The Unification Epicenter of True Lightworkers
1.1 Goal Setters
Goal setting is not new. For thousands of years, prominent citizens and civilisations have used goal setting in some form to plan and then achieve incredible feats of engineering, exploration, discovery or war.
Imagine if Captain Cook or Christopher Columbus didn’t have goals to explore the new world? Or if the ancient Egyptians didn’t have a ‘goal’ for commemorating their dead Pharaohs? (Slave labour helped too!). All of the great wonders of ancient civilisations would not exist if some visionary didn’t have the goal to build them. And of course, all the major military battles in history, from Roman times to modern battles, were all won (or lost) as a result of a strategy that evolved from a simple goal.
In today’s capitalist society, there are numerous business men and women who have succeeded through goal setting and planning. The late Kerry Packer (1937-2005) rose to become the wealthiest man in Australia through his media interests, despite being reportedly dyslexic and, as Kerry Packer himself said “academically stupid”. Was this just good luck – partly, but he also had a strategic plan for this business empire that evolved from his personal goals (mostly to prove his father wrong, who had labelled Kerry the “family idiot”) and the goals he established for his business.
I’m sure you can think of other ‘successful’ people - whether they’re a well known public figure, someone at work, or someone in your circle of friends – and I’m 99% sure they’ve all got where they are, not because of good luck (although this may help) but because of good life management. In other words – GOAL SETTING!
Then of course there are the people like you and me. We’re ‘normal’ people that just want the best for our family and to live a happy, comfortable life. Or perhaps you’re more ambitious than that? It doesn’t matter how big or small your ambitions are, the best (the only) way to get there is to prepare a Life Plan built around your own personal goals.
Putting it simply:
…people who succeed have goals, and people who have goals succeed.
This is probably the most important message from this chapter. To reinforce this key message (we’ll be doing this with other key messages throughout this workbook), write it down on a separate piece of paper in BIG LETTERS and stick it somewhere obvious. Read it to yourself or out aloud every day – read it with conviction, like to truly believe it. Let the power of your mind through positive thinking and idea reinforcement help you embrace this wonderful process.
Of course, you may already be a seasoned goal setter, in which case this workbook will give you some great tips to support your goal-setting journey.
Or you may be a repeat ‘New Years Resolution’ offender with good intentions that become a case of set-and-forget rather than successful goal setting, as we’ll see later in this chapter.
Just a side note on one of my ‘pet hates’: it seems that everywhere you look on the internet and in magazines, there is an overwhelming expectation that everyone wants to earn more money. This is propagated by today’s materialistic society where success seems to be measured by how much money you make, what type of car you drive and so on. In reality, these things only feed your ego, and at the end of the day, don’t reflect what is really important – family, health and well-being and sell-fulfillment. Success is more than material or financial reward.
Money of course is what makes the world go round and you need a certain amount of it to live how you want and to achieve your goals, but the goal to earn more money should be driven by other needs such as the desire to give your kids the best education, rather than making more money just for the sake of making more money. I can tell you now that if your goal is to earn more money for no apparent reason, you’ll never achieve it and you’ll never be satisfied!
Don’t panic though – I don’t want to put you off the goal setting journey so early in this workbook! The goal setting process you work through in the following sections allows you to set and achieve the goal of making more money (if you really want to, that is), but more importantly makes you work out WHY you really want to earn more – what are your real drivers. If you know this, then you are more likely to achieve your goal because you’ll have a personal reason to do so. I can’t stress this point enough, and we’ll go through it in more detail in later chapters.
Whatever your idea of ‘success’ is, it is personal and unique to you so don’t let anyone else tell you how to measure your success – you’re the only one who can honestly do that. And don’t forget that people who succeed have goals, and people who have goals succeed – so to achieve your personal success, you need to set goals.
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Activity 1.1…
So now’s a good time to ask the question – what type of goal setter are you? (tick the box that best applies to you):
I’m an underachiever. I have lots of ambitions but haven’t achieved any (or many) of them yet. I’m an underachiever by comparison with my work colleagues/ friends and want to prove to
myself that I can do it too!
I’m achieving, but would like to achieve more. I just want to be the best I can be!
Seasoned goal setter looking for new ways to look at goal setting. Repeat ‘New Years Resolution’ set-and-forget offender
something else? ……………………………………………….
It doesn’t matter what type of goal setter you are, the process used in this workbook is for everyone - from stay-at-home mums to corporate executives - because the principles of goal setting are the same, its just the personal goals that are different (and personal).
Imagine if Captain Cook or Christopher Columbus didn’t have goals to explore the new world? Or if the ancient Egyptians didn’t have a ‘goal’ for commemorating their dead Pharaohs? (Slave labour helped too!). All of the great wonders of ancient civilisations would not exist if some visionary didn’t have the goal to build them. And of course, all the major military battles in history, from Roman times to modern battles, were all won (or lost) as a result of a strategy that evolved from a simple goal.
In today’s capitalist society, there are numerous business men and women who have succeeded through goal setting and planning. The late Kerry Packer (1937-2005) rose to become the wealthiest man in Australia through his media interests, despite being reportedly dyslexic and, as Kerry Packer himself said “academically stupid”. Was this just good luck – partly, but he also had a strategic plan for this business empire that evolved from his personal goals (mostly to prove his father wrong, who had labelled Kerry the “family idiot”) and the goals he established for his business.
I’m sure you can think of other ‘successful’ people - whether they’re a well known public figure, someone at work, or someone in your circle of friends – and I’m 99% sure they’ve all got where they are, not because of good luck (although this may help) but because of good life management. In other words – GOAL SETTING!
Then of course there are the people like you and me. We’re ‘normal’ people that just want the best for our family and to live a happy, comfortable life. Or perhaps you’re more ambitious than that? It doesn’t matter how big or small your ambitions are, the best (the only) way to get there is to prepare a Life Plan built around your own personal goals.
Putting it simply:
…people who succeed have goals, and people who have goals succeed.
This is probably the most important message from this chapter. To reinforce this key message (we’ll be doing this with other key messages throughout this workbook), write it down on a separate piece of paper in BIG LETTERS and stick it somewhere obvious. Read it to yourself or out aloud every day – read it with conviction, like to truly believe it. Let the power of your mind through positive thinking and idea reinforcement help you embrace this wonderful process.
Of course, you may already be a seasoned goal setter, in which case this workbook will give you some great tips to support your goal-setting journey.
Or you may be a repeat ‘New Years Resolution’ offender with good intentions that become a case of set-and-forget rather than successful goal setting, as we’ll see later in this chapter.
Just a side note on one of my ‘pet hates’: it seems that everywhere you look on the internet and in magazines, there is an overwhelming expectation that everyone wants to earn more money. This is propagated by today’s materialistic society where success seems to be measured by how much money you make, what type of car you drive and so on. In reality, these things only feed your ego, and at the end of the day, don’t reflect what is really important – family, health and well-being and sell-fulfillment. Success is more than material or financial reward.
Money of course is what makes the world go round and you need a certain amount of it to live how you want and to achieve your goals, but the goal to earn more money should be driven by other needs such as the desire to give your kids the best education, rather than making more money just for the sake of making more money. I can tell you now that if your goal is to earn more money for no apparent reason, you’ll never achieve it and you’ll never be satisfied!
Don’t panic though – I don’t want to put you off the goal setting journey so early in this workbook! The goal setting process you work through in the following sections allows you to set and achieve the goal of making more money (if you really want to, that is), but more importantly makes you work out WHY you really want to earn more – what are your real drivers. If you know this, then you are more likely to achieve your goal because you’ll have a personal reason to do so. I can’t stress this point enough, and we’ll go through it in more detail in later chapters.
Whatever your idea of ‘success’ is, it is personal and unique to you so don’t let anyone else tell you how to measure your success – you’re the only one who can honestly do that. And don’t forget that people who succeed have goals, and people who have goals succeed – so to achieve your personal success, you need to set goals.
---------------------------------------------------
Activity 1.1…
So now’s a good time to ask the question – what type of goal setter are you? (tick the box that best applies to you):
I’m an underachiever. I have lots of ambitions but haven’t achieved any (or many) of them yet. I’m an underachiever by comparison with my work colleagues/ friends and want to prove to
myself that I can do it too!
I’m achieving, but would like to achieve more. I just want to be the best I can be!
Seasoned goal setter looking for new ways to look at goal setting. Repeat ‘New Years Resolution’ set-and-forget offender
something else? ……………………………………………….
It doesn’t matter what type of goal setter you are, the process used in this workbook is for everyone - from stay-at-home mums to corporate executives - because the principles of goal setting are the same, its just the personal goals that are different (and personal).
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