When I first got started in this business the one word I heard at most meetings was "goals." Of course, I thought I had goals but the experts in the books I was reading talked about having the goals on paper. I had never done that up to that point. My goals were really wishes or thoughts of what I would like to have or do.
As I think about goals this morning there were a number of things that come to mind. I want to give you a principle I picked up from reading over the years. I think the following came from Jim Rohn:
Reaching goals is not the hard part.
Deciding what to do is the hard part.
I have read this short, simple principle many, many times and I still get inspired thinking about it. What this says to me is the decision is the main thing. Actually it has to be a quality decision which simply means to me that regardless of what happens the goal doesn't change. When we have obstacles and adversities and the plan doesn't seem to be working like we expected it to you do not want to change the goal, you want to always alter the plan.
Do you have goals you are working for but you have experienced those obstacles and adversity? Of course everyone faces those two hurdles. Are you working from a plan? Don't allow those obstacles and adversities to get you to give up on your goal. Look at the plan. Make a new one...maybe you have to talk to more people, or follow up better, or do more meetings, etc.
There is one thought that helped me overcome the seemingly negative. I wrote it down and I've said this to myself many,many times over the years. "I'm willing to do whatever it takes." We never grew fast like some people did. I had too much to learn. I wanted to grow faster but my key was to keep doing the fundamentals. A quality decision is the key. Always alter the plan and don't allow anything or anyone to steal your dream.
Enthusiastically,
Gary Burke
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