| Welcome to 2007... Have you set goals for yourself | | | | 2003 Goals: |
| for the next 12 months? Do you know that less than | | | | 1. Marry Leslie |
| 10% of adults actually write their goals down on | | | | 2. Make $50k more than 2002 |
| paper? Why is that? Is it that people are settling or | | | | 3. Move to a house & live on the water - Lake |
| that they do not want to hold themselves | | | | Lanier |
| accountable? If you haven't established your goals | | | | Did I set a date for any of this? Nope. Did I take |
| & committed ink to paper...when? Someday? In | | | | possession of the outcome in advance of receiving it? |
| case someone hasn't shared this with you, this is your | | | | Nope. Was I attached to any of this? Yes. I was |
| life & you deserve to live life on your terms. I am | | | | pretty attached to marrying Leslie but other than that |
| amazed at how people sabotage themselves. I was | | | | nope. Did any of my goals stretch my being and make |
| speaking to a gentleman yesterday that lives in | | | | my hands sweat? Nope. The guy who became my |
| Northern California. He stated that he really "wished" | | | | mentor was over at my house watching a bowl game |
| that he & has wife & 18 month old son lived | | | | & without me knowing, he drew the number 2 in |
| in Southern California. Imagine that? Someone is | | | | front of the $50k on line 2. I discovered this towards |
| settling for less than they desire. Close your eyes right | | | | the end of the night and made some stupid comment |
| now. If you could live anywhere on the planet right | | | | like yeah right, how would I do that? He said it's simple |
| now where would it be? Are you living there right | | | | Michael; all you have to do is first make the decision |
| now? I certainly hope so. If not, get moving. By the | | | | and then take the action that takes you towards your |
| way, Leslie & I are in our new home... We moved | | | | goals. You have to be committed to your goals and be |
| in on New Year's Eve & had out 1st party on | | | | emotionally attached to them. Take possession of |
| New Year's Day! I'll post more about that later! | | | | your goals in advance of receiving them. Well, let me |
| How many people give their goals lip service? I | | | | tell you that was the dumbest answer I ever heard |
| certainly have encountered my fair share. I am | | | | and the cynicism & disbelief pushed that right out |
| reflecting back at the goals I set for myself for 2006. | | | | of my reality. Fortunately for me I got a promotion at |
| Some of my goals were simple & effortless, while | | | | work that lowered my income & increased my |
| others made me really uncomfortable, even made me | | | | responsibility & work load & exactly 60 days |
| sick to my stomach. I have accomplished greater than | | | | later, I was ready to take on my life, get serious about |
| 80% plus of the goals I set for my life & myself | | | | goals that stretched me to my core & guess |
| for 2006. I have also been looking around at the people | | | | what... I hit every goal on my board for 2003, even with |
| I come into contact with and have been asking them | | | | his edit. Life is a choice. Are you choosing well? |
| about the goals they accomplished over the past 12 | | | | Let me share something else with you. How many |
| months. This should be surprising but sad to say it's | | | | people have taken themselves right out of the game? |
| not... The majority of people who have answered my | | | | Sometimes people do this even before playing. I am so |
| ads in the past 30 days have not accomplished more | | | | guilty of this today. I played tennis with a Lisa today. I |
| than 20% of the goals they set for themselves in | | | | know that I am a better player than her. We started |
| December 2005/January 2006. | | | | playing and all of a sudden this song starts playing in |
| On the other hand, the majority of the people that I am | | | | my head -> "Wow, it's been a long time since I |
| working with are closer to my results, even higher. | | | | played singles tennis, blah, blah, blah" & "this is such |
| Why in the world is that you ask? Funny you should | | | | a different game than doubles tennis... that would have |
| ask, because I am going to share it with you. Most | | | | been a great shot in doubles, woulda, coulda, shoulda, |
| people pay lip service to what they want out of life. | | | | didn't!!!" The first set we went back and forth, 1-0, 1-1, |
| They are not playing on the court. You know what I | | | | 1-2, 2-2, all the way to 5-5 and then my internal |
| mean... how many 3 point shots can you make when | | | | chatterbox was blaring! I lost the game mentally. Is it |
| you're sitting in the stands? Not many, right? Now, how | | | | any surprise that I started having a hard time being |
| many 3 point shots can you make when you are | | | | present to the game? I could barely remember the |
| standing on the court? If you're like me, you might not | | | | score. I lost the 2nd set 6-3. Lisa did not beat me this |
| hit them all but your odds grow significantly (basketball | | | | morning, I beat myself. Do you know someone that will |
| is not my forte). People are either moving towards | | | | talk themselves out of attaining a goal or an ambition |
| their goals or away from their goals. I have found that | | | | before they ever set foot on the court? Is it you? |
| the greater the emotional attachment to your goals | | | | I am committed to making 2007 my best year ever |
| and not to the outcome, the greater the success rate. | | | | & mentoring anyone that is serious about |
| When it comes to goals, how are you looking at it? | | | | accomplishing the same for their life in 2007. |
| Someday or already achieving it? This is pretty simple | | | | 2007 can be your best year ever... all you have to do |
| & basic yet it can and does make all the | | | | is first make the decision & establish your goals, |
| difference in the world. If you look at your list of goals, | | | | set a time frame to accomplish them by and then take |
| did you write them down like you're leaving a list for | | | | all out massive action that takes you towards your |
| Santa Claus? Dear Santa, please bring me a new train | | | | goals. You have to be committed to your goals and be |
| set - someday & and new Huffy BMX bike - | | | | emotionally attached to them. Take possession of |
| someday. I was guilty of this. I think back exactly 4 | | | | your goals in advance of receiving them. |
| years ago this week. I wrote down a list of goals for | | | | Create a great day, you deserve it. Until next time... |
| myself for 2003. The list read like this: | | | | DREAM BIG!!! |