AN EXCERPT FROM EAT THAT FROG! By Brian Tracy

HERE IS A GREAT RULE FOR SUCCESS:

THINK

ON

PAPER!

Only about 3 percent of adults have clear, written goals. These people accomplish five or 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.

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. Any one of these steps can double and triple your productivity if you are not currently using it.

Decide exactly what you want. Either decide for yourself or sit down with your boss and discuss your goals and objectives until you are crystal clear about what is expected of you and in what order of priority.

Write it down. Think on paper. When you write down a goal, you crystallize it and give it tangible form. You create something that you can touch and see. On the other hand, a goal or objective that is not in writing is merely a wish or a fantasy. It has no energy behind it.

Set a deadline on your goal; set sub deadlines if necessary. A goal or decision without a deadline has no urgency. It has no real beginning or end. Without a definite deadline, you will naturally procrastinate and get very little done.

Make a list of everything that you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal. As you think of new activities, add them to your list. Keep building your list until it is complete. A list gives you a visual picture of the larger task or objective. It gives you a track to run on.

Organize the list into a plan. Organize your list by priority and sequence. Take a few minutes to decide what you need to do first and what you can do later. With a written goal and an organized plan of action, you will be far more productive and efficient than people who are carrying their goals around in their minds.

Take action on your plan immediately. Do something. Do anything. An average plan vigorously executed is far better than a brilliant plan on which nothing is done.

Resolve to do something every single day that moves you toward your major goal. Build this activity into your daily schedule. You may decide to read a specific number of pages on a key subject. You may call on a specific number of prospects or customers. You may engage in a specific period of physical exercise. Whatever it is, you must never miss a day.

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.

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QUOTES BY ALBERT EINSTEIN

Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879 and died on April 18, 1955 at Princeton, New Jersey.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part, and drill a great number of holes where drilling is easy.

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Only a life lived for others is worth living.

Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed.

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Perfections of means and confusion of goals seem-in my opinion-to characterize our age.

Einstein always appeared to have a clear view of the problems of physics and the determination to solve them. He had a strategy of his own and was able to visualize the main stages on the way to his goal. He regarded his major achievements as mere stepping-stones for the next advance.

Einstein's researches are, of course, well chronicled and his more important works include Special Theory of Relativity (1905), Relativity (English translations, 1920 and 1950), General Theory of Relativity (1916), Investigations on Theory of Brownian Movement (1926), and The Evolution of Physics (1938). Among his non-scientific works, About Zionism (1930), Why War? (1933), My Philosophy (1934), and Out of My Later Years (1950) are perhaps the most important.

Albert Einstein received honorary doctorate degrees in science, medicine and philosophy from many European and American universities. During the 1920's he lectured in Europe, America and the Far East and he was awarded Fellowships or Memberships of all the leading scientific academies throughout the world. He gained numerous awards in recognition of his work, including the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1925, and the Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1935.

AN IDEA FOR ACTION......

A child-like imagination is required to create unlimited visions. Let nothing limit your dream of how life should be.

As Einstein said, "Imagination is more powerful than knowledge." Keep your focus on your vision and "the how to" will be discovered in time.

What areas of your life require a little imagination right now?

Bushwhack through the jungle, swim with dolphins, put out a blazing fire, build a castle, make a spaceship . . .? What's your uninhibited voice telling you?

Where's the best place for you to get creative and let your imagination soar? When can you schedule 30 minutes to go there?

"Success... it's what you do with what you've got." ~ Leroy Van Dyke

It's now June. Are you living a life of purpose -- ON purpose? If not now, when?

"Too often we visit the well of divine abundance with a teacup instead of a bucket." ~ Elinor MacDonald

Study Today's Quote. What is it telling you?

Aristotle's observation that: "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We ARE what we repeatedly DO."

Do you see the connection?

Simple, isn't it?

There is an underlying, systematic process to achieving the success you desire. The process is simple, understandable and repeatable. It works for old and young... men and women alike.

Yes, the road to success is paved with "Training and Habituation". There is no "other", other way.

The "secret" to success is to simply Expect MORE... and Execute Better.
This is not a catch-phrase. It is the shortest instruction set that puts you on the path to your dreams.

Develop the skills to Expect More...

IMAGINATION: The first step in achieving your dream is to move it out of your heart and head—onto a sheet of paper. Your idea is now PHYSICAL.

CLARIFICATION: The second step is to add exciting DETAIL to your idea... making it crystal-clear. This step is where you move from "creative visualization" to "conceptual desirability". Simply do a GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH on whatever you are dreaming about.

EVALUATION: The third step is to carefully evaluate the DESIRABILITY of your dream against your POWER to make it a reality. This is the step where you move from "conceptual desirability" to absolute BELIEVABILITY.

DETERMINATION: The fourth step is to make the absolute determination that YES, you will COMMIT your POWER to this carefully evaluated idea... an idea in which you now firmly BELIEVE... or NO, you don't currently have the power to make it happen.

Develop the skills to Execute Better...

EXECUTION: The first SMART Action—Setting an entire series of crystal-clear GOALS for what must happen in order to achieve your dream in the shortest TIME possible... with the fewest number of obstacles, setbacks and derailments.

OBSERVATION: The key question—"Right now, am I getting the RESULTS I EXPECT?" This is the single most important question you can ask yourself throughout the day. If you don't know WHAT to expect, you need to drop back. If you know what to expect, but aren't close to achieving it, you need to take corrective action—sooner, rather than later.

CORRECTION: Taking even SMARTER Actions—By frequently checking your personal Time Prism. This will ELIMINATE what's holding you back from achieving the results you want.

EXPANSION: Producing even bigger RESULTS... achieving even greater GOALS... dreaming more inspiring DREAMS—By consistently transforming performance NEGATIVES into powerful POSITIVES. By systematically monitoring, and then turning Negatives into Positives, you generate the raw, results-producing personal POWER needed to move your GOALS off the page, and into your life.

Repeat Until Healthy, Wealthy and Wise! You are GROWING old and SUCCESSFUL rather than old and CYNICAL. You have REAL POWER.

The power to transform dreams into reality. This is not philosophy. However, there is a principle at play here:

Rising Expectations Fuel Brilliant Execution. Brilliant Execution Fuels Rising Expectations.

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