Only 3% of adults have clear, written, specific, measurable, time-bounded goals, and by every statistic, they accomplish ten times as much as people with no goals at all. Why is it then that most people have no goals?
Myth One: “I already have goals; I don’t need to set any.” People who say this also say that their goals are to be rich, thin, happy, successful, and live their dreams. Buy these are not goals, they are wishes and fantasies common to all mankind. A goal is like a beautiful home, carefully designed, revised continually, upgraded regularly, and worked on constantly. If it is not in writing, it is merely a dream or a wish, a vague objective with no energy behind it.
Myth Two: “I don’t need goals; I’m doing fine.” Living your life without goals and objectives is setting off across unknown territory with no road signs and no road map. You have no choice but to make it up as you go along, reacting and responding to whatever happens, and hoping for the best. If you are doing well today without written goals and plans, you could probably be doing many times better in the future if you had clear targets to aim at and the ability to measure your progress as you go along. It is vital to have goal setting objectives.
Myth Three: “I don’t need written goals; I have them all in my mind.” The average stream of consciousness includes about 1,500 thoughts a minute. If your goals are only in your mind, they are invariably jumbled up, vague, confused, contradictory and deficient in many ways. They offer no clarity and give you no motive power. You become like a ship without a rudder, drifting with the tides, crashing into the rocks inevitably and never really fulfilling your true potential.
Myth Four: “I don’t know how to set goals.” No wonder. You can take a Masters degree at a leading university and never receive a single hour of instruction on goal setting and achieving. Fortunately, setting a goal is a skill, like time management, teaching, selling, managing, or anything else that you need to become a highly productive and effective person. And all skills are learnable. You can learn the skill of goal-setting by practice and repetition until it becomes as easy and as automatic as breathing. And from the very first day that you begin setting goals, the progress you will make and the successes you will enjoy will astonish you.
Myth Five: “Goals don’t work; life is too unpredictable.” When a plane takes off for a distant city, it will be off course 99% of the time. The complexity of the avionics and the skill of the pilots are focused on continual course corrections. It is the same in life. But when you have a clear, long-term goal, with specific plans to achieve it, you may have to change course many times, but you will eventually arrive at your destination of health, wealth and great success.
One last point. Goal setting has been called the master skill of success. You have two choices in life: You can either work on your own goals, or you can work for someone else, and work on achieving their goals. When you learn the master skill, you take complete control of your life and jump to the front of the line in your potential for great achievement.
goals_2ndeditionGreat News! With the help and guidance of four professional writers and editors, I have completely rewritten and updated my world-wide best-selling book Goals!
The new edition contains three new chapters, on how to set and achieve financial goals, how to create a wonderful personal and family life, and how to achieve and maintain superb levels of health and fitness.
There are new ideas to help you set the best goals for you in every area of your life. You learn how to create action plans, set priorities, and focus on what is most important.
In addition, you learn how to visualize and attract your goals into your life. You discover how to unlock the powers of your superconscious mind to bring you everything you really want in life.
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Jumat, 13 Juli 2012
Critical Success Factor: Developing a Moral Character to Achieve Greatness
No matter what you do, your ultimate goal, beyond what you are trying to accomplish at the moment, is to achieve your own happiness and become a good person. An individual can exercise a key success factor for developing a moral character to achieve the kind of happiness everyone longs for.
People are successful in life to the degree to which they can organize their world in such a way that they are genuinely happy. The only difference between people in this area is that some people are better at achieving their own happiness and others are not particularly successful. Some people make choices and decisions that make them unhappy and worse off than they ever would have been if they had done nothing at all. But always, happiness is your goal.
Strive to Become a Good Person
In his time, Aristotle examined the human condition and came to a remarkable conclusion. He said that, “Only the good can be happy, and only the virtuous can be good.” This is one of the major breakthroughs in philosophy. Imagine! You can only be happy if you are a good person, and you can only be a good person, and you can only be a good person if you practice the virtues that are associated with goodness.
What this means simply is that, if you want to have a wonderful life, you must continually strive to become a good person. Any deviation from this course will lead you to lower levels of happiness and dissatisfaction. Every single time you act consistently with the highest virtues that you know, you feel happy and strong inside, your self-confidence and self-esteem go up and you become more effective in your relationships and in your work. Virtue is its own reward. It pays for itself in the inner feeling of pleasure and contentment you have when you live consistent with the best you know.
Develop a Moral Character
In order to achieve happiness and become a good person, you must know that character is the greatest success factor of all. If you want to change your outer world, you must go to work, like a computer programmer at a keyboard, to reprogram your subconscious mind, your world of values, beliefs, and inner convictions so that the person you are inside is exactly the mental equivalent of the life you want to enjoy on the outside.
Your reputation is your greatest asset. Your reputation can be defined as how people think about you and talk about you when you’re not there. As you know from your own experience, when people talk about you in either positive or negative terms, and you find out about it, it has a major impact on your thinking and your emotions, either positive or negative.
Because of the Law of Attraction, as you develop a moral character, and live more and more by the highest and best virtues that you know, you will become a happy and good person. You must always strive to exercise this success factor and develop a moral character.
Success Factor for Greatness
If character is the greatest success factor to your life, the fundamental component of one’s character is trust. In relationships, trust is the glue that holds it all together. It is impossible for us to proceed in any kind of a relationship unless we trust and feel confident with the other person. All good friendships are based on trust. All strong families are based on trust. And in companies, which are larger business families, trust is the fundamental ingredient that determines the success and prosperity of the enterprise.
The very best companies to work for have high-trust environments. Everyone in the company, at every level, absolutely trusts and believes that what people say is true. In almost every company of value, telling a lie can be a sufficient reason for losing your job.
The ultimate expression of trust is truthfulness. Your very best friends and closest associates in life will always be those who tell you the truth. The willingness to be absolutely truthful with yourself and others is the critical mark of a person of outstanding moral character. If integrity is the core quality then truthfulness is the most obvious expression of integrity.
Shakespeare said, “And this above all, to thine own self be true. Then, it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” You must always be absolutely be true to yourself. This means being true to the very best that is in you. This also means that you always do your very best in every situation, especially at work where people are counting on you. If the inner expression of integrity is truth, then the outer expression of integrity is quality work and quality behavior under all circumstances.
In Abraham Maslow’s studies of self-actualizing people, he found that one of the characteristics of the most advanced people he found was that they were extremely objective and truthful about themselves, about their strengths and weaknesses, and about their situations in life. They never tried to convince themselves of things that weren’t true. They exercised the success factor of character and “lived in truth” with themselves. As a result, they were able to live in truth with others.
Refuse to compromise your moral character. Refuse to pretend or wish or hope that something is not true, when in your heart, you know it is.
This means that you live in truth with everyone around you. You state your truth simply and honestly. You do not stay in relationships that are wrong for you, or do things that you do not agree with or believe in. You do not say things to people that are not honest and sincere expressions of your true beliefs. You adamantly insist on living in truth in every aspect of your life and strive to become a good person.
What are your thoughts on the greatest success factor of all? Do you agree that an individual’s moral character is important for one to develop in order to achieve happiness in life? Please comment below and share with others if you enjoyed this post!
http://www.briantracy.com/blog/personal-success/success-factor-moral-character-a-good-person?cmpid=2183&proid=1770
People are successful in life to the degree to which they can organize their world in such a way that they are genuinely happy. The only difference between people in this area is that some people are better at achieving their own happiness and others are not particularly successful. Some people make choices and decisions that make them unhappy and worse off than they ever would have been if they had done nothing at all. But always, happiness is your goal.
Strive to Become a Good Person
In his time, Aristotle examined the human condition and came to a remarkable conclusion. He said that, “Only the good can be happy, and only the virtuous can be good.” This is one of the major breakthroughs in philosophy. Imagine! You can only be happy if you are a good person, and you can only be a good person, and you can only be a good person if you practice the virtues that are associated with goodness.
What this means simply is that, if you want to have a wonderful life, you must continually strive to become a good person. Any deviation from this course will lead you to lower levels of happiness and dissatisfaction. Every single time you act consistently with the highest virtues that you know, you feel happy and strong inside, your self-confidence and self-esteem go up and you become more effective in your relationships and in your work. Virtue is its own reward. It pays for itself in the inner feeling of pleasure and contentment you have when you live consistent with the best you know.
Develop a Moral Character
In order to achieve happiness and become a good person, you must know that character is the greatest success factor of all. If you want to change your outer world, you must go to work, like a computer programmer at a keyboard, to reprogram your subconscious mind, your world of values, beliefs, and inner convictions so that the person you are inside is exactly the mental equivalent of the life you want to enjoy on the outside.
Your reputation is your greatest asset. Your reputation can be defined as how people think about you and talk about you when you’re not there. As you know from your own experience, when people talk about you in either positive or negative terms, and you find out about it, it has a major impact on your thinking and your emotions, either positive or negative.
Because of the Law of Attraction, as you develop a moral character, and live more and more by the highest and best virtues that you know, you will become a happy and good person. You must always strive to exercise this success factor and develop a moral character.
Success Factor for Greatness
If character is the greatest success factor to your life, the fundamental component of one’s character is trust. In relationships, trust is the glue that holds it all together. It is impossible for us to proceed in any kind of a relationship unless we trust and feel confident with the other person. All good friendships are based on trust. All strong families are based on trust. And in companies, which are larger business families, trust is the fundamental ingredient that determines the success and prosperity of the enterprise.
The very best companies to work for have high-trust environments. Everyone in the company, at every level, absolutely trusts and believes that what people say is true. In almost every company of value, telling a lie can be a sufficient reason for losing your job.
The ultimate expression of trust is truthfulness. Your very best friends and closest associates in life will always be those who tell you the truth. The willingness to be absolutely truthful with yourself and others is the critical mark of a person of outstanding moral character. If integrity is the core quality then truthfulness is the most obvious expression of integrity.
Shakespeare said, “And this above all, to thine own self be true. Then, it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” You must always be absolutely be true to yourself. This means being true to the very best that is in you. This also means that you always do your very best in every situation, especially at work where people are counting on you. If the inner expression of integrity is truth, then the outer expression of integrity is quality work and quality behavior under all circumstances.
In Abraham Maslow’s studies of self-actualizing people, he found that one of the characteristics of the most advanced people he found was that they were extremely objective and truthful about themselves, about their strengths and weaknesses, and about their situations in life. They never tried to convince themselves of things that weren’t true. They exercised the success factor of character and “lived in truth” with themselves. As a result, they were able to live in truth with others.
Refuse to compromise your moral character. Refuse to pretend or wish or hope that something is not true, when in your heart, you know it is.
This means that you live in truth with everyone around you. You state your truth simply and honestly. You do not stay in relationships that are wrong for you, or do things that you do not agree with or believe in. You do not say things to people that are not honest and sincere expressions of your true beliefs. You adamantly insist on living in truth in every aspect of your life and strive to become a good person.
What are your thoughts on the greatest success factor of all? Do you agree that an individual’s moral character is important for one to develop in order to achieve happiness in life? Please comment below and share with others if you enjoyed this post!
http://www.briantracy.com/blog/personal-success/success-factor-moral-character-a-good-person?cmpid=2183&proid=1770
Cara Menjaga Fokus
Pentingnya Menjaga Fokus
dakwatuna.com - Salah satu alasan penyebab banyak orang gagal atau tidak maksimal dalam mencapai target atau tujuan yang telah mereka tetapkan adalah ketidakmampuan dalam menjaga fokus. Fokus ini menjadi hal yang sangat penting untuk mencapai tujuan dan mendapatkan hasil yang terbaik karena dengan fokus kita mampu mensinergikan dan menyatukan energi-energi dan pemikiran-pemikiran menjadi satu sehingga menghasilkan hasil yang terbaik.
Jika kita ingin menganalogikannya, seperti sebuah kaca pembesar/LUP yang mampu memusatkan energi panas matahari yang tersebar sehingga mampu membakar benda yang dituju. Seperti gambar di bawah ini:
Kita dapat melihat betapa fokus akan menghasilkan hasil yang terbaik, oleh karena itu penting bagi kita untuk menjaga fokus!
Menjaga fokus ini memang tidaklah mudah. Untuk meraih tujuan, apalagi tujuan besar, kita perlu kesabaran karena mungkin memerlukan waktu yang lama untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut. Selama proses mencapai tujuan, akan ada banyak hal yang mengganggu dan membuyarkan fokus kita. Jika kita tidak bisa menjaga fokus, maka tercapainya tujuan akan lebih lama bahkan gagal. Menjaga fokus memang tantangan banyak orang.
OK, sekarang kita akan bahas bagaimana cara menjaga fokus dari mulai menetapkan tujuan sampai tujuan tersebut dicapai. Cara-cara menjaga fokus sebenarnya sederhana, bahkan seperti terlihat aneh. Inilah mungkin yang menyebabkan banyak orang yang tidak berusaha untuk menjaga fokus. Karena merasa ribet atau menganggapnya sepele.
Sudahkah Anda menetapkan tujuan? Anda tidak akan fokus jika Anda belum menetapkan tujuan. Jadi langkah-langkah di bawah ini hanya bisa dilakukan setelah Anda menetapkan tujuan.
Trik-trik Menjaga Fokus
1. Ada pengingat atau yang mengingatkan. Kita akan kehilangan komitmen jika kita lupa dengan tujuan kita. Dengan berbagai kesibukan dan kewajiban yang harus kita lakukan setiap hari, kadang kita terlupakan untuk berusaha mencapai tujuan yang sudah ditetapkan. Jadi, harus ada pengingat bahwa Anda sedang mencapai tujuan tertentu. Ada banyak ide agar ada pengingat setiap hari:
Menempel gambar yang berkaitan dengan tujuan kita di tempat yang setiap hari pasti terlihat. Misalnya Anda cari foto mobil yang Anda inginkan, kemudian tempel di lemari es atau di kamar tidur Anda. Setidaknya, Anda akan teringat terus setiap hari bahwa Anda sedang mencapai tujuan tertentu.
Bekerja sama dengan orang lain, bisa keluarga, untuk saling mengingatkan dalam upaya mencapai tujuan.
dan lain-lain
2. Menghujamkan tujuan Anda ke pikiran bawah sadar Anda. Jika tujuan sudah terhujam dalam pikiran bawah sadar Anda, maka secara otomatis Anda akan teringat kepada tujuan Anda atau tindakan Anda akan diarahkan secara otomatis menuju tujuan Anda. Caranya:
Mereview atau membaca tujuan Anda secara berulang-ulang. Dengan suara lantang lebih bagus.
Tulis tujuan Anda, dengan tulisan tangan, berulang-ulang. Sampai ratusan kali.
Melakukan visualisasi tujuan Anda.
3. Miliki mental juara. Mental juara akan mendorong Anda untuk mencapai tujuan Anda secepat mungkin. Seseorang yang memiliki mental juara tidak akan pernah menunda-nunda. Tidak akan mudah terganggu pikirannya oleh hal lain. Dengan memiliki mental juara, Anda akan lebih mudah untuk menjaga fokus.
Fakhir Muhammad Mumtaz
Sumber: http://www.dakwatuna.com/2012/07/21494/cara-menjaga-fokus/#ixzz20ST9P8Xa
dakwatuna.com - Salah satu alasan penyebab banyak orang gagal atau tidak maksimal dalam mencapai target atau tujuan yang telah mereka tetapkan adalah ketidakmampuan dalam menjaga fokus. Fokus ini menjadi hal yang sangat penting untuk mencapai tujuan dan mendapatkan hasil yang terbaik karena dengan fokus kita mampu mensinergikan dan menyatukan energi-energi dan pemikiran-pemikiran menjadi satu sehingga menghasilkan hasil yang terbaik.
Jika kita ingin menganalogikannya, seperti sebuah kaca pembesar/LUP yang mampu memusatkan energi panas matahari yang tersebar sehingga mampu membakar benda yang dituju. Seperti gambar di bawah ini:
Kita dapat melihat betapa fokus akan menghasilkan hasil yang terbaik, oleh karena itu penting bagi kita untuk menjaga fokus!
Menjaga fokus ini memang tidaklah mudah. Untuk meraih tujuan, apalagi tujuan besar, kita perlu kesabaran karena mungkin memerlukan waktu yang lama untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut. Selama proses mencapai tujuan, akan ada banyak hal yang mengganggu dan membuyarkan fokus kita. Jika kita tidak bisa menjaga fokus, maka tercapainya tujuan akan lebih lama bahkan gagal. Menjaga fokus memang tantangan banyak orang.
OK, sekarang kita akan bahas bagaimana cara menjaga fokus dari mulai menetapkan tujuan sampai tujuan tersebut dicapai. Cara-cara menjaga fokus sebenarnya sederhana, bahkan seperti terlihat aneh. Inilah mungkin yang menyebabkan banyak orang yang tidak berusaha untuk menjaga fokus. Karena merasa ribet atau menganggapnya sepele.
Sudahkah Anda menetapkan tujuan? Anda tidak akan fokus jika Anda belum menetapkan tujuan. Jadi langkah-langkah di bawah ini hanya bisa dilakukan setelah Anda menetapkan tujuan.
Trik-trik Menjaga Fokus
1. Ada pengingat atau yang mengingatkan. Kita akan kehilangan komitmen jika kita lupa dengan tujuan kita. Dengan berbagai kesibukan dan kewajiban yang harus kita lakukan setiap hari, kadang kita terlupakan untuk berusaha mencapai tujuan yang sudah ditetapkan. Jadi, harus ada pengingat bahwa Anda sedang mencapai tujuan tertentu. Ada banyak ide agar ada pengingat setiap hari:
Menempel gambar yang berkaitan dengan tujuan kita di tempat yang setiap hari pasti terlihat. Misalnya Anda cari foto mobil yang Anda inginkan, kemudian tempel di lemari es atau di kamar tidur Anda. Setidaknya, Anda akan teringat terus setiap hari bahwa Anda sedang mencapai tujuan tertentu.
Bekerja sama dengan orang lain, bisa keluarga, untuk saling mengingatkan dalam upaya mencapai tujuan.
dan lain-lain
2. Menghujamkan tujuan Anda ke pikiran bawah sadar Anda. Jika tujuan sudah terhujam dalam pikiran bawah sadar Anda, maka secara otomatis Anda akan teringat kepada tujuan Anda atau tindakan Anda akan diarahkan secara otomatis menuju tujuan Anda. Caranya:
Mereview atau membaca tujuan Anda secara berulang-ulang. Dengan suara lantang lebih bagus.
Tulis tujuan Anda, dengan tulisan tangan, berulang-ulang. Sampai ratusan kali.
Melakukan visualisasi tujuan Anda.
3. Miliki mental juara. Mental juara akan mendorong Anda untuk mencapai tujuan Anda secepat mungkin. Seseorang yang memiliki mental juara tidak akan pernah menunda-nunda. Tidak akan mudah terganggu pikirannya oleh hal lain. Dengan memiliki mental juara, Anda akan lebih mudah untuk menjaga fokus.
Fakhir Muhammad Mumtaz
Sumber: http://www.dakwatuna.com/2012/07/21494/cara-menjaga-fokus/#ixzz20ST9P8Xa
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