Here is a quick and simple way to achieve more in your life in a shorter period of time. Do this and you will also build confidence and develop a greater sense of personal power.
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Brian Tracy - The 10 Goal Method
Brian opens his presentation explaining how he learned early that everybody starts out with nothing. “The great tragedy,” he says, “is most people stay at nothing, most of their lives.”
He picked up the concept of the 10 Goal Method along the way and began applying it.
“I am very eager to try anything, so I began to use this 10 Goal Method,” he explains. “I noticed extraordinary changes in my life very quickly.”
Before getting into the 10 Goal Method in his video presentation, Brian outlines a seven-step “recipe” for goal setting.
1 - Decide what you want;
2 - Write it down;
3 - Set a deadline;
4 - Make a list of everything you need to do to achieve it;
5 - Organize the list into a plan;
6 - Take action;
7 - Do something every day.
List Your 10 Goals
As a visual aid, he then produces a folded sheet of paper from an inside jacket pocket and instructs viewers to get their own piece of paper and on it, write the word “Goals” and today’s date at the top of the page.
“This is going to be a very important piece of paper for you,” says Brian. “Write down 10 goals that you would like to accomplish in the next 12 months.”
He explains that the goals should contain three specific qualities, the “Three Ps,” he explains.
First P - Write them in the Present tense:
I earn this amount of money by such-and-such date.
I weigh this number of pounds by such-and-such date.
I drive this type of car; live in this type of house; achieve this type of goal...
“You say it as though you have already accomplished the goal. This is the type of command your subconscious mind goes to work on immediately.”
Second P - Always phrase your goals in a Positive tense:
I am a non-smoker.
I weigh this number of pounds.
Third P - Make it Personal; always use the “I” word when writing down a goal.
“When you use the word ‘I’ it signifies that a very important goal is coming down from head office,” he says with a smile.
He also notes that the simpler the goal is stated, the faster it will come into reality. Every goal must be in the present tense, be positive and personal, and be time-dated.
“Once you’ve completed this exercise, something marvellous has happened,” states Brian, “because only the top 3% of adults have done this; written down 10 goals in the present tense, positive and personal, in their lives.”
How to get into the Top 1%
After elaborating on other statistics demonstrating the success of the 10 Goal Method, Brian spends a few minutes outlining a further step to produce above average results. Do this, he says, and it will put you in the top 1% of adults:
- Select the most important goal from the list; it will be your key goal;
- On a clean sheet of paper, at the top of the page, write the goal in the present tense, with positive and personal language;
- Set a specific deadline;
- On the page, make a list of everything you can possibly do to achieve the goal;
- Organize the list by sequence and priority;
- Take action;
- Do something every day.
“Make the decision that once you’ve started on this goal, you’ll never stop until it’s accomplished,” instructs Brian. “When you get up in the morning, think about this goal. All day long, think of this goal.”
If you do this exercise, something remarkable will happen, he says.
“You’ll go from positive thinking to positive knowing. You’ll go from wishing and hoping to absolutely knowing that you can set and achieve an important goal... And the things you will accomplish in the years ahead will be absolutely extraordinary!”
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