like people to say at your funeral?

What do you want to be famous for?

How would you like people to talk about you?

What would you like people to say at your funeral?

Your Past is Your Past is Not Your FutureNot Your Future

Change does not need to be gradual

““Build your castles in the air Build your castles in the air then go to work building then go to work building

foundations under them.”foundations under them.”Henry David Thoreau

Goals Must Be PersonalGoals Must Be Personal

Set them yourself

You must own them

Identify Major WorriesIdentify Major WorriesIdentify Major WorriesIdentify Major Worries

Three biggest worries or concernsIdeal solutions to these problems

Eliminate these problems immediately

Fastest and most direct way to solve

Three biggest worries or concernsIdeal solutions to these problems

Eliminate these problems immediately

Fastest and most direct way to solve

Ockham’s RazorOckham’s RazorOckham’s RazorOckham’s Razor

“The simplest and most direct solution, requiring the fewest number of steps, is usually the correct solution to any problem.”

“The simplest and most direct solution, requiring the fewest number of steps, is usually the correct solution to any problem.”

SimplifySimplify

Ignore the ExpertsIgnore the ExpertsIgnore the ExpertsIgnore the Experts

Albert Einstein

Albert Schweitzer

Thomas Edison

Albert Einstein

Albert Schweitzer

Thomas Edison

Personal RulesPersonal RulesPersonal RulesPersonal Rules

We all have them

We don’t create them

We all live by them

Examine them

Change as necessary

Do you have too many?

We all have them

We don’t create them

We all live by them

Examine them

Change as necessary

Do you have too many?

Where are you?Where are you?Where are you?Where are you?

Weigh yourself

Check the cupboard

Estimate the job

You can’t map a route to your destination without knowing your current position

Weigh yourself

Check the cupboard

Estimate the job

You can’t map a route to your destination without knowing your current position

““To have more, To have more, you must first you must first

be more.”be more.”Goethe

Driving Your Goals Into the Driving Your Goals Into the Subconscious MindSubconscious Mind

Reality vs. Vivid Fantasy

Again…Again…

You become what you think about most of the time

Review, Review, ReviewReview, Review, ReviewReview, Review, ReviewReview, Review, Review

The more often you review your goals the more firmly they become engrained in your conscious and subconscious mind.

The more often you review your goals the more firmly they become engrained in your conscious and subconscious mind.

How Easy?How Easy?How Easy?How Easy?

Write down your top ten goals

Fold them up and put them in a drawer

Take them out and read them a year later

Write down your top ten goals

Fold them up and put them in a drawer

Take them out and read them a year later

Could you rewrite your goals Could you rewrite your goals from memory everyday?from memory everyday?

Hold on tight!

You are about to take off!

Write it RightWrite it RightWrite it RightWrite it Right

Use the three “P”s

Positive

Present tense

Personal

Use the three “P”s

Positive

Present tense

Personal

PositivePositivePositivePositive

What you want,

not what you don’t want.

What you want,

not what you don’t want.

Present TensePresent TensePresent TensePresent Tense

I have, not I will have

I am, not I will be

As though it has already been accomplished

I have, not I will have

I am, not I will be

As though it has already been accomplished

PersonalPersonalPersonalPersonal

“I” followed by a verb

I earn

I weigh

I achieve

I drive

I live

“I” followed by a verb

I earn

I weigh

I achieve

I drive

I live

Set a DeadlineSet a Deadline

A Forcing System

The Exclamation Point

Visualize ThisVisualize This

A picture is worth…A picture is worth…

““If I persist I will not fail.”If I persist I will not fail.”Og Mandino

Pain and PleasurePain and Pleasure

Create the “why”

and you will do the “what”

Create the “why”

and you will do the “what”