The power of goals
This is the time of year where we all starting thinking about what we want to acheive next year. Goals are the road map to your future. Walking through life with no goals is like driving cross country with no road map, you will get somewhere but it may not be where you wanted to go. Set your path with goals and see your dreams come true.
The fuel of a goal brought me from a boiler room in Brooklyn to a board room on Madison Avenue and from the board room on Madison Ave to owning the the east coast mecca of bodybuilding, the gym I dreamed of owning as a child, the gym where pumping iron was filmed. I knew exactly where I was going even though everyone else thought I would fail. The fact of the matter is that I was willing to fail if that what it took for me to reach my goals. Like Og Mandino said, “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”
Come on; let’s design your perfect future.
How to set goals:
Action Step 1:
Take out a sheet of paper and list all of your goals and next to it the time in which you would like them completed. i.e. within 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 years.
Action Step 2:
Write down “why” next to all of the things on your list and write a paragraph why you are committed to achieving it. Why is very powerful.
Action Step 3:
Divide your goals into three categories: Short range (1 month or less), Mid range (1 month to 1 year) and Long range (1 year or more) goals.
Action Step 4:
For each of your top 5 goals write down one action you can do today to get started.
The key is to start today and adjust your goals as needed.
