Develop a Clear Sense of Direction - Brian Tracy's Millionaire Success Secret 2

Develop a Clear Sense of Direction

Success secret number two: develop a clear sense of direction. 

This is where you take your dreams out of the air and you crystallize them into clear, specific written goals. Perhaps the greatest discovery in human history is this: you become what you think about most of the time. The two factors that determine what happens to your life more than anything else are what you think about and how you think about it most of the time. Successful people think about their goals most of the time. As a result, they are continually moving toward their goals and their goals are moving toward them.

Whatever you think about most of the time grows and increases in your life. If you're thinking and talking and visualizing your goals, you tend to accomplish far, far more than the average person, who is usually thinking and talking about their worries and problems most of the time.

Here's an exercise for you: take a sheet a paper and write the word “Goals” at the top with today's date. Then make a list of ten goals that you would like to achieve over the next twelve months. Write your goals in the present tense, as though a year has passed and you have already achieved them. Begin each goal with the word 'I' to make it personal to you. For example, you would write “I earn...” “I have...” “I drive...” “I weigh...” and so on. By making out a list of ten goals for yourself for the next year, you will have moved yourself into the top three percent of adults in our society. The sad fact is that 97% of adults have never made of list of goals in their entire lives.

Once you have your list of ten goals, go back over the list and ask this key question: “Which one goal on this list, if I were to achieve it right now, would have the greatest positive impact on my life?” Whatever your answer to that question, circle that goal and make that your number one most important goal for the future. Set a deadline. Make a plan. Take action on your plan, and then do something every day that moves you toward your goal. From now on, think and talk about that goal all the time. Think and talk about how you can achieve that goal. Think and talk about all the different things you can do to make that goal a reality. This powerful exercise will stimulate your creativity, increase your energy, and unlock your potential for goal achievement

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