What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Goals that are not written down are just wishes.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.
If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.
The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've already achieved them.
Winners can tell you where they are going and what they plan to do along the way.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.
People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
According to the best research, less than 3% of Americans have written goals, and less than 1% review and rewrite their goals on a daily basis.
A goal that is not in writing is like cigarette smoke: It drifts away and disappears. It is vague and insubstantial. It has no force, effect, or power. But a written goal becomes something that you can see, touch, read, and modify if necessary.
I had always been an overachiever, so I felt I could just "wing it," reasoning that if I don't set clear, written goals I wouldn't have to account for anything if I failed. Now I'm the opposite! I am always setting goals, and I get very specific about where I'm going and take the time to learn the steps needed to take to get there.
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