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Goal Setting Musts For All High Goal Achievement

By admin on Saturday, August 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Five Goal Setting Musts For High Goal Achievement by Al Smith

Goal Achievement in a nutshell? Just get serious.

Are you serious about getting what you want, or serious about being, doing or having what you want?

This is not brain surgery and it is not complicated. We tend to over complicate simple things. Far too many people are not willing to investigate all their options. They are not serious about designing their life. They give in to excuses.

At the time it probably seemed easier not to go their own way, but this is life’s fatal trap which they most often will not recognize until many years later. They then finally realize that they could have had whatever they wanted if they just would have started momentum in the direction of their real dream.

They would rather sit back and take a reactive role, let others make the decisions, and then just go along for the ride and hope that everything would work out. They don’t seem to want to take ownership of their life.

Don’t let this be you. Make your decision up front, and then take the time and actions necessary to plan out your journey. In other words, go make your decision right.

I remember when I was younger and I needed a new car. I would just go into the dealership, or look in the paper for what I thought I could afford, or for what they had available on the lot. I didn’t realize it at the time but I had literally made an unconscious decision to settle for what I thought I could get at the time.

I would look over the limited selection and pick out what I thought I wanted, or whatever they were pushing me toward. What a crock! I pretty much let them make the decision for me and then I justified the decision in my own mind that it was really what I wanted.

And my dream car would just get further away from my reality because I didn’t have the courage to pursue it. My life was pretty much an expanded view of the same type of behaviors.

Now whenever I set a plan into motion I check to make sure I feel certain I am doing the right thing for me. Here are what I think are the most important rules for achieving anything you want. There are others but I feel these are the most critical areas.

Here are the 5 Goal Setting Musts For All Goal Achievement:

1. You must believe that what you are doing is the most important thing you can do. You must commit to this path as being the best path for you. No wavering, no conflicting emotions allowed.

2. You must believe that you have now, or you can develop the special qualities that are necessary for accomplishment in this area. Organize the resources necessary for making the journey, and educate yourself as you go.

3. You must desire it with all your heart and recognize that the full and complete success in this undertaking is the only acceptable outcome. It is your want, you deserve it and you refuse to lose.

4. You must see yourself taking the actions necessary and feel the enjoyment accomplishing it will bring. Get comfortable with the realization that you will soon have what you want. You may decide to adjust the timing and strategy, but the goal is a sure thing.

5. You must make a habit of disciplining yourself for it’s completion. Make your subconscious (mind) and your homeostasis (body) serve your master plan. Replace procrastination with the eagerness to move forward. You just can’t wait to make it happen.

Your success rate is hugely dependent on how successful you are at applying this checklist of rules to your goal path. If you are not serious about your life’s journey, then what will you be serious about? There is no time like the present!

Like I said at the start, Get Serious. It’s your life. Live it!

Al Smith

Al Smith writes for and publishes The Realgoalgetter Ezine and The Realgoalgetter Blog. His articles deal mostly with goal setting, self improvement, and motivation. Get some free reports, ecourses, and ebooks and subscribe to The Realgoalgetter Ezine at FREE Ezines, Reports And Ebooks.

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5 Great Self Help Books To Read

By admin on Saturday, May 29th, 2010 | No Comments

The 5 Best Self Help Books By Matt Maresca

I am an avid reader of self help books. I love to get inspired and then make some changes to my life. Each day of my life I try to grow in one area. Self help books give me ideas of new ways to keep myself in constant growth.

Having read a large number of great self help books, it was difficult to narrow my list down to the five best. I feel that this list here should be required reading for anyone, no matter what you do for a living.

In fact, I would recommend you read each book multiple times and take copious notes as you do. The small details that you miss could be the golden nuggets that you need to take your life to the next level.

What is great about this list is that each book covers a different aspect of personal growth.

One book is about creating positive habits for success. The second book is about appreciating the difficulties of life. The third is about improving your relationships with those you come in contact with. The fourth deals with wealth and happiness. And the fifth deals with becoming a master in one area of life.

So without further delay, here is my list of the five best self help books.

1) 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey

This is simply a tremendous book on creating positive habits that promote productivity. Covey teaches you how to clear the clutter out of your life and mind and just get things done.

The teachings in this book have inspired many of the top personal development gurus in the world. It is truly a modern classic.

2) The Dip by Seth Godin

This little book does not get the credit it deserves. It is short and to the point. It is an easy read, which allows for immediate action. This book will change the way you view life’s problems.

All of life’s challenges are in place for a reason and Godin explains why you should learn to love these challenges. Seth Godin is a tremendous self help educator and this is, by far, his most underrated work.

3) How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

This book is a timeless classic. It was written many years ago, but the teachings are still very much valid today. When I first read it, I was skeptical being that it was such an old book.

Yet, when I began reading, I immediately saw the power it holds. If you ever come in contact with another human being in life, this book can help you. It teaches you not only how to make friends, but how to get people to listen to you and respect you.

After reading this book, you will get more out of all your relationships in life…if you apply the principles.

4) 7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness by Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn is my favorite motivational guru of all time. He was a great speaker and had a great mind. He knew exactly what to say to get things to make sense to people.

This is also clear in his writing. This book will teach you how to change your life by putting yourself in a position for success. Your attitude about wealth and happiness will change after reading this book.

You will go from blaming the world to challenging yourself to rise above it.

5) Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment by George Leonard

This book is unique to anything I have ever read. It teaches you how to take one area of your life and become a complete master of it.

Mastery is really only possible in one thing at a time, yet so many of us try to be good at everything. By focusing on one thing to master, we can create something of high value for the world that will surpass anything else we could have otherwise done.

This is definitely a must read to get you thinking about where you are headed in your life’s journey.

These five best self help books can change your life. In fact, if you allow them to they will change your life. They will change the way you view everything and will help you improve your attitude and habits.

Each day of your life is special. These books will help you grow to make the most of every moment from this day forward.

Matt Maresca is an author and lover of life. His passion is in self growth, and he has read many of the best self help books as seen in this article.

His goal is to get the most out of life and help anyone he can reach do the same. Matt created a website with a blog centering around taking your life to new, powerful heights. The address is http://www.mylifemotivation.com so check it out for more great stuff from Matt.

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Self Awareness Can Demonstrate How Much You Are Really Capable Of

By admin on Monday, September 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Knowing What Youre Capable of Through Self-Awareness

Neale Donald Walsch once said, “Words may help us understand but experience allows you to know.”

This means that you learn more about yourself when you observe how you react with the many experiences you have.

Learning is a process that cannot be done overnight. In fact, it is by gradually going through each and every experience that we learn more about ourselves.

The important thing is that we take in every lesson, keep everything in mind, and apply these to the next time we encounter the same situation.  You have to learn how to listen to your heart because this is a valuable creative resource.

Spiritual leaders always say that you have to listen to what you’re heart tells you because this is an important aspect of emotional healing and clearing. These may be things that we don’t always dwell on.

Nonetheless, this helps us find our true voice and our genuine self. Why is it important to look deeply inside us? These are ways to find out what went wrong in our lives, what we can work on, and how we can change for the better.

If we don’t do this, we will just go through the same kind of mistakes over and over again. Yes, we might have been aware that we have some negative behavior patterns. But we need to find out what caused those negative behaviors and how we can avoid situations that cause us to act unconstructively.

Although we can consider ourselves intelligent and level-headed in many areas, we can also carry a negative self-image. When we are not confident enough in our abilities, we frequently engage in negative self-talk just to hide the fears lurking in the dark recesses of our minds.

We should first and foremost focus on what is inside us before looking outside.  The inner you is the subconscious that holds every memory.

Sometimes, we are just plagued by too many voices. We also need a time of rest and quiet so that our brain can absorb everything it takes in.

To better understand ourselves, we need to practice patience. There’s always room for growth and we must continually strive to improve ourselves so that we get to better know the person we must get most familiar with: us.

If we rush our growth, we fill find ourselves in unfamiliar territory and will just get lost.

How do we achieve that growth?

We first need to get rid of all negativity. Release these emotional attachments and constantly observe our inner dialogue. Know what makes us feel good and shift our attention towards that direction. Let it go and identify what we can have control over.

We don’t need the drama in our lives. This just holds you back. Our parents used to tell us that what we resist persists, and this holds true about our thoughts. If we believe in ourselves and know our worth, we will realize just what we can be capable of.

There are ways to become self-aware, to face the pain, gain the insight and allow growth to happen. Our heart constantly sends messages to our brain.

Listen to your heart and feel the space open to new and novel experiences. This can be your ultimate source of energy, a chance to know your worth and your capabilities more.

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Develop Laser Focus To Massively Succeed

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One Focus To Success

Too many times we are distracted from our main goal and purpose by all of the different things out there that we want, or think we want. Instead of making choices, we seem to want it all, everything we come across. Too many conflicting desires is a recipe for disaster.

With every goal which does not align with our main definite goal or purpose, our percentage chance to achieve it goes down. With dilution, our focus and concentration lose strength, and we lose momentum with each direction change.

Another potential downside to having too many goals and not attaining them, is the potential negative hit to our self image. This could be disempowering in the long term if not put into it’s proper perspective.

So what do we do? Hold our desires in check? Forget about all those other things we want?

No way! Never isolate yourself from your desires. Bond with them, make them important, and “do or die” – “what ever it takes”. You can happily move towards their achievement. Timing and Strategy may change but the goal is in the bank.

First thing to do right now is DECIDE that wanting more is OK. This is a very human thing and it drives progress.

Napoleon Hill stated that ‘The Master Key To Riches’ was the development of a burning desire for the achievement of a major definite purpose. (loosely quoted, but this is true)’

Riches’ do not just include money or things, but everything that enriches our lives, and this is different for everyone.

Now to take ‘Nappy’ literally, one would have to have a single focus that they would develop into a Magnificent Obsession, again nothing negative about this.

If you want several different things all at once, and if you do not have a plan for their attainment, then, it is likely that it will split your focus in too many directions, and you will achieve none of them.

However . . . if you connect them up by going after a single massive undertaking which when achieved gets you all of the above, then your focus would be laser sharp and your concentration would be unbroken. And you would have all of the objects of your desire!

Now, if you do not have a Single Massive All Encompassing Focus, then, a substitute plan would be to list all that you want on paper. Then, start arranging them in order of importance to you. Most important on top, least important on bottom.

Decide what is most important to you. If that is difficult, then start eliminating those goals you can do without. (eliminate them just like those reality shows do) You will be left by default with the most important goal to go after. As for the others, Go after them one at a time.

Either way you will come out with a single focus so that you can plan a strategy to attain it. And your power will be centered and your momentum will build towards achieving what you want.

Take it for what it’s worth . . .

Copyright Al Smith

Al Smith writes for and publishes The Realgoalgetter Ezine and The Realgoalgetter Blog. His articles deal mostly with goal setting, self improvement, and motivation. Get some free reports, ecourses, and ebooks and subscribe to The Realgoalgetter Ezine at FREE Ezines, Reports And Ebooks.

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Three More Success Secrets To Practice

By admin on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Someone once said that it’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. Self-trust is what gets you to push your limits and take risks.

Of the many secrets to success, self trust and self confidence are foremost. When travelling life’s rough roads, your strength is sometimes put to the test.

You stumble along the way, get lost, and realize just how many mistakes you’ve made. Each experience serves to enhance your knowledge in life. With new lessons learned, you’re given another set of tools to use for battle.  Failure is just feedback.

What will make you a winner is your ability to channel all your energy to fulfilling your goals. There things that you simply cannot control. The outside factors that affect your decisions change, and while you try not to wilt away; you must also face up to your challenges and responsibilities.

Blaming others for the repercussions of the decisions that you made is the loser’s way out. Loser. What a horrible term to use, and even worse is when this insult is directed to you.
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