Greatness is within your ability, you can become great. You have within you the skills and talent to excel. We are only limited by our beliefs.
The great motivator, Jim Rohn taught, “If you want to have more, you have to become more”. This is because success is not merely a doing process, it is a becoming process. You need to become the type of person that attracts success.
You may have heard that 97% percent of the population spends more time each week planning their grocery trip than setting goals and planning their life (that is scary). For most people, peas, carrots and ice cream are more important than passion, goals and success.
The reason has very little to do with desire. Most people want to do more, to have more, and be more but are unable to make the leap.
You have probably heard me talk of Howard Hill before. Hill was an archer and he was really good. He was so good, in fact, that he was never beaten in competition and won 196 competitions in a row.
He could draw, aim and hit the bull’s-eye dead center. Then, with the next arrow split the first. The exciting truth is, if you apply the principles I lay out below, you could be more accurate than Howard Hill ever was?
Granted, we would have to blindfold Hill and turn him around so he wouldn’t know which direction to shoot. I can hear you chuckling and saying, “of course he cannot hit a target he cannot see”. And that is the lesson, how can you hit a target you do not have? Having a goal to go after is essential.
Here are three steps that you can take to make sure you always have a target to shoot for.
- Write it down. It may sound cliché but “don’t just think it, ink it. Goals become more real when they appear on your paper. Studies show that the simple act of writing a goal down makes it 42% more likely to be completed.
- Dream big, to go big. Play above your level. Napoleon Hill is famous for saying, “whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve”. Do not limit yourself, reach higher. “Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you will wind up among the stars” – Norman Vincent Peale.
- Finally, Review goals often. I suggest daily (or twice daily). Keep them fresh and real and actionable. Go to bed thinking of your dreams and wake up invigorated to accomplish them
Following these three simple steps will ensure that you can see the target and accurately hit it. Remember to ink your goals, dream big and review often. Watch out- you are on the road to becoming.
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