Be Very Specific about Your Goal

Be Very Specific about Your Goal

The first step to getting what you want is to know exactly what it is that you want. This sounds simple and obvious enough. Yet, sadly, most people never seem to get what they want, simply because they are not clear about what it is they want in the first place!

          Most people say that they want to be successful in life, yet ask them what they want to achieve and most would say,  ‘I am not really sure’ or they will give vague answers such as, ‘I want to be happy’, ‘I want to have more money’, ‘I want a better job’, ‘I want to have less worries’.

Well, know this: unless you have a specific goal, there is nothing tangible you can focus your time and energy on. This is why most people find themselves going in all other directions, ending up nowhere.

          Unless you have a specific target, you cannot develop an effective strategy to get there. The strategy required to make $200,000 is completely different from the strategy needed to make $20 million. The moment you clarify your goals, see them in your mind-eye (it’s called creative visualization) you will start to have focus in your life. It will then become crystal clear to you what it is you must do to get there.

           Biographies of the most successful and legendary people, again in all pursuits, show time and again that their outstanding achievements are rarely outcomes of chance. They did not have success thrust onto them. Their phenomenal successes are the results  of clearly defined outcomes that they had predetermined, and worked towards unwaveringly, often at a very early stage of their life.

          Very few successful experiences happen by chance… whether it is winning a race or a position. Almost all happen by design. Yet, the sad fact is that most people do not have a plan for their lives, and end up falling into somebody else’s plan. It’s only when we know what we want very specifically that we are then able to focus all our talents and energy. Like a laser beam honing in on its target. And in moving unwaveringly towards it, we develop the resources necessary to make it happen. Wherever you are in your life right now, you must begin to set specific goals on what you want to achieve in the different areas of your life. In chapter 11 we will focus on how you can design the ultimate destiny for yourself!