create the why
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Create The WhyCreate The Why
Before Doing The What
What Do You Want?What Do You Want?What Do You Want?What Do You Want?
Financially
Physically
Intellectually
Spiritually
Financially
Physically
Intellectually
Spiritually
Success Is GoalsSuccess Is Goals
All else is commentary
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.”
Tom Hopkins
Everything Begins as a Everything Begins as a Thought or IdeaThought or Idea
The Heart of Every The Heart of Every PhilosophyPhilosophy
You become what you think about most of the time
Your Outer World is a Your Outer World is a Reflection of Your Inner WorldReflection of Your Inner World
If you think about what you want and how to get it most of
the time…
Unsuccessful People Think Unsuccessful People Think About What They About What They Don’tDon’t Want Most of the TimeWant Most of the Time
Unsuccessful People Think Unsuccessful People Think About What They About What They Don’tDon’t Want Most of the TimeWant Most of the Time
Problems
Worries
Blames
Frustrations
Problems
Worries
Blames
Frustrations
Driving in the FogDriving in the FogDriving in the FogDriving in the Fog
Driving in the FogDriving in the FogDriving in the FogDriving in the Fog
The Carrier PigeonThe Carrier PigeonThe Carrier PigeonThe Carrier Pigeon
You Have the Same AbilityYou Have the Same AbilityYou Have the Same AbilityYou Have the Same Ability
You don’t even have to know how!
Simply decide where you want to go and you will begin to move toward your goal
You don’t even have to know how!
Simply decide where you want to go and you will begin to move toward your goal
Creative TensionCreative TensionCreative TensionCreative Tension
The natural result of the difference between current reality and your desired reality
The natural result of the difference between current reality and your desired reality
What Do You Want?What Do You Want?What Do You Want?What Do You Want?
To get home and watch TV?
Or health, happiness and prosperity?
To get home and watch TV?
Or health, happiness and prosperity?
Like an Organic ComputerLike an Organic ComputerLike an Organic ComputerLike an Organic Computer
You goal seeking mechanism is non-judgmental.
You get what you want regardless of what you decide to program into it.
You goal seeking mechanism is non-judgmental.
You get what you want regardless of what you decide to program into it.
Why Don’t People Set Why Don’t People Set Goals?Goals?
Why Don’t People Set Why Don’t People Set Goals?Goals?
Not importantGrew up in a non-goal environment
Don’t know howOr think they already have
Fear of failureIt hurts!
Fear of rejectionPeer pressure
Not importantGrew up in a non-goal environment
Don’t know howOr think they already have
Fear of failureIt hurts!
Fear of rejectionPeer pressure
Harvard Study 1979Harvard Study 1979Harvard Study 1979Harvard Study 1979
Harvard MBA graduating class asked if they had clear written goals3% said yes
13% said yes but not written down
84% said no
Ten years later13% earning twice as much as the 84%
3% earning 10 times as much as the other 94%
Harvard MBA graduating class asked if they had clear written goals3% said yes
13% said yes but not written down
84% said no
Ten years later13% earning twice as much as the 84%
3% earning 10 times as much as the other 94%
The Only Constant is The Only Constant is ChangeChange
Goals can control the direction of change
““Man is a Teleological Organism”Man is a Teleological Organism”
Happiness results from moving toward
something we want
Aristotle
A Burning DesireA Burning DesireA Burning DesireA Burning Desire
The Secret of SuccessDecide exactly what you want
Decide what you are willing to exchange for it
Get busy paying the price!
The Secret of SuccessDecide exactly what you want
Decide what you are willing to exchange for it
Get busy paying the price!
H. L. Hunt
Zig ZiglarZig Ziglar“The elevator to success is out of service…
…but the stairs are wide open.”
“The elevator to success is out of service…
…but the stairs are wide open.”
Goal setting is so powerful Goal setting is so powerful that even thinking about that even thinking about goals makes you happygoals makes you happy
Take Charge of Your LifeTake Charge of Your LifeTake Charge of Your LifeTake Charge of Your Life
Create a five year fantasy“Blue Sky Thinking”
Imagine you have all the time, talents, abilities, connections, friends, contacts and relationships to achieve anything you desire
Create a five year fantasy“Blue Sky Thinking”
Imagine you have all the time, talents, abilities, connections, friends, contacts and relationships to achieve anything you desire
The I-beam TestThe I-beam TestThe I-beam TestThe I-beam Test
Let’s Be Realistic!Let’s Be Realistic!
No, let’s not!
Goals Are Dreams Goals Are Dreams With a Date With a DateGoals Are Dreams Goals Are Dreams With a Date With a Date
Imagine your perfect…Family life
Personal fitness
Spiritual Awareness
Financial Success
Calendar / Daily,Annually
Imagine your perfect…Family life
Personal fitness
Spiritual Awareness
Financial Success
Calendar / Daily,Annually
Your Hearts DesireYour Hearts DesireYour Hearts DesireYour Hearts Desire
What do you want to be famous for?
How would you like people to talk about you?
What would you like people to say at your funeral?
What do you want to be famous for?
How would you like people to talk about you?
What would you like people to say at your funeral?
Your Past is Your Past is Not Your FutureNot Your Future
Change does not need to be gradual
““Build your castles in the air Build your castles in the air then go to work building then go to work building
foundations under them.”foundations under them.”Henry David Thoreau
Goals Must Be PersonalGoals Must Be Personal
Set them yourself
You must own them
Identify Major WorriesIdentify Major WorriesIdentify Major WorriesIdentify Major Worries
Three biggest worries or concernsIdeal solutions to these problems
Eliminate these problems immediately
Fastest and most direct way to solve
Three biggest worries or concernsIdeal solutions to these problems
Eliminate these problems immediately
Fastest and most direct way to solve
Ockham’s RazorOckham’s RazorOckham’s RazorOckham’s Razor
“The simplest and most direct solution, requiring the fewest number of steps, is usually the correct solution to any problem.”
“The simplest and most direct solution, requiring the fewest number of steps, is usually the correct solution to any problem.”
SimplifySimplify
Ignore the ExpertsIgnore the ExpertsIgnore the ExpertsIgnore the Experts
Albert Einstein
Albert Schweitzer
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Albert Schweitzer
Thomas Edison
Personal RulesPersonal RulesPersonal RulesPersonal Rules
We all have them
We don’t create them
We all live by them
Examine them
Change as necessary
Do you have too many?
We all have them
We don’t create them
We all live by them
Examine them
Change as necessary
Do you have too many?
Where are you?Where are you?Where are you?Where are you?
Weigh yourself
Check the cupboard
Estimate the job
You can’t map a route to your destination without knowing your current position
Weigh yourself
Check the cupboard
Estimate the job
You can’t map a route to your destination without knowing your current position
““To have more, To have more, you must first you must first
be more.”be more.”Goethe
Driving Your Goals Into the Driving Your Goals Into the Subconscious MindSubconscious Mind
Reality vs. Vivid Fantasy
Again…Again…
You become what you think about most of the time
Review, Review, ReviewReview, Review, ReviewReview, Review, ReviewReview, Review, Review
The more often you review your goals the more firmly they become engrained in your conscious and subconscious mind.
The more often you review your goals the more firmly they become engrained in your conscious and subconscious mind.
How Easy?How Easy?How Easy?How Easy?
Write down your top ten goals
Fold them up and put them in a drawer
Take them out and read them a year later
Write down your top ten goals
Fold them up and put them in a drawer
Take them out and read them a year later
Could you rewrite your goals Could you rewrite your goals from memory everyday?from memory everyday?
Hold on tight!
You are about to take off!
Write it RightWrite it RightWrite it RightWrite it Right
Use the three “P”s
Positive
Present tense
Personal
Use the three “P”s
Positive
Present tense
Personal
PositivePositivePositivePositive
What you want,
not what you don’t want.
What you want,
not what you don’t want.
Present TensePresent TensePresent TensePresent Tense
I have, not I will have
I am, not I will be
As though it has already been accomplished
I have, not I will have
I am, not I will be
As though it has already been accomplished
PersonalPersonalPersonalPersonal
“I” followed by a verb
I earn
I weigh
I achieve
I drive
I live
“I” followed by a verb
I earn
I weigh
I achieve
I drive
I live
Set a DeadlineSet a Deadline
A Forcing System
The Exclamation Point
Visualize ThisVisualize This
A picture is worth…A picture is worth…
““If I persist I will not fail.”If I persist I will not fail.”Og Mandino
Pain and PleasurePain and Pleasure
Create the “why”
and you will do the “what”
Create the “why”
and you will do the “what”