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CHAPTER ONE - Set Small Targets
Goal setting and life change have a funny relationship: it’s absolutely
necessary to have a huge, life goal, an idea of where you want to be in 5, 10
or 15 years, even what you want your life to count for when it’s over.
Yet, at the same time, any attempt at goal setting has to begin with small
targets, or you can get very discouraged when events are not happening as
rapidly as you desire, or you face some sort of adversity, which we all do at
one time or another. If you can keep your eyes simultaneously on the Big
Prize and the Next Step, you will have mastered a key concept in obtaining
your objectives.
So, in preparation for setting smaller goals, take some time to think about the
largest goal of all: what do you want from life? What would success look like to
you later in adult life? Writing down the answer to these questions is
important, because as the old saying goes, when you aim at nothing, you are
sure to hit it. To use another illustration: would you go on a long journey with
no definite destination in mind? Of course not.
What rung do you want to reach on the career ladder? Similarly, what type of
financial goals do you have in terms of earning and debt-free living? Do you
have educational goals, relationship goals, physical goals, service goals, even
pleasure goals? As we think about Mind Hacking, we should mention attitude
goals as well. How do you want to change your mind-set in life? You’re off to a
great start by reading this eBook!
Once you have one or a few goals--and you’re sure that they are your goals,
not the goals someone else has for you—you will be better able to understand
where you need to concentrate your time, resources, and energy as you
pursue them. Additionally, you will be able to quickly recognize the distractions
that can easily keep you from achieving your aim, so you will not focus on
them at all.
To give you an example, if a young athlete has excellent abilities in the sport
of football (or soccer, as it’s known in a few countries), and he decides that he