but now let's make these notes now on setting goals the promise of the future is an awesome Force we look back for experience but we have to look forward now for inspiration and what gives us inspiration to get up in the morning and do our job learn skills develop all that we can possibly be is the promise of the future and it can be so powerful that it can overwhelm any adversary you might have any difficulties you might have here's a key phrase reasons make the difference in how your life works out reasons make the
difference in your appetite and zest for taking on the challenge doing the job becoming [Music] successful Mr scha said if you have enough reasons you can do the most incredible things you can get through the most difficult day you can overcome the most unbelievable challenges if you have enough reasons and so he said to me if you haven't got a list of your goals Mr rone it's probably because you don't have enough reasons he said I'm sure since I've met you you have enough intelligence and he said you have enough good health and he said
you have you know all of those things working for you but here's what you must work on now is to have enough reasons looking into the future developing reasons okay now here's a note to make it's important to make sure that the greatest pull on your life is the pull of the future some people let the past pull them back pull them back the past can be like gravity if you let it to pull you back some people live in the past they live in the darkness of the past they live in the mistakes of
the past they live in the discouragement of the past they didn't make it you know and that affects them for the rest of their life living in the past so we don't want the past to pull us back to live in the past so make this note dreams and goals can become magnets dreams and goals can become magnets and the stronger the goal the higher the purpose the more powerful the objective the stronger this magnet is that pulls you that direction now not only does your goals and your object objectives pull you that direction here's
what they also do they pull you through they pull you through all kinds of down days they pull you through a difficult time it'll pull you through some winter of your life some people get lost in the confusion of the day simply because their goal is not bright enough to pull them through next it's goals that drive us to take advantage of the spring why would the farmer put the plow in the ground in the spring if he couldn't see the vision of the Harvest when the summer is finished is it possible to see the
finished Harvest and the answer is [Music] yes we do that simply by faith key phrase faith is the ability to see things that don't yet [Music] exist so here's what we want to do in our goal setting session is to start looking into the future of what you would like to accomplish and where you would like to go the person you would like to be and see if you can't get a better picture of the finished objective see yourself there see yourself in possession of there's nothing you can do about the past but you can
do a great deal about your future you don't have to be the same person you were yesterday you can make changes in your life absolutely startling changes in a fairly short period of of time you can make changes you can't even conceive of now if you give yourself a chance your abilities will grow you have untapped talents and potential that you haven't even reached for yet and as time goes on you'll be able to reach deeper and deeper the first thing you'll know you'll be able to do things you never thought you could do you'll
be able to handle things you never thought you could handle you'll have ideas that you've never had before all of this is sparked by the goal setting process when you know what you want and you want it badly enough the answers will come to you I can't tell you why it works all I know is it works give yourself a chance to become all you can become and to accomplish all you can accomplish let me give you a Bible philosophy that teaches how to get whatever you want here's what it says ask that's it ask
of all the important skills to learn in life be sure to include the skill of asking what does ask mean ask means what do you want and the complete formula is staggering it says ask and you will receive work on your list of why one of the big thrusts for success is to come up with a strong enough why in leadership training here's what we learn if the why is powerful the how is easy but if the why isn't strong if your goals aren't powerful if the vision isn't clear the old Prophet said without a
vision we die without a vision we perish without a dream we're nothing we stayed because we were committed we left because we were disillusioned but we came back because we were lost without a dream we are nothing when the why gets big Power powerful strong how seems to be so much easier without a strong enough why the how seems to be too difficult almost to accomplish say how do you manage your time hey if you had strong and powerful enough goals you'd figure out how to manage your time you'd get a book on the subject
you know you'd do something to manage your time if it was worth it if it's not worth it you know why would you bother studying the art of managing your time if it really does doesn't matter but if it really mattered in the accomplishment of your goals and why you wish to accomplish them see you can do anything you can get up any hour read any book take any class make any change develop any skill do any discipline I mean you can do it all when this how and the why or when the why starts
to grow the how gets simple maybe one of your goals was to have a million dooll home on the hill overlooking Snake River Valley okay that'd be a good goal a million dooll home here's the next question what for what for I mean a house is a house is a house with bricks and wood and walls and roof the key yes million doll home that'd be wonderful but what for so now jot this down purpose is stronger than object the object would be the house and that'll pull that's a worthy goal to go for the
object of the house but here's a stronger goal the purpose for the million dooll home so if you got that line it's one of my best for the whole day purpose is stronger than [Music] object it's okay to have plenty of objects to go for on your goal list but always always keep asking yourself the question and sometimes it's good to just write it out here's why I want this money here's why I want this place here's why and you start developing those reasons and I'm telling you now this starts to become incredibly powerful okay
now here's the next exercise I want you to look now at the whole list that you've written and the exercises we've done now I want you to answer this question what kind of person must I become to achieve all I want now we've got two things working what you become helps you to achieve and what you achieve helps you to become and the more you become the more you can achieve and the more you achieve the more you can become who knows which affects the other the most you your concept of the person you think
you must become to achieve what you want this is time for a little truth here maybe you need to become much wiser than you are at the moment you need to become stronger you need to have better [Music] health maybe you need a little coaching to really become the person I want to become I'm going to have to have some coaching phys phical coaching spiritual coaching developing skills coaching to be the influence you want to be you got to build an incredible reputation what kind of person must I be to attract all that I want
in my life and the people that I want and the opportunities that I want don't set your goals too low don't join an easy crowd you won't grow go where the expectations are high go where the demands are high go where the pressures are to perform to grow to change to develop to read to study to develop skills I belong to a small group we do business around the world you cannot believe the expectations at that level what we expect of each other in terms of Excellence far beyond average so that we can receive from
the group we can contribute to the group something unprecedented it's called living at the summit go where the demands are high go where the expectations are strong so that it'll provoke you push you urgently insist that you not remain the same for the next couple of years the next 5 years that you'll grow and change so don't set your goals too low but you've got to do better than work hard and be sincere all of your life you'll wind up broke and embarrassed you've got to be better than a good worker you've got to be
a good asker let me give you some key points on this asking and receiving setting goals asking of Life here's part of the philosophy that helped me to change first asking starts the receiving process asking is like pushing a button and all this Machinery starts working mental and emotional Machinery I don't even know how it works but I do know it works there are a lot of things you don't need to know how they work just work them some people are always studying The Roots others are picking the fruit it all depends on what end
of it you want in on so asking is the beginning of receiving second receiving is not the problem you don't have to work on receiving it's automatic so if receiving is not the problem what is the problem it's failing to ask the man says I see it now I got up every day this year and hit it hard but nowhere in my house is there a list of what I want from my life can you see good worker poor asker third receiving is like the ocean there's plenty especially in this country it's like an ocean
here here success is not in short supply it isn't rationed so that when you step up to the window it's all gone no no well if that's true what is the problem well the problem is some people go to the ocean with a teaspoon have you got the picture a teaspoon what I suggest you do in view of the size of the ocean is trade your teaspoon for at least a bucket and you will look better at the ocean with a bucket kids won't make fun of you now here's something else to remember about asking
there are two ways to ask one is ask with intelligence it didn't say ask intelligently but I'm sure it meant that don't Mumble you won't get anything by mumbling be clear be specific intelligent asking means how high how long how much when what size what model what color describe what you want Define it remember well-defined goals are like magnets the better you define them the stronger they pull and give your goals purpose answer both questions what do I want that's the object and the second question what four that's purpose purpose is stronger than object what
you want is power powerful and it will pull but what you want it for is more powerful here's the second way to ask ask with faith faith is the childish part it means believe you can get what you want like a child not an adult many adults are too skeptical they've lost that wonderful childlike faith and trust don't let that happen to you believe in have faith in yourself and your goals and and get excited like a child childlike enthusiasm nothing can beat it kids think they can do anything how exciting they hate to go
to bed at night and can't wait to get up in the morning develop that kind of enthusiasm toward your life and your goals and be curious like a child kids can ask a thousand question just when you think they're finished they come up with a thousand more they'll drive you to the brink but it's really a virtue have plenty of curiosity ask questions that's how you learn setting goals is a very important part of our life's process guess how many people have a constant plan for setting rearranging evaluating and strengthening the purpose of their goals
the answer is very few in fact if you will do this you will become among the few who do that become the Envy of all who watch in the leadership seminar we came up with a whole 10-year plan of goal setting business goals and personal goals family goals economic goals Financial Independence it's a basic fundamental in fact if you will work hard on setting goals put together a plan for setting goals re-evaluate them rearrange them constantly talk about them go over them again and again I tell you what this process will do in my personal
opinion it'll put you in what's known as the top 5% and if you want to be successful if you want your life to really change in major ways this is one of the fundamentals a constant plan for setting rearranging evaluating and strengthening the purpose of your goals we need to take a look into the future we've got to have the future well designed the future is called the promise and here's what we teach in our leadership series the promise of the future can be an awesome Force for your own future the promise of the future
designing the future there's two ways to face the future one is with apprehension and the other is with anticipation I promise you in my travels around the world most people face the future with apprehension and here's why they don't have it welld designed they've sort of left that up to someone else to fix but here's the best way to face the future with anticipation and you can you can face the future with anticipation if the future is clear if the future is well designed in setting goals it's very simple number one decide what you want
you just take a little time you sit down and say what do I want what kind of skills do I want what kind of income do I want for the future where would I like to go places I'd like to visit uh habits I'd like to require skills I'd like to have you just take a little time to think about what you want economics friendships people you'd like to meet places you'd like to go you just take some time and then I suggest when you've thought about what you want for the future make a list
just jot it all down it's a really a very simple process get together with your family your wife your husband your children your business colleagues and make it one of the major fundamental in your life constantly setting rearranging evaluating and strengthening the purpose of your goals that's number one fundamental for Success here's number two a clear picture of what you intend to do with your present resources that's a fundamental figuring out a plan of what to do and how to manage your present resources most everyone I talk to has already got something the big question
is what are you doing with it most everyone has some time they have some resources they have some money or they have a paycheck or they have some kind of resources they have some kind of net worth the big question is what are you doing with it where are you investing it where are you putting it first of all you've got to understand about society and about money you've got to understand how to earn it where to get it where it comes from and the importance of managing it kids ought to be taught from the
time they're just small what to do with a dollar if a child has a dollar and goes and spends it right away they've developed the wrong habits and sure enough if they continue those poor management habits over the first dollar you can imagine they're probably going to do the same poor things with those same dollars when when they get older the plans we learn when we're small sure enough are most often the plans we follow the rest of our lives what to do with your money and where to put it we teach in the care
and feeding of the goose that lays the golden eggs you've got to be a happy taxpayer you've got to make sure some of your money goes into financial institutions so that successful people can borrow it and start other businesses that employ more people uh you've got to make sure that uh you give some of your money for charity so for charity and for taxes and for savings and for the accumulation of capital it's very important to have a management plan for your present resources so that at age 65 you don't wind up like most people
do broke you wind up with substance you wind up with plenty to share you wind up with plenty to enjoy a plan for using all of your present resources wisely what I'm saying is we all need a consistent plan for the Gathering of knowledge a consistent plan for going to the library a consistent plan for attending the lectures attending the seminars most people get ideas just spasmodically or when someone happens to come by or they just happen to hear someone or they happen to read a book that might have some ideas that could help to
benefit their life when you listen to a sermon make sure you've got your journal to take notes wherever you go gather knowledge but gather it on purpose do it constantly do it daily and do it consistently we need a consistent plan for reading books most people just read books haphazardly spasmodically or most people just don't read at all or they don't have a good plan for reading the right books sure enough the man reads the comics instead of the classics and he misses all the things that could really benefit his life because he doesn't have
a plan here's a good thought to consider rarely does a good idea interrupt you good ideas must be pursued you must go where they are you must seek them out and there's an important Bible phrase that says if you seek if you search you will find sure enough a consistent plan for Gathering knowledge reading the books attending the lectures putting together ideas and having a place to capture them like a journal where you can repeat them and go over them that's a fundamental that if you'll follow it will put you in the top 5% guess
how many people have a consistent plan for the Gathering of knowledge answer very few and what you want to be is one of the very few you need a plan a detailed plan for the use of your work time we call it a game plan most people try to design tomorrow and next week and next month in their head they try to just decide what they're going to do and most people don't even think that far ahead they think I have to get up in the morning and go to work and that's about the extent
of it but a game plan a game plan for financial Independence a game plan for your work time a game plan for your personal time the family needs a game plan so that you won't miss some of the important things that are helpful to your life and to your success the kids need a game plan mom needs a game plan dad needs a game plan you need a business game plan you need a game plan for your office if you're in business is a game plan for your business a detailed plan for the use of
your work time in the leadership seminar we talk about how to put together this detailed plan for the day and for the week and for the month how to stretch out a plan for 6 months and for a year in doing business around the world we found that you have to detail the plans in great detail otherwise sure enough you're going to miss something and I can promise you that a detailed plan for the use of your work time will put you in the top 5% because most people don't have one Mr shelf shared with
me when I first met him when I was 25 years old he said Jim to do better you've got to get around the right people if you have a constant Association of people who can better your life and better your lifestyle you can't believe the progress that you can make an association of people of common interest in progress success ideas and philosophy I have a good phrase for you never mistake the power of influence the man says well I live here but it doesn't really bother me see that's not true he says I'm around these
people but they really don't bother me see that's not true whoever you're around whoever you're with is exerting some kind of influence on your life and what you must do and this would be the good year to do it the first year you've heard about it is make plans to get around the right people people who talk positive ideas people who talk philosophy the refinement of philosophy see just the latest joke won't help you've got to get around people who read people who are successful and people who are growing and changing otherwise your influence is
going to be in the opposite direction and I know most of us wherever you work you have to be around some negative influences but what you must do is counterbalance that
