Goals!

Goals! By Brian Tracy shows you how to unleash the power of goal setting to help you get or become whatever you want, identifying ways to set goals that lead you to success by being specific, challenging yourself, thinking positively, preparing, adjusting your timelines on big goals, and more.

What would you attempt if you knew that you had the power to succeed in anything you did? Can you imagine how amazing your life would be if that were the case? Well, luckily for you, it’s the truth.

All you need to get everything in line and get what you want out of life is the right mindset.

Just look at anything you see, and it’s clear this is true. Everything, whether it’s the device in your hands or the chair you’re sitting in, was a thought in someone’s mind before it became a reality.

But it only became a reality once they believed it was possible.

Successful people prove this to be true as well. When they’re asked about what they focus on most often, there are two common things:

What they want. How they’ll get it.

In other words, successful people focus their attentional space on their goals. If you want to reach your dreams, you must do the same.

You have to proactively fight the tendency to concentrate on the negative. This is what unsuccessful people do. They spend time thinking about what they don’t want, worrying about problems, and blaming others, and that ends up being all they get out of life.

The problem most people have isn’t a lack of goals. It’s not understanding how to make those goals as effective and attainable as possible. There are six principles of effective goal-setting that Tracy teaches: Specific: Set goals that are concrete that you can easily visualize. You might want to “be happy,” but this isn’t a good goal because it isn’t specific enough. Setting better goals will lead to happiness anyway. Measurable: Attach amounts to your goals. “Make $100,000 a year” is much better than “be rich” because you can measure whether or not you reach $100,000. Time-Bound: Add timelines for when you’ll accomplish your goals. Set deadlines, but be realistic. There’s no such thing as an unrealistic goal, just unrealistic timelines for accomplishing them. Challenging: Good goals get you outside of your comfort zone. Anytime you’re feeling a little stress, you’re in the growth zone. That stress can be good for you to help you improve. In Harmony With Other Goals: You can’t run a marathon and start a new company at the same time and expect to be successful at both. If your goals aren’t aligned, you’ll fail. Have One Overarching Goal: Some…