Born to Win: Find Your Success Code

by Zig Ziglar

SIX REASONS TO SET GOALS Goals bring the future into the present, and the present is the only time we can take action. Setting goals makes it possible to do something today to create the future you want. If you don’t plan your time, someone else will help you waste it. People get twice as much done on the day before they go on vacation, because they plan (set goals) and prioritize what they intend to do. Thought: if you lived every day like it was the day before vacation, how much would you be able to increase the total productivity of your life? Goal setters make more money than people who don’t set goals. When Dave Jensen was the Chief Administrative Officer at UCLA in 1992, he conducted a study on goal setting. He learned that people with a balanced goals program earned an average of $7,411 per month. In 2011, those numbers showed earnings of $11,632.73 per month. Dave discovered that individuals without a goals program earned an average of $3,397 per month, or $5,332.13 in 2011 dollars and cents. That’s over $6,000 more a month! Those with goals programs were also happier and healthier and got along better with the folks at home. Goals keep you focused on the things that really matter and help you avoid wasting time on things that are unproductive. Focus helps you change from being a “wandering generality” to being a “meaningful specific.” Setting goals gives direction and purpose to all that you do. Goals are the links in the chain that connect activity to accomplishm...