Step 1: Our Current Personal Record Breaking Goal

Like our marathoner in the earlier example, we cannot afford to go admiring fans, or idlers, or buildings, or new cars or old friends we come across if we are to do meaningful preparation for achieving our personal record-breaking goals.

For us, we must first identify that wild ultimate goal- like earning $1 million per year through our online affiliate business- but to get there, we need to first break our current personal record. That could be $0 if we are just starting out, or a few dollars per month if we've been at it. But there must be a goal higher than where we are that would be record breaking for us if we were to achieve it.

Once we identify where we are, then we can write down a statement that will ultimately lead us to our final mega goal.

For instance, I could write this down:

Current Personal Record Breaking Goal:

Go from $0 to making my 1st monthly affiliate sale in 3 months (by Jan 4th, 2020).