We know the facts. Today, out of 100 people reading this, one will take it to the bank. They will literally go onto major success. 4 others will achieve still notable success. The rest will settle back to the TV and life will go on, like it did yesterday.
Ask yourself this question - do you really want to change? So many people do, but so few really take action. You have opportunities, and you can take them or leave them. They can be distant dreams or they can be your reality. And it is all around the corner. The question is at that future date, who will you be, what will you have, and what will you be doing?
So, I guess you feel motivated for change. Now, the key is to understand success. I have studied success for decades, and have had the privilege to be able to see my failures and successes along the way.
The successful do something truly amazing. They become the biggest ships, the biggest airplanes. Literally they do what others don't do. They think of what they want, and take action.
It is called goal setting. And goal setting is the success secret to all those success stories you have seen. Whether it is Bill Gates having a goal to see computers on every desktop or Richard Branson to set ballooning records, they all set goals. From the top billionaires to the failures, the difference we can see is the goal, the ideal, the vision.
What is you ideal? What is your vision? We all do New Year Resolutions, but so few actually do the necessary steps. If 95% of the people follow the same patterns, and beliefs about success, then why don't they achieve it?
Set goals write down, and achieve success. That is the key. If a vision is a book, an ideal is a chapter, and a goal is the point of the chapter. They all go together to create an amazing life. And we are not talking about daydreaming which is a way to escape the mundane of life.
Goal setting is about you taking the lead in your life. It is about thinking about your life. The things you like and dislike. And then setting a goal, writing it down, and taking steps to make it a reality.
I believe that the key to driving ourselves to create exceptional results in our lives is to set for ourselves "Stretched Goals."
So what are "Stretch Goals"?
For example, if you were making 2000 dollars a month in income, an incremental goal would be to make 2300 dollars. This is not a "Stretch Goal"
Most people I know tend to subscribe to set for themselves "Incremental Goals" "Incremental Goals" are goals that are well, about 10 to 20 percent higher than your current results you are producing in your life.
On the other hand, a "Stretched Goal", is to set for yourself an outcome that is way beyond your current level of ability and skill. So if you are making 2000 dollars a month, a "Stretched Goal" would be to aim for 10000 dollars a month.
There are two main reasons why "Stretched Goals" are extremely powerful. The first reason is that "Stretched Goals" are big and therefore they are more exciting. The thought of achieving something so much bigger than what you have right now fires up your imagination at the same time giving you the energy to go for it.
"Stretched Goals" are goals that seem almost impossible to achieve at the time you set them. But the thought and the possibility of achieving them gives you that drive, gives you that passion, to want to go and do it now. It is truly this excitement and this passion that all of us need to drive us to consistently take action.
The main reason why most people do not take action and go for their goals is because it does not excite them at all. To them, their goals are boring; they are a chore to them.
Stretched goals are also extremely powerful because they literally stretch our abilities and skills way beyond our current level of ability.
The moment we set a "Stretch Goal" our minds know it is impossible to achieve it if we keep to our current level of beliefs and strategy. It forces us to think out of the box and come up with beliefs and strategies that are totally different.
Setting crazy goals has been one of the main reasons why I have been able to achieve so much as compared to my peers. This was the key ingredient that allowed me to achieve so much within a short period of time.
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