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December 17 - December 26, 2021
First, real life is multifaceted.
our lives consist of ten interrelated domains: Spiritual: Your connection to God Intellectual: Your engagement with significant ideas Emotional: Your psychological health Physical: Your bodily health Marital: Your spouse or significant other Parental: Your children if you have any Social: Your friends and associates Vocational: Your profession Avocational: Your hobbies and pastime Financial: Your personal or family finances Second, every domain matters.
Third, progress starts only when you get clear on where you are right now.
Fourth, you can improve any life domain.
fifth and final assumption: confidence, happiness, and life satisfaction are byproducts of personal growth. One
things, effective goals are specific and measurable. Goals poorly formulated are goals easily forgotten.
If our habits of thinking are beneficial, we tend to experience positive results, such as happiness, personal satisfaction, even material success. If our habits of thinking are counterproductive, however, we often experience the opposite: unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and the nagging feeling that the deck is somehow stacked against us.
that. Because our expectations shape what we believe is possible, they shape our perceptions and actions. That means they also shape the outcomes. And that means they shape our reality.
One of the biggest reasons we don’t succeed with our goals is we doubt we can.
We all face obstacles. While limiting beliefs prevent us from overcoming them, liberating truths help us transcend obstacles and improve our circumstances.
The first key difference between an unmet goal and personal success is the belief that it can be achieved.
To accomplish anything, we have to believe we’re up to the challenge.
resources. Resources are never—and I mean never—the main challenge in achieving our dreams. In fact, if you already have everything you need to achieve your goal, then your goal’s probably too small.
“There is no deficit in human resources,” as King said in his 1964 Nobel lecture, “the deficit is in human will.”
First, recognize the limiting belief. I mentioned several giveaways in the last chapter. If a belief reflects black-and-white thinking, it might be a limiting belief. Same thing if it’s personalizing, catastrophizing, or universalizing. It could be coming from past experience, the media, or your social circle. Whatever the content of the belief, no matter how true it seems, it’s important to recognize that it’s just an opinion about reality—and there’s a good shot it’s wrong. Second, record the belief.
In Step 1 we said to create your best year ever, you must upgrade your beliefs and embrace liberating truths about what’s possible in your life. In Step 2 we discovered the power of backward thinking for completing the past, harnessing regret to reveal future opportunities, and leveraging the Gratitude Advantage to cultivate the abundance thinking necessary to prevail. In Step 3 we saw how to design a compelling future using a mix of SMARTER achievement and habit goals and why your best year ever lies just outside your Comfort Zone. Then in Step 4 we talked about tapping into the power of
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There’s a huge difference between saying “I’m going to try to make something happen” and “I’m going to make something happen.” The first one is almost like saying, “I’m going to give it a go. If it works, great. But until I see the end result, I’m not going to fully commit.”
The problem is it won’t happen until you fully
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fact, researchers have found that when we create backup plans, we can reduce our chances of achieving our original goal. The mere existence of Plan B can undermine Plan A. How? We might div...
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NEVER LEAVE THE SCENE OF CLARITY WITHOUT TAKING DECISIVE ACTION.
