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The Power of Goal Setting

I am sure that you have heard of the power of goal setting and that even if you don't write your goals down, you know where you are going; what you want to achieve; and how you are going to attain all your hearts desires.

For many successful people, setting SMART goals (specific, measurable, attractive, realistic, timed) is merely commonsense. However, sometimes, we don't realise WHY it is important to set regular goals.

In Robin Sharma's "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrarri", the monk explains the "why" of setting goals in several ways including the following:

We think about 60,000 thoughts per day and 95% of these thoughts are the same everyday!

"By writing out your desires and goals on a piece of paper, you send a red flag to your subconscious mind that these thoughts are far more important than the remaining 59,999 other ones. Your mind will then start to seek out all opportunities to realize your destiny like a guided missile. It is really a very scientific process. Most of us are simply not aware of it". page 81, "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrarri"

When we clearly focus on a goal, like passing our exams, or buying a house, we usually achieve better outcomes than if we just "turn up" on the day without any preparation, don't we? J

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