Quotes About Goal-setting

As you carry out these instructions, SEE YOURSELF ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY. For example: Suppose that you intend to accumulate $ 50,000 by the first of January, five years hence, that you intend to give personal services in return for the money, in the capacity of a salesman.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence. HOW

Until a man selects a definite purpose in life he dissipates his energies and spreads his thoughts over so many subjects and in so many different directions that they lead not to power, but to indecision and weakness.

Therefore I will concentrate my thoughts for 30 minutes daily upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person.

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Second: repeat this program night and morning until you can see (in your imagination) the money you intend to accumulate.

When I made the decision to really get serious about my writing, I set myself a goal of 1,000 words a day for seven days. If I got to 7,000 words before Monday I could take a day off, but I had to get there. I had to do that every week.

The most important thing to keep in mind in being effective is focus.

I think I've learned that if I really set my mind to something and really motivate myself in that direction I can get anything done.

My motivation is that I try to get myself to a certain point, and I want to win as much as I can in my career.

In his own mind he had already achieved success in America. Now he had to go through the motions.

important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies.

What works is making a vivid, concrete plan: "Tomorrow during my break, I'll get a cup of tea, close the door to my office, and call the graduate school." Or, in another case: "On Wednesday morning, right after I get up and brush my teeth, I'll sit at my desk and start writing my report.

In the growth mindset, it's almost inconceivable to want something badly, to think you have a chance to achieve it, and then do nothing about it.

So the good news is, I know exactly what I want." "You do?" I say and I hope you'll ask me to eat you out in the bathroom at Starbuck's.

The only way to get everything you want in life is to be very clever about what you want.

I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.

You can do what you want to do, accomplish what you want to accomplish, attain any reasonable objective ... if you want it, if you will to do it, if you work to do it, over a sufficiently long period of time.

You decide what it is you want to accomplish and then you lay out your plans to get there, and then you just do it. It's pretty straightforward.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

Before you begin a thing remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. ... You can only see one thing clearly, and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.

My ultimate goal is to be the best player in the world. If I'm the best player in the world, I'll be the face of American golf. It will come with the territory. That's where I want to be. If I want to be there, I have a lot of guys I have to beat out, in the U.S. and the world.

Coming up with a ballpark figure on how much you need to pay your expenses, such as your mortgage or rent, insurance, and utilities, is the first place to start when developing your ultimate goal of becoming a multimillionaire.

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.