Let's start the year off with a bang!

Here's a tidbit to consider:


"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going."

— Earl Nightingale: Author, The Strangest Secret, Lead the Field.

If you think that's bewilderingly simple, you're right. It is. This man is one of the leaders in personal development coaching, and as I read this quote, I thought, "...and he got paid for that?" Of course, people with goals succeed! Of course, they do! There's really nothing all that brilliant or revolutionary about that, yet how many people do you know who flounder each year and fail to finish project after project or task after task because they just don't know what they're trying to do or why they're trying to do it? I daresay the numbers would both surprise and dishearten us.

So here's what I want you to ponder:
What do you want to get out of the coming year? Why will you be hauling your booty to class every day, dressing like you survived ground zero of an explosion at the Land's End warehouse, trying to overcome either the humiliation of riding the cheesewagon or braving the throngs of people who don't know how to park or drive correctly in the CHS lot, and choking down Bosco sticks? What's the ultimate thing you're trying to do?

Thing long term--think years down the road. close your eyes and try to imagine how it looks, tastes, feels...Do you see it? Now, keep that carrot dangling in your mind's eye every morning when you wake up. In no time, you'll be just that much closer to your long term goals. I challenge you to think about your goals as though you have already achieved them. Speak in these terms. Act as though you have already done what you are setting out to do this year. Having that kind of attitude will help you to achieve what you want to achieve.

Try it. See what happens. I'd be interested in your feedback.