Thought Of The Day.Set Goals That Stretch You.

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7 years ago

Let Me share a quick story with you. Last year I was in the process of moving, and while throwing things out I found this box, and inside was a vision board I had made 5 years earlier, and as I looked at the goals I had written down I realized that I had not achieved about half of them, but I wasn't disappointed, because I looked at those goals and I asked myself, did I really set that as a goal, what was I thinking?

The thing is this five years earlier those goals were things that would have stretched me, and at that time they seemed hard to achieve, and the reason I wasn't disappointed is because I am so far beyond those goals, it seemed ridiculous looking back that i set those as goals, but that's where I was, at the time.

Les Brown says " it's not that most people don't hit their goals, it's that most people set their goals so low they hit them most of the time, and it makes no major difference in their life"

See those goals stretched me, to a place where I could never go back, because I have created bigger, greater comfort zones.

As I looked at that vision board I thought about the things that I had achieved since setting those goals, and they were things that five years earlier I would never have imagined.

Things like writing,producing,directing and co-starring in my own award winning film, and writing, co-starring and directing my own 10 part web series on You-tube and being acknowledged for those accomplishments.

Becoming a respected speaker and coach, and people reaching out to me for my expertise and advice.

Being one of the people that had the honor of working with a living legend on a day to day basis and helping him start the Les Brown Institute where people from all over the world are learning to become better speakers-trainers and coaches.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr said " Once a man's mind has been stretched by a new experience it can never go back to its original dimension"

My mind had been stretched and I could not imagine myself going back to that way of thinking, however those goals served me well at the time, because at that time in my life they stretched me.

My question for you is, are your goals stretching you? are you setting your goals so low that you hit them most of the time?

In my opinion your goal should be so big that you wake up in the middle of the night with a cold sweat trying to figure out how you're going to accomplish it, your goal should be so big that your mind has no time to think about anything other than ways to accomplish it, even when you're not thinking about it conciously your subconcious is busy at work.

What are your goals here on WA? Can you visualize yourself making 41k per month, how about 82k, how about 160k per month, if not, then why not? others are doing it right now as we speak, so why not you?

Cliff Townsend

Become Your Own B.O.S.S.