Quotes About Goal-setting

This step is as simple as focusing on the problem at hand, writing down your goals, and then listing action steps and resources needed to accomplish each. (Author's note: I often need a helper to sort this part out. Impartial, strategic thinkers can sometimes see a clear path through what only feels muddy to us. A helping helper to help us think through who can help us and how.

There is a great Hindu story about a lady who wanted to meet the god Krishna. So she went into the forest, closed her eyes, and prayed and meditated on making the god appear and lo and behold, Krishna tapped the lady on the shoulder, she, without opening her eyes, told him to get lost because she was busy meditating on a very important goal. When we get so wrapped up in our heads, we miss out on what's available to us right now in the moment.

There's a great Hindu story about a lady who wanted to meet the god Krishna. So she went into the forest, closed her eyes, and prayed and meditated on making the god appear and lo and behold, Krishna came wandering down the forest path toward her. But when Krishna tapped the lady on the shoulder, she, without opening her eyes, told him to get lost because she was busy meditating on a very important goal.

When we focus on the money instead of working ourselves to death, and get mighty clear about how much we desire to make and what we can do differently in order to make it happen, we open the door to new freedoms.

How determined you are determines your outcome.

In order to become rich, you must connect to your desire for money with the passion of a goat who wants in off the porch. And the key to doing this is by getting clear on the specifics around your Why: Why do you desire this money? What will you spend it on? How will it feel to make it, spend it, and bask in the manifestation of your ever so important Why? Just

He who fails to plan, plans to fail.

First, say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do

The key thing is to take that general goal—get better—and turn it into something specific that you can work on with a realistic expectation of improvement.

Success in life is knowing what you want, going for it and getting there over and over again." Andreas Simic

Success is what you achieve when you have first defined it for yourself"

Unless you can see yourself in success, it will not happen. You need to draw a picture of that success first, in your mind. See yourself doing what it takes to be successful and enjoying the fruits of that success in your mind's eye." Andreas Simic

Goal setting should be part of your daily and weekly routines and should not be based on a calendar year or month.

My freshman year, I was 5-foot-4 and 115 pounds when I first weighed in. I remember because I was wearing ankle weights, so I was probably more like 112. But if you were to ask me then where I was going to be in four years, I still would have told you I was going to play at USC.

Once I got to college, I realized that practicing 3-6 days wasn't going to be enough for me to get where I wanted.

I want to score 15-20 goals a season in the Premier League. I want to be up there doing that. I know that I can do that.

I came back to Chelsea to stay. When I took my decision to come back here from Paris, it was to win the Premier League and to do something again with Chelsea, so I am very happy here.

You have to prepare yourself mentally and physically by training and knowing how to take care of yourself the best you can so that you're able to fight and get to where you want to be.

I think I do a pretty good job of not letting things distract me from what I want to do and what I want to accomplish as a football player.

When I was 10 years old, 'Dancing with the Stars' premiered, and I told my mom, 'I'm going to be on that show one day.'

It's easy to become complacent when you are earning decent money as a young player. It's important to understand that there is a lot to achieve, and there is a long way to go before you are where you actually want to be.

If you want something badly enough, and decide that you will get it, you will.

When you set a goal in your mind of what you want to be and you actually achieve that, it's a feeling that's very hard to describe.

Everyone wants to be successful. What I've learned is how do you determine what that is?