We all have them. They can be for a day, week, year, or even a lifetime. Some are meant to change the world, while others are for changing ourselves. They might be for a particular change, for example, in the amount you sell in a month, or for a general change, like becoming less stressed. If you have not figured it out, we are talking about goals.
Gary Ryan Blair, also known as "TheGoalsGuy®", defines a goal as: a specific, measurable, and time-bound end toward which you direct specific effort until achieved! For the last 20 years, his 14 books and training materials on goals have been used by more than 80,000 organizations and 4,000,000 employees world-wide. Today we are pleased to announce our newest book from Simple Truths, authored by none other than TheGoalsGuy® himself. It is titled, Goals: The 10 Rules for Achieving Success. As evidenced by the title, this book has ten rules to help you target your goals, create a plan, and faithfully execute that plan. I would like to give you a taste of the book. Please enjoy the introduction:
On everyone's short list of things to do during their lifetime are the accomplishment of worthy goals and the fulfillment of one's purpose.
Achieving a goal is like opening a combination lock. You need the correct numbers in the correct right, left, right sequence. There are thousands of possible combinations; and if you are aware of the settings but not the sequence, your efforts will prove futile.
The Ten Rules of Goal Setting is the combination that opens the lock of success. Each rule is one piece of the combination; each seamlessly integrates with the other nine; each one counts!
This book provides the goal setting information you need in a straightforward and systematic manner. You will be hard pressed to find a goal that does not require each of these ten rules.
Not all goals are equal, but all goals contain the same foundational elements. When it comes to setting goals, we often don't know what we don't know. And, what you don't know can - and most likely will - hurt you by limiting or compromising your success. Each rule calls for and requires know-how of multiple disciplines. No one is born with all the talents to achieve a goal - you learn as you go on the fly!
If I could carve ten rules for achieving a goal into the walls of your mind, they would be the ones contained in this book. The ten rules work because they are simple, and they are simple because they work.
Success, of course, is individual. Your definition of "the good life" may be very different from mine. Yet the underlying steps toward that end are the same. That similarity helps you to understand what success really is.
Success is the ability, first, to recognize opportunity; second, to form plans and strategies that leverage opportunity; and, third, to develop the necessary skills needed to execute those strategies. The ten rules, like anything else in life, operate best if they are self-enforced!
Success is beautiful because of how it looks to you, how it works, how it feels and how it represents the fulfillment of goals pursued. Grow accustomed to prosperity and confident in the process of achieving a goal. Embrace these ten rules of goal setting and give witness to a powerful transition in your life.
What goals are you working toward in your personal and professional life? How do you plan to get there? Lastly, I would like to ask you a question that my sales manager asked me at my first job. It helped me to visualize what making my goal would look like, and I will share that question with you: What will it feel like when you get there? Let's see your comments!