“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put something behind, will pass an invisible boundary, new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him, or the old laws will be expanded and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings.”

Thoreau

Remember, our goal is simple: KEEP OUR MINDS ON WHAT WE WANT AND OFF WHAT WE DON’T WANT. This is a journey and it begins NOW. Keep our minds on what we want. One thing I know—one thing—we have to have something to keep our mind on and that is GOALS and if you really want to start this trip right—written goals. A recent article stated that most people spend more time planning for vacation than their business??? When we don’t have goals we dream and dreams have a way of going back to our past failures.

The first step in changing our thoughts is to have written goals. Chapter two of Think and Grow Rich is not only the best way to set goals but Andrew Carnegie said it was the only way. Using Hill and some of his past writings lets look at step
one.

STEP ONE: SHORT TERM GOALS

First of all lets talk about our vision, what we want. Some teach that goals have to be attainable so not to discourage. Others
like myself believe that goals have to stretch us–I would rather aim at a star and hit an eagle than to aim at an eagle and hit the ground. Which is right–goals we can obtain or those that push us??? I believe goals should push us and we can achieve them. So called impossible dreams are met when one sets goals that get us out of our comfort zones—challenge us—make us think about WHAT WE WANT day and night. Read the rest of this entry »