The Anatomy of Goal Getting for Those With More Heart Than Talent By Jeffrey Combs

Write your goals down, put them on paper, visualize them, romance them, smell them, feel them, touch them, and believe in them. This is good standard information that we are taught when it comes to goal setting.

This type of goal setting is practical and informational. My question is, if this information is correct, why do so few people reach and achieve their goals in life?

Why is it that only seven percent of America achieves a six figure income? Why is it that only one-twentieth of one percent of the households in America has a net worth of one million dollars?

It is much more normal and accepted to be average than exceptional in our society.

This is why each year on December 31st a large percent of our nation sets new goals, resolutions, and declarations. Two very common goals are "I want to lose weight and make more money in the next year."

Go to any health club in January, February, and March and they are usually crowded with people determined to make good on their New Year's resolution, but go back in April, May, June, or any of the summer months, and you will notice a large drop off in attendance.

The reason for the sudden decline is simply motivation. We are all motivated. We want more mores; more personal time, more money, more freedom, more family time, and more opportunities. We want, wish, like to, hope, plan to, need, and many other words that really mean, "I am not committed!"

Self-motivation is key number one when it comes to goal getting, not just goal setting. As a personal success coach and mentor, I have had the privilege of personally coaching over fifteen hundred clients and devoting over nine thousand hours to understanding why people do what they do or don't do what they set out to do.

I see far too many people set huge and giant goals as new entrepreneurs without really understanding what it will take to bring these aspirations to fruition.

I am a big advocate of daring to step out of the box and dream big in any situation. Setting lofty goals is great! It's great to dream big but to achieve your goals; your action has to match your dream!

Action is key number two. Action is simple discipline practiced over a period of time to create results. As entrepreneurs we do not get paid for time, results are what we get paid for.

When you are new and unskilled as an entrepreneur your results are often intangible in the beginning and slowly become tangible (those you see) over time. This is the phase where most people give up on their dreams if they don't see immediate results.

In order to become a successful entrepreneur, you have to be willing to give yourself room to succeed, not to fail. It typically takes the average person two to five years to get comfortable with a new process like entrepreneurship. For most, it is unfamiliar, unknown, and a lot of their time is spent in the land of "What if?"

What if I succeed? What if I fail? What if they laugh at me? What if it works? What if it doesn't? What if no one signs up with me? What if I go broke? What if my life changes? What if I can't pay my bills? What if I can't prospect? What if I'm not perfect? What if I don't know all the answers to my prospects' questions? What if my partner or spouse thinks this is a scam? What if I have to go get a job again? Remember, there is never any reward without risk.

I suggest that you begin to break your goals down into bite-sized chunks rather than setting a giant goal that seems unattainable or insurmountable.

I see so many "want to be success seekers" set goals that are so big that they become excuses to procrastinate instead of produce results. Instead, set smaller goals for a day, a week, a month, and a quarter. I teach people how to goal get, not just goal set.

If your objective is to achieve a six figure income this year it is important to have a plan of action for how to get there. Break this goal down into the action that when performed daily will create the six figure income you seek. This means achieving an average of two hundred seventy-seven dollars a day to achieve a six figure income in a three hundred sixty-five day period.

If your objective is to achieve a seven figure income this year, you will be required to achieve an average of three thousand dollars a day within a three hundred sixty-five day period to achieve your objective. These are examples of breaking down a financial objective within a stated time frame.

Keep goal setting simple and don't spend a lot of time writing down your goals. Start with a day, a week, and a month as opposed to a major lifetime objective.

Instead, focus the greatest amount of your time and energy performing the action that will bring the greatest return now. I call this "revenue producing activity." Exceptional people understand that they get paid for results, not time. This principle called turning time into results is the key to becoming a successful entrepreneur. This is true goal getting, not goal setting.
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Jeffery Combs is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer, and author committed to assisting people with personal growth and development. You can visit him at MoreHeartThanTalent.com/motivational/or toll free at 800-595-6632. Jeffery & Erica Combs host The More Heart Than Talent Mindset Conference each and every January to assist you to create quantum leaps to success in your enterprise by bringing world-class speakers and personal development experts together in an inspiring and empowering 3 day forum EVERYONE can afford to attend!

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Do Your Goals Have Enough Gravity? By Michael Angier

Big goals are not only more fun and exciting; they carry more weight than small ones. Ambitious, serious, “weighty goals” have attraction power.

They attract others into the process and magnetize ideas and resources. Big goals pull you along. They pull you through the difficult times and help you remain diligent. They inspire you to greater innovation and effective action.

I’m not a scientist, but from what I understand, the bigger the mass, the greater the gravity. Larger planets like Jupiter have more gravitational pull than Earth because of their greater mass.

And so it is with our goals and dreams. The bigger they are, the more they tend to attract what’s needed for their fulfillment.

And it’s not just the SIZE of the goal that matters. It’s how important it is -- how badly you want it. Your passion and your desire infuse your goals with magnetism.

An inspiring goal that benefits many will grow in size and weight. And the greater the good, the bigger the goal.

Let’s say you have a goal to improve your credit rating. It’s not that big of a goal, but it’s a worthy one. Your credit report impacts your ability to obtain loans -- even your job opportunities. But when you realize that a higher credit rating could save tens of thousands of dollars because of lower mortgage rates, it becomes a much more important goal. It gains weight because you see how it affects the livelihood of you and your family. It’s emotionally charged.

What about starting a business? You’ve always wanted to own your own enterprise. Another good goal.

But when you have a VISION for your business, when you write a business plan and launch the enterprise, your goal becomes serious. Everything and everybody pays attention to it. It begins to draw to it all that’s needed to bring it to fruition.

We are unlimited in what we can choose to achieve. But our time IS limited. We must think carefully about what we really want and why we want it. This way, we can choose wisely and invest our time and energy in goals worthy of our best efforts.

When we do this, we become aligned with our goals. By choosing and working toward weighty, worthy goals, we allow their magnetism to work in our favor. They’re easier and more fun to achieve. There’s less frustration and faster progress.

Make sure your goals have gravity.
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Take Off To Your Dreams: Do You Want Your Goals to Get Lift-Off? Here’s How - By Terri Marie

When you are building momentum you need a HUGE amount of energy to take off. You can get that increased energy through:

1. Friends that are positive, encouraging and supportive
2. Eating properly
3. Good, adequate sleep
4. High thinking. Thinking that will lift you out of the ordinary into the atmosphere of extraordinary

People who accomplish great things build great energy. Speaker and author, Les Brown had to believe in himself with a capital “B” to really take off. He had to have a huge belief - an unstoppable belief. A “nothing-can-keep-me-on-the-ground” belief.

He had to detach himself from those who couldn’t see him flying up high, Les had to take their gravity (i.e.- graveness) and say, “No. I’m not going to be held by that anymore. Let me break free so I can go wherever I want at high speed.” Can you imagine the momentum needed to get his dream off the ground? Les said that the hardest thing he had to do to become a millionaire was to believe that he could. But he did it.

Let’s Talk About Your Dream...
How will you defy the gravity that’s holding your dreams down? How will you rev up the engines?

Many people get into the cockpit and plan their destination. Then they notice a bunch of extra lights flashing on the panel as their engines are revving up. If you have fear - those lights say, “Check engine, oil pressure etc.” If you have faith, those lights say, “All systems go! Take off!”

You cut your own engines. Maybe you can hear them. You can see them turning, but you don’t have faith in your ability to fly. Fear puts a different look on that light panel. Fear says, “No, I can’t go higher. This needs to be done first. No. I must wait for this light to stop flashing, then for another and another.”

Faith looks at the light panel and sees:
- Engine checked
- Fuel OK
- Pressure OK
- All that’s needed is for ME to make the decision to take off
- Let’s take off!

Okay, now sometimes you sit on the runway for awhile. There’s a good reason for that due to:
1. Weather aka timing
2. Other dreams taking off because they got there first
3. One of the critical take off lights giving a warning signal

Once in awhile you do have to go back and fix something with your dream that could cause a serious problem after the point where you could do something about it, That’s not fear – that’s smart.

Fear sees only warning lights. Faith sees both the true warning signals and the fake warning signals. How do you tell them apart?

True Warning Lights...
1. The “engine” or the core of your goal is not working.
After a few test tries, it sputters. The engine should have immense power and it should show that power at the start. Test your engine. If it revs, great. Trust it. The way to test a goal is to check your passion. If your passion is there, the engine of your goal is working. We were put here to be aware of the needs of others as well.

A true passion will find a way to express itself successfully in the world. We just need to trust and fly. If your passion is not there, find out what would give it passion. Then set it to flight.

2. Low or No Fuel sign
Do you have enough fuel to get you where you want to go? Do you have enough energy, money, and people to help you fly? Can you stay up there long enough if need be? Many people run out of fuel because they only planned enough for the take-off. But hopefully that plane will be in the air a long time. Passion provides great fuel and often is the driving resource for getting more “fuels,” such as assistance from others.

Fake Warning Lights...
1. Doubt
Doubt pretends to be concerned about your goal, but it really is just another excuse that can be used to stall a dream in midair. Doubt is a belief that can be changed by another stronger belief, “FAITH.”

2. Fear.
Do you think “What if?” or “Why not?” Fear feeds on the former. Take the fuel away from fear and put it towards your goal. It will get you a lot further.

The Take Off Feeling...
You have to put the flight in God’s hands. Decide to do it. You may be scared, but trust and let go. The “Take Off” feeling will be a decision on your part to take a scary action. You will feel strange while you are in the “take off” phase. You will feel out of control. Maybe you won’t be able to breathe easily for awhile. Go through it and you will become airborne. The ride will smooth out. Soon you will be above all those lower problems.

Many people feel some fear even for a goal that they deeply desire. But they keep the “fear” in check. If the passion (engine) for their goal is strong, they put wings on their goal and fly with it. Stop saying, “What if?” and start saying, “What if I don’t?” How much smaller will your life be without that goal? The world needs courageous people, willing to risk going higher and lifting one passionate goal after another, to flight.

Fly high and well!

Terri Marie

© 2007 White Wing Entertainment
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Napoleonic Goal Setting By Bryce Beattie

The chapter on desire in "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill contains a formula for what he calls "transforming desire into money," however, this method really could be used to transform desire into pretty much anything you pick. In his own words, here are the six steps:

* First. Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say "I want plenty of money." Be definite as to the amount.

* Second. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you desire. (There is no such reality as "something for nothing.")

* Third. Establish a definite date when you intend to possess the money you desire.

* Fourth. Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.

* Fifth. Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to acquire, name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in return for the money, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate it.

* Sixth. Read your written statement aloud, twice daily, once just before retiring at night, and once after arising in the morning. As You Read -- See And Feel And Believe Yourself Already In Possession Of The Money.

There's no great secret here. Choose a definite goal. Be willing to do what it takes. Think about how you're going to reach it. Do something to move yourself closer to the goal every day. It’s simple, straightforward, and effective.

Setting real goals and chasing them with a positive attitude is a recipe for success. It shouldn't be that hard to do, but very few ever seem to do it. Why is that? I think it's because it sounds too easy, and deep down people want the solution to their problems to be difficult. You know what? I'm sorry, but it is easy. The only hard part is getting off your backside and beginning the process.

You don't have to take my word for it, though. Just give these six steps a try and see how they work for you.
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Bryce Beattie is an avid student of the greatest success writers of all times. He passes along what he is currently reading and learning at his blog, SuccessGiants.com.

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Top Goal Setting Activities -- By Simon Lim

Setting goals should be an enjoyable process that allows you to peek into your future. Achieving goals should be even more enjoyable. Most people never take the time or the effort to set meaningful goals though, and this means they never achieve them either.

Here are some of the top goal setting activities that will make the goal setting and achieving journey more enjoyable:

Use your imagination - Go back to when you were a kid in primary school. Rather than paying attention to the teacher at the front of the class, you were looking out the window and daydreaming. That’s what we all did right? I’m sure it wasn’t just me.

This was a time when we just let our imaginations run wild. I remember I was an astronaut, a champion athlete in all sports, a police officer, an inventor, and of course a fireman.

To set effective goals you need to use your imagination. visualize yourself being who you want to be, doing what you want to do, and living where you want to live. Picture your ideal career, and your desired life. See it as clearly as possible, and write it all down. Write everything you see in your future. Those are your ultimate goals.

SMART Goals - This is perhaps the most common of the top goal setting activities. All your goals should be SMART. No, your goals don’t think for themselves. They should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely.

Whenever you are setting any goals ensure they are SMART, and you will be setting yourself up for success.

Write down your goals - This is one of the top goal setting activities that most people never take. They have their goals in their minds but they do not take the time or the effort to write them down on paper. Getting your goals on paper makes them clearer in your mind and reminds you of what you want.

Studies have shown that those who do write down their goals (all 3% of adults) achieve significantly more than those who do not write down their goals (the remaining 97% of adults).

If you want to give yourself the best opportunity to achieve success, make sure you write down your goals.

Give your goals a reason - Next to each goal you have written down (you have written them down haven’t you? Haven’t you?) write down the reasons why you want to achieve that goal. The more powerful the reason you have the more motivation you will have to succeed.

If you’re feeling adventurous, write down the reasons why not achieving that goal will be painful for you.

The more powerful your reasons, the more reasons you have to succeed.

These are some of the top goal setting activities that will make your goals clearer and more meaningful. Now that you know what your goals are, you need to do just one more thing; go get them!
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How To Use Mind Maps As A Goal Setting Template -- By Mark McClure

Many people look to goal setting templates as a structure around which to base their planning. The good thing about these templates is that they enable you to organize your sometimes disjointed ideas.

However this can come at the cost of sacrificing a degree of imaginative and creative thinking. This article examines how mind maps can add a stimulating component to your goal setting.

The historical origins of mind mapping are debatable (see the wikipedia.org entry for background information) but it has become popular in the English-speaking world these past 30 years, partly as a result of the work of British psychologist Tony Buzan.

Mind mapping starts with a central topic word in the center of the page. As additional ideas are generated they are added to the map in the form of keywords that branch off into related areas, mainly through associative thinking.

For example, if I write the keyword "careers" in the middle of the page and allow my imagination free rein in coming up with connecting words and concepts, it's very easy to generate a creative flow that links careers to corporate to overseas to expatriate to Asia to Singapore.

The important thing is to let the ideas start flowing in accordance with the the mapping guidelines of using single, connecting keywords in a nested branch structure.

As a flexible goal setting template, the use of mind maps has exciting potential to tap into ideas you may not have thought about when trying to actively create smart goals in a traditional linear note format.

Structure still exists with the mind map itself because the use of single keywords connected via branching lines directs the mind to see possible linkage relationships, particularly as additional words are added to the paper or screen.

Recently there has been an increase in the number of goal setting software packages on the market as people grapple with finding online tools to help keep track of the many important and related aspects of their careers and lives.

Unfortunately, most of these products inadvertently guide their users into inputting visions, mission statements, goals and objectives as chunks of linearly constructed data. There's little scope for allowing the subconscious mind to contribute to the triggering of related ideas.

This is where mind mapping excels. Computer literate people have a number of mind mapping software tools to choose from, both commercial and open source. Should you go with a software solution, I recommend that you confirm the program's capability to export into standard linear format e.g. Microsoft Word - and also confirm its ability to import a word processing document into the mind map format.

The potential for combining the best of logical and analytical thinking with that of a more intuitively conceptual form of idea generation is a very powerful personal development tool. Make use of it!
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