Goals

• “Successful people have clear future orientation.  They think five, ten, and twenty years out into the future.  They analyze their choices and behaviors in the present to make sure that what they are doing today is consistent with the long-term future they desire.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 26
• “Long-term thinking improves short-term decision making.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 26
• “Write your goals as though a year has already passed and they are now a reality.  Use the present tense, positive voice, and first person so that they are immediately accepted by their subconscious mind.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy
• “Think about your goals and review them daily.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 13
• “Keep pushing forward.  Once you start moving, keep moving.  Don’t stop.  This decision, this discipline alone, can dramatically increase your speed of goal accomplishment and boost your personal productivity.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 12
• “There is a powerful formula for  setting and achieving goals that you can use for the rest of your life.  It consists of seven simple steps….
• Decide Exactly What You Want
  1. One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all
  2. Steven Covey says, “Before you begin scrambling up the ladder of success, make sure that it is leaning against the right building.”
  3. Write it down
  4. Set a deadline on your goal; set sub deadlines if necessary
  5. Make a list of everything that you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal
     1. A list gives you a visual picture of the larger task or objective.  It gives you a track to run on.  It dramatically increases the likelihood that you will achieve your goal as you have defined it and on schedule
     2. Organize the list into a plan
     3. Take action on your plan immediately
        1. An average plan vigorously executed is far better than a brilliant plan on which nothing is done.  For you to achieve any kind of success, execution is everything
        2. Resolve to do something every single day that moves you toward your major goal”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 10-12

• “Only about 3 percent of adults have clear, written goals.  These people accomplish five to ten times as much as people of equal or better education and ability but who, for whatever reason, have never taken the time to write out exactly what they want.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 10
• “The number one reason why some people get more work done faster is because they are absolutely clear about their goals and objectives, and they don’t deviate from them.  The greater clarity you have regarding what you want and the steps you will have to take to achieve it, the easier it will be for you to overcome procrastination, eat your frog, and complete the task before you.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 9
• “There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to achieve it.”  Napoleon Hill
• “To begin with, there is nothing wrong with aspiring to greatness, aspiring to spirituality, aspiring to be the best we can be. There is surely no sin in seeking to be better, sharper, more proficient, more intelligent, more effective. In fact, we really ought to work smarter in the Church and kingdom of God. And, second, there is nothing wrong with receiving the honors of men.  Many of our great Church leaders of the past have been acknowledged nationally and internationally for their gifts, talents, and contributions. Elder Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was appointed United States Secretary of Agriculture in the Eisenhower administration from 1952 to 1960.  Elder Richard L. Evans of the Quorum of the Twelve served as president of Rotary International.  President Thomas S. Monson has received some of the highest recognitions offered by Boy Scouts of America for a life of dedication to this marvelous organization. And the same is true for many other members of the church. Thousands of our youth serve as school or class officers;  many of our women have been recognized as Mothers of the Year; and large numbers of our academic, political, military, and industrial leaders have become know and sought after, around the world, for their expertise. This is how it should be:  the disciples of Christ, the Saints of the Most High, are called to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world, to make a difference because they are different, to allow their influence to be felt (; )” (Men of Influence, 27)
• Money Girl’s Smart Moves to Deal with Your Debt (Laura D. Adams) “Without basic financial education, anyone can create money troubles that are difficult to resolve. When that happens, we run the risk of living in perpetual fear about the state of our finances. That burden can hold us back from living the kind of life we truly want for ourselves and for our families.”
• “After listening to a complaint, I would ask, “If outside influences like money or insurance companies or bureaucrats were not a problem, what would you really love to be doing?” I learned a lot from what each person told me. First, almost everyone could tell me clearly what they’d love to be doing. Their answers included things like: I’d love to have time to write the book I’ve been wanting to write. I’d love to create videos so more people could get access to the techniques I use. I’d love to have more of an impact in the world. What caught my attention, though, was the emotional tone behind those statements. Every time, the person’s face took on an expression of longing tinged with hope or burdened by despair. Longing is a persistent, lingering feeling of wanting something you can’t quite get or something you’ve judged unobtainable. If you think there’s still a possibility of attaining it, your longing is flavored by hope. If you think it’s unobtainable, your longing sinks into a bog of despair. Longing was what I was hearing in every one of those conversations.” The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks)- Page 118
• “Most people have a carefully crafted, well-justified story about why they can’t take their Big Leap. For one person it was about the family: “I can’t possibly take the time to write [“make a video,” etc.] because my family needs me.” For another person it was about stress: “I tried getting up at 5 a.m. for a while to work on my book, but I couldn’t do that and do a good job with my 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. therapy clients.” For others it was purely about the money: “I can’t do what I really want to do because I might not make as much money doing it.” As I listened to these stories, I would sometimes hear the real fears emerge. There is a huge fear underneath every complaint: If I took the Big Leap into my Zone of Genius, I might fail. What if I really opened up to my true genius and found that my genius wasn’t good enough? Better to keep the genie in the bottle and coast along in the Zone of Excellence. That way I don’t have to risk taking a Big Leap and finding it isn’t good enough. That way I don’t have to risk discovering the ugly possibility that I don’t have a Zone of Genius.” (Gay Hendricks)- Highlight on Page 119
• “Just notice the voices and feel the fears. That’s all you need to do with them. You don’t need to rid yourself of them. Where would they go, anyway? All you need to do is acknowledge them, wave to them, let them know you’re aware of them. Then get busy learning to live in your Zone of Genius.”  The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks)- Page 119
• “When I hit a wobbly spot on the journey, I seize the moment to make a recommitment. From time to time, you will probably lose focus and your attention will wander. It comes with the territory. When it happens, though, it doesn’t need to be a big deal. It simply means that you need to recommit to what you’ve chosen to be here for expressing your genius in the world in ways that help you and others thrive.” The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks)- Page 156
• “The Upper Limit Problem is our universal human tendency to sabotage ourselves when we have exceeded the artificial upper limit we have placed on ourselves.”  The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks)- Highlight on Page 197
• “The Upper Limit Problem is caused by a too-low thermostat setting on our ability to achieve and enjoy our ultimate success. The thermostat gets set low early in our lives, at a time when we could not think for ourselves. Later, as we dream about big goals and move up into realms of love, abundance, and creativity that are above our old thermostat setting, we bump up against the artificial lid that was placed on our success through unconscious childhood decisions. Unless we solve the Upper Limit Problem, we will keep finding ways to bring ourselves back down when we’ve blown past our old setting.”  The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks)- Highlight on Page 197
• “The childhood decisions all were made unconsciously as we navigated through difficult family crosscurrents. Those unconscious decisions become barriers we must overcome in order to express and enjoy our full measure of success. There are four of these barriers: The first barrier is the false belief that we are fundamentally flawed in some way. If we carry this feeling within us, we sabotage our success because we think we’re essentially bad. If something good happens, we must mess up to offset it, because good things can’t happen to bad people. The second barrier is the false belief that by succeeding, we are being disloyal to and leaving behind people in our past. If we harbor this feeling within us, we sabotage our success because we think it’s disloyal to our roots to soar too far into the stratosphere. The third barrier is the false belief that we are a burden in the world. If we carry this feeling inside us, we sabotage our success so that we won’t be a bigger burden. The fourth barrier is the false belief that we must dim the bright lights of our brilliance so that we won’t outshine someone in our past. If we hold this feeling inside us, we tend to hold ourselves back from expressing the full potential of our innate genius.”  The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks)- Highlight on Page 198
• “One of the major reasons for procrastination in the workplace is that people avoid jobs and activities in those areas where they have performed poorly in the past.  Instead of setting a goal and making a plan to improve in a particular area, most people avoid that area altogether, which just makes the situation worse.  The reverse of this is that the better you become in a particular skill area, the more motivated you will be to perform that function, the less you will procrastinate, and the more determined you will be to get the job finished.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 44-45
• “We give them a sheet of paper and then tell them, “In thirty seconds, write down your three most important goals in life right now.”  We have found that when people have only thirty seconds to write their three most important goals, their answers are as accurate as if they had thirty minutes or three hours.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 50
• “In 80 percent or more of cases, people have three goals in common:  first, a financial and career goal; second, a family or personal relationship goal; and third, a health or a fitness goal.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 51
• “1. What are your three most important business or career goals right now?  2.  What are your three most important family or relationship goals right now?  3.  What are your three most important financial goals right now?  4.  What are your three most important health goals right now?  5.  What are your three most important personal and professional development goals right now?  6.  What are your three most important social and community goals right now?  7.  What are your three biggest problems or concerns in life right now?” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 51
• “by the yard it’s hard; but inch by inch, anything’s a cinch!”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 60
• “…you can accomplish the biggest task in your life by disciplining yourself to take it just one step at a time.  Your job is to go as far as you can see.  You will then see far enough to go further.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 61
• “To accomplish a great task, you must step out in faith and have complete confidence that your next step will soon become clear to you.  Remember this wonderful advice.  “Leap- and the net will appear!”  A great life or great career is built by performing one task at a time, quickly and well, and then going on to the next task.  Financial independence is achieved by saving a little money every single month, year after year.  Health and fitness are accomplished by just eating a little less and exercising a little more, day after day, and month after month.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 61
• “Whatever you do, you need courage.  Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”~R.E. Emerson
• “Between where you are today and any goal or objective that you want to accomplish, there is one major constraint that must be overcome before you can achieve that major goal.  Your job is to identify it clearly.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 70
• “What is holding you back?  What sets the speed at which you achieve your goals?  What determines how fast you move from where you are to where you want to go?”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 70
• “This means that 80 percent of the constraints, the factors that are holding you back from achieving your goals, are internal.  They are within yourself- within your own personal qualities, abilities, habits, disciplines, or competencies.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 72
• “The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be.  The problem is that no one is coming to the rescue.  These people are waiting for a bus on a street where no buses pass.  If they don’t take charge of their lives and put pressure on themselves, they can end up waiting forever.  And that is what most people do.  Only about 2 percent of people can work entirely without supervision.  We call these people “leaders.”  This is the kind of person you are meant to be and that you can be if you decide to be.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 76
• “See yourself as a role model for others.  Raise the bar on yourself.  The standards you set for your own work and behavior should be higher than anyone else could set for you.”Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 77
• “One technique that you can use to cut a big task down to size is the “salami slice” method of getting work done.  With this method, you lay out the task in detail and then resolve to do just one slice of the job for the time being, like eating a roll of salami one slice at a time- or like eating an elephant one bite at a time.  Psychologically, you will find it easier to do a single, small piece of a large project than to start on the whole job.  Often, once you have started and completed a single part of the job, you will feel like doing just one more slice.  Soon, you will find yourself working through the job one part at a time, and before you know it, the job will be completed.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 97
• “There is one universal rule of planning:  You will never be greater than the vision that guides you”  Alliance for Non-profit Management.  Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 105
• “Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.”  Albert Einstein.  Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 117
• “Here are the four ACID test questions to see if your goal will do the job of getting you to do the work necessary to make it a reality. 1. Is the goal in alignment with my values? 2. Do I have or can I develop the capacity to accomplish this goal? 3. Am I Inspired to do whatever it takes to achieve this goal? 4. Do I have the Determination to overcome inevitable adversity and setbacks? If you can honestly answer these four questions in the affirmative you are assured your efforts will pay off.”  Go for the Goal  Kindle Loc. 21-27
• Developing a Positive Mental Attitude
• “I talked to President Farnsworth this morning who told me that the three years he served in the Ecuador Quito Mission were miraculous.  He was approached by a general authority in the beginning of his mission to set goals and expectations. Up to this point, the Church in Ecuador had four stakes created in the span of 28 years.  This general authority told President Farnsworth that he and his missionaries needed to create seven stakes in the next 3 years so that the church could build a temple. President Farnsworth responded, “You are asking me accomplish this goal when it has taken 28 years to create only 4 stakes?” He was told, “President, we will give you the best missionaries possible to make this happen.”    Three years later, President Farnsworth and the missionaries in the Quito mission had activated and converted enough people to have 11 chapels built, when typically only 1 chapel is built per year.  That’s an average of over 3 chapels per year build.  Also, there were 6,000 baptisms where, 10,000 reactivated members and 1,000 children were baptized from these reactivated members.  Because of the hard work and dedication of the missionaries from 1993 to 1996 in Quito, 7 stakes were formed.  While I was a missionary, President Farnsworth asked me to do a program in Puyo, Ecuador where I would identify on a map where all the inactive members were and lived.  I did this with my companion Elder Navarro.   I was to then go around and meet with them, and simply find those ready to be baptized.  Most of the inactive members had kids or husbands or wives not baptized, and so the program became a big success.  President Farnsworth then duplicated this effort in other areas of the mission.  Later on in my mission, he put me in charge of a “coordinator program”.  That coordinator program essentially allowed me and a group of some of the best elders and sisters in the mission to go around to the stakes and train Stake President, bishops, ward mission leaders on how to do missionary work properly. President Farnsworth said that this program is now being implemented church-wide, which is true because I sit in on PEC and other meetings where this missionary process and the program is now being implemented, where missionaries do go into the home of inactive member and part member families for the purpose of activating and baptizing.”  Clinton Brown, after having lunch with President Farnsworth and Elder Steve Beck in Mesa, AZ in February 2013.
• “many of the things they thought they “should” do are things they never wanted to do, and they were only trying to please other people.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 16
• “Whatever I choose to believe becomes true for me. Whatever you choose to believe becomes true for you. Our thoughts can be totally different. Our lives and experiences are totally different.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 33
• “…Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.  (Booker T. Washington)
• “To every man there comes…that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a special thing unique to him and fitted to his talent. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour.”  (Winston Churchill)
• “Remember, the flak is always the heaviest closer to the target.”  (Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, Nov. 1999, 24)
• “When you push against the boundaries of experience into the twilight of the unknown, the Lord will strengthen you. The beauty of your eternal soul will begin to unfold.”  (Richard G. Scott, Ensign, Nov. 2003, 41)
• “…When was anything really worthwhile easy?”  (Richard G. Scott, Ensign, Nov. 2003, 41)
• “Rick compares Kobe’s competitive drive to that of M.J., whom Fox worked with at Jordan’s basketball camps when he was a college student. Rick says: “There are no other individuals I’ve known who act like they do. To them, winning at all costs is all that matters. And they demand that everyone around them act the same way, regardless of whether they can or not. They say, ‘Find somewhere inside yourself to get better because that’s what I’m doing every day of the week, every minute of the day.’ They have no tolerance for anything less. None.” But Fox noticed a difference between Michael and Kobe. “Michael had to win at everything,” he recalls. “I mean he couldn’t drive from Chapel Hill to Wilmington without making it a race. Whether you wanted to compete or not, he was competing with you. But I think Kobe competes with himself more than anything else. He sets barriers and challenges for himself, and he just happens to need other people to come along with him. He’s playing an individual sport in a team uniform—and dominating it. Once he steps off the court, though, he’s not interested in competing with you in the way you dress or how you drive. He’s obsessed with chasing the goals he set for himself at age 15 or 16.”   Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success.  Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty.  Page 234
• “John O’Neill, a business leadership consultant, says it well in his book Leadership Aikido: “A plan is nothing more than a road map to a destination that will leave you changed-a different person from the one that started the trip”” Wealth in Families Third Edition (Charles W. Collier) Page 91
• “Don’t just live, but live for a purpose bigger than yourself. Be an asset to your family, community, and country.”  No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden (Owen, Mark Maurer, Kevin) Page 299
• “Don’t waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden and the butterflies will come.”– Mario Quintana
• “Don’t look back… you’re not going that way.” – unknown
• “Between where you are today and any goal or objective that you want to accomplish, there is one major constraint that must be overcome before you can achieve that major goal.  Your job is to identify it clearly.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 70
• Developing a Positive Mental Attitude:  “In Martin Seligman’s twenty-two-year study at the University of Pennsylvania, summarized in his book Learned Optimism, he determined that optimism is the most important quality you can develop for personal and professional success and happiness.  Optimistic people seem to be more effective in almost every area of life. It turns out that optimists have four special behaviors, all learned through practice and repetition.  First, optimists look for the good in every situation.  No matter what goes wrong, they always look for something good or beneficial.  And not surprisingly, they always seem to find it. Second, optimists always seek valuable lessons in every setback or difficulty. They believe that ‘difficulties come not to obstruct but to instruct.’  They believe that each setback or obstacle contains a valuable lesson they can learn and grow from, and they are determined to find it.  Third, optimists always look for the solution to every problem.  Instead of blaming or complaining when things go wrong, they become action-oriented.  They ask questions like ‘What’s the solution? What can we do now? What’s the next step?’  Fourth, optimists think and talk continually about their goals.  They think about what they want and how to get it.  They think and talk about the future and where they are going rather than the past and where they came from. They are always looking forward rather than backward.”  Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 86-87