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The MASSIVE Goal
Principle
- Inside the minds of top achievers
- By David Hyner
A proven way of getting more effective results based upon
many years of research interviews with highly effective people
and top achievers from all walks of life.
An invaluable coaching tool that is easily applied to career,
business and personal goals.
This e-book is designed as a high level introduction to “how to set
goals”.
For further information, coaching or training in this area please contact
David Hyner directly at Stretch Development Ltd.
1: Evolve or revolve !
2: Why massive goals ?
3: The “Aha” moment !
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4: The MASSIVE goal principle !
5: The pyramid and how to use this model !
1: EVOLVE OR REVOLVE !
WHERE WOULD MANKIND BE NOW IF WE HAD NEVER OVERCOME OUR
FEAR OF CHANGE AND THE UNKNOWN. WE PERHAPS WOULD STILL BE
SWINGING IN THE TREES OR LIVING IN CAVES. FOR WITHOUT
EVOLUTION, WE WOULD NOT HAVE GROWN AND DISCOVERED THE
TRULY GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF MANKIND. WE WOULD BE DOING THE
SAME THINGS THAT WE HAD ALWAYS DONE; - GOING ROUND IN
CIRCLES!
THE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES TO YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND
PERSONAL LIFE AS IT DOES TO MANKIND’S EVOLUTION. IF YOU DO NOT
EVOLVE AND GROW, THEN HOW WILL YOU EVER FURTHER YOURSELF.
YOU WILL FOR YOUR LIFESPAN SIMPLY RESPOND TO WHAT LIFE
THROWS AT YOU AND GO ROUND IN CIRCLES.
BECOME AN EVOLUTIONARY AND NOT “A PERSON GOING ROUND IN
CIRCLES.”
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IT IS A BIT PERVERSE DON`T YOU THINK THAT WHEN WE SAY THINGS
LIKE OH GOOD OLD SHIELA, SHE DOESN`T EVER CHANGE”, OR
“SUCCESS WOULDN`T CHANGE ME”, WE THINK THAT AS A POSITIVE
STATEMENT WHEN OUR WHOLE REASON FOR BEING ALIVE IS TO
EVOLVE AND GROW.
IF THE EXPERTS ARE TO BE BELIEVED, WE ARE ONLY SCRATCHING THE
SURFACE OF OUR TRUE POTENTIAL IN ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF OUR
LIVES. OUR BRAINS CAPACITY FOR KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVE
THOUGHT GENERATION GOES FAR BEYOND OUR CURRENT
COMPREHENSION.
TO CHANGE IS TO HAVE NEW FEELINGS, CHALLENGES, EMOTIONS AND
EXPERIENCES. IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS, AND YOUR OBJECTIVE
IS TO GET TO THE TENTH FLOOR OF AN OFFICE BLOCK “and look over
the edge”, YOU WILL HAVE A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD TO DEAL WITH.
YOU WANT TO GET UP THERE, BUT ARE AFRAID OF THE CHANGE THAT
WILL BE FORCED UPON YOU IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL.
YOUR COMFORT ZONE IS ON THE GROUND FLOOR, BUT YOUR GOAL IS
ON THE TENTH FLOOR.
TO REACH YOUR GOAL YOU MUST STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE
AND GROW. BY GROWING AND EXPERIENCING NEW EXPERIENCES AND
EMOTIONS, YOU INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE, AND
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TO REACH THAT STAGE AGAIN WILL BE EASIER SECOND TIME AROUND
THAN IT WAS THE FIRST TIME.
THIS PROCESS CAN BE REPEATED UNTIL YOU ARE RUNNING UP THE
STAIRS TO THE TENTH FLOOR AND ADMIRING THE VIEW FROM THE
TOP.
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not
try.” - Beverly Sills.
2: WHY MASSIVE GOALS ?
IF YOU HAVE EVER READ A BOOK ON GOAL SETTING, OR BEEN ON
COURSES OR HEARD SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT GOAL SETTING, THEN
YOU WILL HAVE HEARD THE TWO WORDS MOST USED IN THE
LANGUAGE OF GOAL SETTING.
THEY SAY THAT YOUR GOALS SHOULD BE
- “REALISTIC AND ACHIEVABLE”.
WELL I USED TO BELIEVE THAT TO, - UNTIL THE UNQUESTIONABLE
VOLUME OF RESEARCH THAT I HAVE UNDERTAKEN HAS PROVEN THAT
TOP ACHIEVERS DO NOT SET REALISTIC AND ACHIEVABLE GOALS.
FAR FROM IT !
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MOST USE WORDS SUCH AS MASSIVE, LARGE, DREAM, AMBITION,
HUGE, ENORMOUS, AND ONE MILLIONNAIRE BUSINESSMAN
EVEN SAID - “BIG …… FAT …… HAIRY GOALS”.
IN FACT, I CAN REMEMBER ONE RESEARCH INTERVIEW WITH A
NEURO-SCIENTIST WHERE HE POPINTED OUT: “CAN YOU THINK
OF MANY (OR ANY?) OF MAN OR WOMANKINDS GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED IF THEY
HAD SET “REALISTIC AND ACHIEVABLE GOALS?”
I WAS SO CHALLENGED BY THIS THAT I QUESTIONED ITS VALIDITY AND
DESIGNED A MODEL THAT MADE IT EASY TO APPLY WHAT TOP
ACHIEVERS HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH THEY SET
GOALS.
TO TEST THIS BIZZARRE THEORY, I WENT TO A LOCAL CANCER
RESEARCH CHARITY THAT WAS PART OF THE NATIONAL CANCER
RSEEARCH CAMPAIGN BASED HERE IN THE U.K.
I WENT TO THEM WITH AN OFFER OF RAISING £50’000 IN ONE EVENT
TO TEST MY RESEARCHED MODEL
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I EXPECTED THEM TO WELCOME ME WITH OPEN ARMS BUT I FOUND
THAT THEY GREETED MY OFFER OF APPLYING MY GOAL SETTING
MODEL WITH A STATEMENT THAT SOUNDED LIKE THIS:
“you are on your own, you have no experience of fund raising,
you are using a model that has not been proven, you only have
your spare time and it took seven of our experienced part time
fundraisers over six Months to organise our biggest event
which raised just over £48’000.
With respect, what makes you think that you can raise £50’000
in one event, on your own in your spare time, using an
unproven model?”
IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT I REMEMBERED THE WORDS OF KRISS
AKABUSI mbe.
WHEN I INTERVIEWED KRISS HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT
“TOP ACHIEVERS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AND NOT UP TO !”
THIS STUCK IN MY MIND AND I THOUGHT THAT IF THESE TOP
ACHIEVERS WERE RIGHT ABOUT MASSIVE GOALS, THEN I MUST PROVE
IT TO BE RIGHT OR WRONG.
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I TEAMED UP WITH ONE OF THE PART TIME CHARITY WORKERS AND
TOGETHER WE DID NOT BREAK THE CHARITIES FUNDRAISING
RECORD.
WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID WAS BREAK THE RECORDS OF THE FULL TIME
FUNDRAISING TEAM AT CANCER RESEARCH UK.
IN ONE EVENT “on our own, with no experience of fund raising, using a
model that had not been proven, and in our spare time” WE RAISED OVER
£288’000 IN ONE EVENT.
SINCE THIS TIME THE MASSIVE GOAL MODEL HAS HELPED BUSINESSES
AND INDIVIDUALS IN MANY WAYS TO FAR EXCEED WHAT WAS
BELIEVED TO BE THE MAXIMUM OR “REALISTIC” GOAL THAT COULD BE
ACHIEVED.
PEOPLE HAVE USED THE MODEL TO IMPROVE OFFICE EFFICIENCY,
INCREASE SALES, STOP SWEARING, RAISE MASSES OF MONEY FOR
CHARITIES, ACHIEVE LIFE LONG GOALS, SWIM WITH SHARKS, BECOME
A PUBLISHED AUTHOR, START A BUSINESS, GET QULIFICATIONS, SAVE
THEIR MARRIAGE, GET FIT AND LOOSE WEIGHT, TO NAME BUT A FEW.
RIGHT NOW IT IS BEING USED IN BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, PERSONAL
LIVES AND IN THE SPORTS ARENA TO INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS,
ACHIEVE MORE, AND PUSH BOUNDARIES OF CONVENTION AND
LIMITING BELIEF.
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3: The “Aha” moment !
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS MODEL WORKS ?
I WAS THE OWNER OF A SMALL BUT QUALITY CATERING AND EVENT
MANAGEMENT BUSINESS THAT HAD A SUPERB RECORD IN CUSTOMER
SERVICE AND YET STRUGGLED TO GROW, AND I WAS LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TO BLAME FOR THIS.
AFTER MUCH PROBING, TESTING AND RESEARCH I DECIDED TO MY
SURPRISE THAT IT WAS MYSELF THAT WAS LIMITING THE GROWTH OF
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MY BUSINESS AS I WAS A CONTROL BASED MANAGER WHO WOULD
NOT EASILY DELEGATE IMPORTANT JOBS AND SO BECAUSE I WAS
DOING EVERYTHING, THE BUSINESS WAS NOT GROWING.
AFTER GOING ON MNAY COURSES, READING MANY BOOKS AND
GETTING CONSULTANTS INTO MY BUSINESS, I GREW FRUSTRATED AT
THE TIRED AND MALIGNED THEORIES THAT WERE LITTLE MORE THAN
“ONE PERSONS OPINION” OR WORSE STILL, JUST A RE-HASH OF LOTS
OF OTHER PEOPLES MANAGEMENT MATERIAL.
SO….. I STARTED TO INTERVIEW TOP ACHIEVERS TO FIND OUT
FORMYSELF WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO AND HOW THEYTHINKA ND
BEHAVE THAT MADE THEM (SEEMINGLY) SO MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE
THAN OTHERS AROUND THEM.
WHAT I LEARNT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE FOR EVER…….. AND MANY
OTHERS WHO HAVE TRIED TO PROVE THE THEORIES RIGHT…. OR
WRONG.
WELL IT WAS DURING A RESEARCH INTERVIEW WITH A WEALTHY AND
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN (AT THE TIME HE WAS IN THE TOP
30 RICHEST MEN IN THE UK) THAT THE “PENNY DROPPED”.
I ASK ALL OF MY INTERVIEWEES A QUESTION AROUND THEIR GOALS
THAT I HOPE WILL DRAW OUT AN ANSWER THAT WILL CHANGE THE
WORLD FOR EVER, AND AFTER (AT THE TIME) NEARLY FOUR YEARS OF
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INTERVIEWS I WAS GETTING PRETTY CHEESED OFF WITH WHAT I
THOUGHT WERE VERY MEDIOCRE AND AVERAGE ANSWERS TO SUCH
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
THE INTERVIEWEE SHALL BE CALLED RALPH……..
I ASKED RALPH WHAT IT WAS HE DID THAT MADE HIM SO
CONSISTANTLY EFFECTIVE AND MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN OTHERS
AROUND HIM.
THE CONVERSATIION WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
“I suppose all I do is …………… well I suppose what I do is……….
I set very large goals…….. I think of things I might have to do
to achieve that goal…………., I put them in an order of priority,
and then I take action. Every day I try to do something towards
that goal, even if it is just a phone call or a letter, I do
something. …… And if I want the goal badly enough I will
never, ever give in………………. yeah, I suppose that is what I
do”
NOW MY BRAIN LEFT MY BODY AND PUT MY MOUTH IN CHARGE FOR A
FEW MOMENTS AND I HEARD MYSELF SAYING BACK TO RALPH….
“do you expect me to believe that your MASSIVE
achievements” AND LIKE AN IDIOT I READ HIS ACHIEVEMENTS BACK
TO HIM…. LIKE HE DIDN’T KNOW THEM ALREADY?……..
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“these MASSIVE achievements are down to you setting large
goals, thinking of things you might have to do to achieve those
goals, prioritising them, taking action and never giving
in…………..…
…………………. REALLY ?!?!?!?!?!?!?”
THERE WAS A SILENCE THAT SEEMED TO LAST FOR EVER……..
RALPH THEN ALMOST SHOUTED “DO YOU DOUBT ME YOUNG
MAN !!!!!!!!”
I APPOLOGISED AT ONCE AND WE MOVED ON WITH THE INTERVIEW.
THERE WAS NO DOUBTING THE CONVICTION OF THIS MAN.
I WENT HOME AND TRAWLED THE INTERVIEW NOTES FROM THE RESEARCH I
HAD DONE TO DATE AND THERE, LEAPING FROM THE PAGES WAS MY ANSWER
THAT I HAD MISSED BEFORE.
MOST TOP ACHIEVERS ARE AWARE OF DELIBERATELY SETTING
MASSIVE GOALS,…. HUGE GOALS…….., BIG FAT HAIRY GOALS !
ISN`T IT FUNNY HOW THROUGHOUT HISTORY, WE HAVE LEARNT OF
TOP ACHIEVERS WHO OVERCAME SEEMINGLY INCREDIBLE ODDS TO
ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.
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WERE THEY SPECIAL PEOPLE WITH HIDDEN POWERS THAT WE CAN
NOT ATTAIN?
NO ! - THEY WERE MERE MORTALS LIKE YOU AND I WHO BEHAVED
AND THOUGHT IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY TO MOST OTHERS.
WELL, LET US TAKE ONE FINE EXAMPLE. A GREAT AMERICAN
PRESIDENT, AND A MAN WHO (DEPENDING UPON YOUR POLITICAL
PERSUASION) IS REVERED AND REMEMBERED BY A NATION WHICH
RATE HIM AS POSSIBLY THE BEST LEADER OF THEIR COUNTRY TO
DATE.
THE VALUE OF COURAGE, PERSISTENCE, AND PERSEVERANCE HAS
RARELY BEEN ILLUSTRATED MORE CONVINCINGLY THAN IN THE LIFE
STORY OF THIS GREAT MAN.
SHOWN HERE IS THE RECORD OF ONE ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Abraham Lincoln;
FAILED IN BUSINESS AGED 22 YEARS
RAN FOR LEGISLATURE - DEFEATED
AGAIN FAILED IN BUSINESS
ELECTED TO LEGISLATURE
SWEETHEART DIED
HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
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DEFEATED FOR SPEAKER
DEFEATED FOR ELECTOR
DEFEATED FOR CONGRESS
ELECTED TO CONGRESS
DEFEATED FOR CONGRESS
DEFEATED FOR SENATE
DEFEATED FOR VICE PRESIDENT
DEFEATED FOR SENATE
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AGED 51
YEARS
REMEMBER – NEVER, EVER GIVE IN !
FAILURE IS, AFTERALL, THE PRICE OF IMPROVEMENT, FOR NOTHING
WOULD EVER HAVE BEEN IMPROVED, CREATED OR INVENTED IF
SOMEONE HAD NOT FIRST DRAWN UP PLANS, BUILT MODELS, FAILED,
RE-DRAWN PLANS, AND THEN MADE BETTER MODELS.
A FEW BUTS, MUST DO’S AND PRE-REQUISITES.
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WHEN I INTERVIEWED ONE OF THE WORLDS LEADING COACHING
MENTORS HE TOLD ME OF HIS CLIENT BASE THAT HAD IN IT SOME OF
THE WORLDS LEADING ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESMEN AND
WOMEN.
TO MY SHOCK AND AMAZEMENT HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN HOW HE
BEGAN HIS COACHING PROCES BY GETTING THE COACHEE TO
UNDERSTAND A FEW BASIC PRINCIPLES OF “LIFE”, TAKEN FROM HIS
PRIOR EXPERIENCES OF THE BHUDDIST FAITH.
BUTS ……….
SURE, SET A LARGE GOAL, BUT MAKE SURE THAT IT STRETCHES YOU
IN WAYS THAT WILL HELP YOU TO LEARN AND GROW AND GET NEW
EXPERIENCES, MEET NEW PEOPLE, OR CHANGE OTHERS LIVES FOR
THE BETTER.
MUST DO’S ……
HE SAID THAT “I TEACH ALL OF MY CLIENTS THAT IF YOU GO AFTER
THINGS TO MAKE YOU HAPPY THEN YOU ARE DOOMED TO MISERY”
WHEN I ASKED HIM TO EXPLAIN HE WENT ONTO SAY HOW TRULY
HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL MEN AND WOMEN HAVE A WORK LIFE
BALANCE AND DO THINGS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. ETHICS, MORALS,
PRINCIPLES, WHATEVER YOU WOULD CALL THEM.
IF YOU ARE UNHEALTHY, UNHAPPY OR GRUMPY AND YOU GO AFTER A
GOAL YOU “MIGHT” JUST GET IT, BUT WHEN YOU GET IT YOU WILL
STILL BE THE SAME OLD UNHEALTHY, UNHAPPY, AND GRUMPY PERSON
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THAT STARTED ON LIFES JOURNEY OF ACHIEVEMENT AND SO YOU
THEN GO AFTER SOMETHING ELSE IN SEARCH OF HAPPINESS AND YOU
NEVER FIND IT.
THE SECRET IS TO GET HAPPY, AND THEN GO AFTER THINGS.
THAT WAY YOU ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO ENJOY THE ACHIEVEMENT
PROCESS AND THE HARD WORK THAT IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE. THE
ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENT IS A DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF BEING HAPPY
AND YOU ARE NOT PINNING YOURHAPPINESS ON THE ACHIEVEMENT.
PRE-REQUISITES ………..
LOOK AT YOUR PERSONAL AND CORPOARET GOALS AND
ASKYOURSELF WHY AM I/ARE WE DOING THIS. CHOOSE YOUR
ATTITUDE AND GET HAPPY. THEN AND ONLY THEN, GO AFTER THINGS.
YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT THE RESULTS.
4: The MASSIVE goal principle !
PYRAMIDS ARE SEEN BY MANY PEOPLE AS A SYMBOL OF GREAT POWER
AND STRENGTH. THEY HAVE BEEN MARVELLED THROUGHOUT TIME AS
A SIGN OF MASSIVE ACHIEVEMENT, FOR THE ORIGINALS TOOK MANY
YEARS TO BUILD AND WERE MADE BY HAND WITH ROCK CARRIED
MANY MILES BY MANY HUNDREDS OF MEN. I WONDER IF ANYBODY
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THOUGHT TO TELL THE GUY WHO THOUGHT UP THE IDEA FOR A
PYRAMID THAT IT WAS A TASK TOO BIG TO BECOME REALITY?
BUT THINK FOR A MINUTE AS TO HOW A PYRAMID IS BUILT. THEY DO
NOT BRING EVERY ROCK TO THE SITE FOR ERECTION AND BUILD IT ALL
IN A DAY. WHAT THEY DO IS PLACE A FOUNDATION LEVEL OF ROCKS
CUT TO SIZE WITH A TIER ON TOP OF THAT OF SIMILAR SHAPED
ROCKS, AND THEN ANOTHER, AND THEN ANOTHER. THEY KEEP DOING
THIS UNTIL THEY HAVE ONLY THE TOP AND FINAL STONE TO LAY, AND
THEN THEIR GOAL HAS BEEN ACHIEVED.
YOUR GOALS OR CHALLENGES CAN BE ACHIEVED OR OVERCOME IN
THE SAME WAY. TREAT EACH BRICK OR EACH LEVEL AS AN INDIVIDUAL
OR SPECIFIC TASK OR LIST OF TASKS THAT WILL FURTHER YOU
TOWARDS YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.
EACH TASK OR LAYER SEEMS ACHIEVEABLE, AND EVERY BRICK THAT IS
LAID IS A STEP CLOSER TO YOUR BIGGER GOAL, OR CHALLENGE.
REMEMBER WHAT RALPH SAID?
1. SET A LARGE GOAL.
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2. THINK OF WHAT YOU MAY HAVE TO DO
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
3. PRIORITISE THOSE TASKS IN ORDER OF
IMPORTANCE.
4. TAKE ACTION EVERY DAY.
5. IF YOU WANT IT THAT BADLY
– NEVER, EVER GIVE IN.
5: The pyramid and how to use this model
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MASSIVEMASSIVE Goal Principle. Goal Principle.
HERE IS HOW TO USE THIS MODEL:
Six steps to success.
1:
HOLD A CREATIVE MEETING WITH “LIKE MINDED” PEOPLE AWAY FROM
THE “USUAL” ENVIRONMENT TO LIST AS MANY THINGS OR IDEAS AS
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YOU CAN THINK OF THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO DO, WILL HAVE TO DO,
OR MUST DO IF YOU ARE TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL
2:
IF YOU HAVE FIFTY THINGS IN YOUR LIST, MAKE A PYRAMID WITH ONE
HUNDRED BLOCKS IN IT AS WHEN YOU ARE ON YOUR JOURNEY
TOWARDS ACHIEVEING THIS GOAL, MANY OTHER “THINGS TO DO“
WILL CROP UP AND YOU WILL HAVE BLOCKS IN WHICH TO WRITE OR
DRAW YOUR ACTION.
3:
PUT THE TASKS INTO AN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE WITH THE MOST
URGENT OR IMPORTANT BEING NUMBER ONE. IN THE BOTTOM BLOCKS
OF THE PYRAMID WRITE OR DRAW SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS
EACH TASK, WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS BEING IN THE
BOTTOM BLOCKS OR ROWS OF YOUR PYRAMID.
AFTERALL, A PYRAMID IS A STRUCTURE LIKE A BUILDING, AND
WITHOUT FOUNDATIONS ANY BUILDING WOULD FALL DOWN.
SO CREATE YOUR OWN FOUNDATION BLOCKS THAT YOU KNOW ARE
THE MOST ESSENTIAL TO YOUR SUCCESS AND PLACE THEM IN THE
BOTTOM BLOCKS AND ROWS OF YOUR PYRAMID.
4:
LOOK AT THE TASKS AND SEE WHICH ARE THE BIGEST TASKS AND ASK
YOURSELF THIS QUESTION;
“IF ALL I HAD TO DO WAS “THIS” TASK – COULD I DO IT ?”.
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IF THE ANSWER IS YES, THEN THAT IS OKAY, BUT IF THE ANSWER IS
NO, THEN YOU CAN GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH EACH BLOCK
THAT IS STILL A MAJOR CHALLENGE UNTIL YOU HAVE A MASTER PLAN
THAT MAY HAVE ONE OR MAY HAVE A DOZEN PYRAMIDS – EACH
PYRAMID REPRESENTING A BLOCK OR TASK THAT IS IN ITSELF, A VERY
HARD CHALENGE - BUT YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT EACH
AND EVERY TASK OR BLOCK, THAT YOU CAN AND WILL ACHIEVE IT.
5:
TAKE ACTION ! – NOW !
– EVERY DAY ATTEMPT TO DO AT LEAST ONE THING THAT WILL TAKE
YOU TOWARDS YOUR GOAL. EVEN IF IT IS JUST A PHONE CALL !
6:
KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTION AND ASK YOURSELF
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO YOU IF YOU WERE TO SUCCEED OR FAIL.
ASK YOURSELF IF YOU WANT OR NEED THIS GOAL “THAT BADLY”?
IF THE ANSWER IS YES, THEN NEVER, EVER, AND I DO MEAN EVER,…..
GIVE IN. KEEP GOING UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE AVERYTHING POSSIBLE
TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL.
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THE PROCESS ……………..
FOCUS ON THE BIG GOAL BUT ACTION THE SMALLER TASKS AND ACTION
STEPS IN EACH BLOCK OF THE PYRAMID.
AS YOU ARE IN A PLACE OF “KNOWING” THAT YOU WILL OR HAVE ACHIEVED
EACH STEP, GET A BIG MARKER PEN AND TAKE A CHILDISH PLEASURE IN
CROSSING OFF OR EVEN COLOURING IN EACH BLOCK AS YOU BUILD YOUR
PYRAMID TOWARDS YOUR GOAL.
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AS YOU BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY TOWARDS SETTING AND ACHIEVING A
MASSIVE GOAL YOU WILL GET WELL INTENTIONED FRIENDS, ASSOCIATES
AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO THROUGH NOT WANTING YOU OR “ANYTHING ELSE”
TO CHANGE, OR PERHAPS NOT HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE FRAID
TO MAKE CHANGES THEMSELVES, WILL SAY THINGS SUCH AS:
“WHAT IF YOU FAIL, YOU WILL NEVER DO THAT, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE” ETC ETC.
DO NOT ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO STOP YOU AS THESE ARE THE VERY SAME
PEOPLE THAT WHEN SUCEESS BEGINS TO REAR ITS HEAD, WILL BE KNOCKING
ON YOUR DOOR WANTING TO HELP YOU.
ENJOY YOUR LIFE AND DARE TO THINK
MASSIVE !
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