Three Principles of Goal Setting


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Here is a certainty: What you think about, your more likely to achieve. If you focus on what you don’t want, you might get it anyway. There is nothing metaphysical about this. Again, it’s simple science. Whatever images and feelings you put in your brain are the only servings of information your mind can employ to direct you toward or away from a goal. For example, if you have a fear of public speaking, you’re mind will manifest memories and situations in which you have felt fearful in public or see others as confident so that your own fear can build on itself.

Have you ever noticed that when you are thinking of choices that are neither fear enhancing nor which you are deeply passionate about, you have a very different outcome. Your mind catches these images Continue Reading

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Goal Setting:The Secret To Accomplishing Any Goal

To accomplish any goal, it’s essential that you COMMIT yourself to achieving it. This may sound simple, but it’s rarely easy. After all, true commitment means committing yourself to doing every single thing required to accomplish such a goal. So how do you commit yourself? Well, there’s a secret. You’ve actually used it before. You just didn’t know it…

Imagine, for example, you may convince yourself that you are “committed” to getting a new job… or starting a business… or making more money… or getting fit… But have you really committed yourself to doing all the little – and big tasks – required to accomplish such an objective? Are you ready to make all the sacrifices that go along with true Continue Reading

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4 Goal Setting Techniques That Work

Setting goals is often much easier to say than to accomplish, as many people simply have no clue where to begin. Planning out a course of action in life is something that combines an assortment of factors, including personal development and time management. To help make the most out of setting goals for the future, consider the following ideas:

1) Make a List

Many people are better able to realize their goals when they can view them on a piece of paper. Making a list is a great way to come one step closer towards achieving success. One of the first lists you should make is to jot down all of the things that are important. Some of the items people often put on their list includes family, friends, hobbies, and religion. This exercise will help make your goal setting more Continue Reading

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Combining the Mind and Effective Goal-Setting

Goals are of vital importance in our lives. Many of us spend our lives without any definite purpose, simply drifting from place to place. Setting goals help us to focus our lives and to advance confidently in a definite direction. Without them, I don’t think our lives can truly be complete.

If you are looking for proof of the importance of goals, you need not look any farther than two pivotal studies on success and goal-setting, one completed by Yale University and the other by Dr. Lewis Terman of Stanford University.

In the first study, Yale University kept track of their graduates during a 20 year period and found that the 3% who set goals were worth more financially than the entire 97% of the students who did not!

In the second study, Dr. Terman of Continue Reading

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Goal Setting Secrets of the Greatest Achievers

A 7th century Arabian genius once said, “Success is the result of foresight and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning, and the most important factor of planning is to keep your secrets to yourself”. The name of this genius was Ali Ibn Abi Thalib, one of the most illustrious, noblest and brilliant leaders of the continent-sweeping Islamic civilisation that was left behind by the Prophet Muhammad.

However, it is not the object of this article to discuss a religious figure or the history of a civilisation. The quote provided above is to set the impetus for the rest of this article.

“Success is the result of foresight and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning, and the most important factor of planning is to keep Continue Reading

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