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HOW TO MAKE YOUR GOALS HAPPEN IN 2014

BY BOB PROCTOR

"If you don't have a dream, and if I don't have a dream,how are we going to make a dream come true?

We can do so much more than we give ourselves credit for. We have an incredible,unlimited resource available to us. In fact, it would shock most people to find out justhow much could be achieved in their lifetimes if only they had tried with what wasimmediately available to them. Because most people do not understand howmuch potential they have, they limit their aspirations to the level at which theyknow they can achieve.

Here are just four considerations I encourage you to study and put in place inyour life as you begin to set and achieve your goals in the year ahead.

1) Let yourself dream!

A dream is one of the most powerful forces on the planet. Dreaming is often kickedout of us as children. Were told, instead, to start paying attention! Remember, it wasonly a dream that freed black people from slavery. It was only a dream to send aman to the moon. It was only a dream to abolish Communism. It's only a dreamtoday to cure Cancer and Aids. Only a dream? Dreams are one of the most powerful

forces known to man. Remember, every major accomplishment started with adream.

At a leading university in the United States, a study was conducted to evaluate thepower of dreams and necessity of dreams. The participants were attached tobrainwave monitoring devices. The machines would indicate exactly when thepatients began dreaming. Whenever a person began dreaming, he or she would beawakened, interrupting these thoughts and dreams. The results came as such ashock to the team that, after 7 days, they had to abandon the project because of theserious effects on the participants when they were not allowed to dream.

The patients became neurotic. There were signs of deep, emotional upset andimbalance due to dream deprivation. Some of the patients were on the verge ofinsanity. The experiment was abandoned; the risk was too high.

Dreaming is essential to mental health. It is even more important to the person whodesires more of the good life.

Anyone who truly wants to open the world of wealth must become a certifieddreamer!


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2) Recognize that you have the power to overcome your obstacles.

I call them the Goal-Sabotaging Hurdles, and unless you conquer them, you willnever achieve your goals. In fact, you won't even get off the mark until you makesome strong decisions about how you react to these deadly hurdles.

People often get really charged up about some goal or dream. They start planningand designing things, then give up because they fear it might fail. How sad! Everygreat and noble goal has a failure factor built in. If it didn't, everyone would havealready attained that goal!

It's so easy to get lost in this trap of Goal-Sabotaging Hurdles. Refuse to be stopped.Refuse to abandon your goal just because it looks like it might fail. Don't let anyoneconvince you to stop when you know inside that you will succeed.

3) Recognize the hurdles that try to keep you from your goals.As you work toward your goal, understand these Goal-Sabotaging Hurdles so thatyou will recognize them for what they are mere hurdles.

The Lack HurdleEver wonder how many great ideas were rejected because the originator of that ideadid not have the time, the money, or the manpower to bring the idea into fruition?Start building and creating a great life for yourself now. It doesnt matter what youmight THINK is missing it's all there for you. If you hold the image of your goal inyour mind, you will attract everyone and everything you need for the fulfillment of

that goal. You are like a magnet.Refuse to concentrate on lack. If your goal is big enough, the money, time, and helpwill all appear. Remember, the mind is like a Polaroid camera. It sees an image inthis case the dream image and produces the physical equivalent.

The Stretch HurdlePeople often give up on a big goal because they know they will have to stretch.Stretching, for the most part, is uncomfortable so they abandon the great idea orgoal. If you are to win and win big in life, you will have to learn how to be flexible.

Everyone has a comfort zone determined by previous conditioning. The importantthing is to be willing to grow and to change. Succeeding in life may require you to dothings that are uncomfortable. Do it anyway! Success is the important thing, notwhether you did it your way or not.

The Global HurdleWhen Columbus set sail, did he have the whole picture? When you placed a depositto buy your first house, did you know exactly where the rest of the down paymentwould come from?


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Most people feel they must reject dreams or goals because they don't have thewhole or global picture. They aren't sure of all the composite parts, so they throw inthe towel. Keep ideas flowing. Give them time to germinate.

They can't grow if you yank them out of the ground simply because you don't know

exactly how the whole thing will pan out.The Success HurdlePeople fear failure but many also fear success. As human beings, our very natureis to be afraid of that which we do not understand. The reason many fear successis due to the fact that they have never experienced it. You will often hear thesepeople say, "Money will make you greedy and evil," when in truth, money has nothingto do with it. Poor and rich alike suffer from greed and/or evil behavior.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir man's bloodand probably will not be realized.

Make big plans; aim high in hope and in work,remembering that a noble and logical diagram will not die."

People will get you to reject an idea or goal because there may be something wrongwith it. There's something wrong with every good idea. What's wrong with thesefolks?! Let's keep the goal, even with its imperfections. So you don't have the wholesolution today, so what? Our good friend, Dr. Robert Schuller, said it best: There areno problems, there's only a shortage of ideas.

The Impossible HurdleNothing is impossible! Erase that word from your vocabulary. Thomas Edison wasbranded as being slow by his teachers. He left school after only three months offormal education. He burned down his father's barn and used to sit on eggs to try tomake them hatch. He was branded a misfit by society, yet he went on to becomeone of the greatest inventors of all time, creating over 1,000 inventions including theelectric light, phonograph and movie camera.

People are limited by their own beliefs. They give up because they perceivesomething is impossible. What was Edison told when he wanted to invent a lightbulb? He did it anyway! They told Henry Ford that it was impossible to mass-produce the automobile, but he did it. They told Alexander Graham Bell that he couldnot create the telephone, but he did it. While one person is deciding why somethingwill not work, another is making it work!

The Hard Work HurdleNever reject an idea, dream or goal simply because it will be hard work. Successrarely comes without it. The thing is to keep the idea alive long enough to be able todevote enough energy and/or resources toward the goal to see it comes to pass.


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The world of welfare and broken dreams is full of people who refuse to advancethemselves because they won't work hard. If you want to move ahead and designthe life you want, then stick with it and keep moving forward, one step at a time.

All too often, people abandon their goals because of the work it requires at the

beginning. Reaching a goal is like pushing a snowball down a hill. You push and pushat the start, until you make it so big that the snowball starts to roll on its own.

4) Understand the difference between goal setting vs. goal achieving.

Stop for a moment and consider the world of difference between goal setting andgoal achieving. I think both are necessary but people rarely understand the vastdifference between the two.

Goal setting is largely an intellectual process of determining the direction of your

goals. It involves using your mental faculties to create a picture on the screen of yourmind.

Goal achieving is the process of getting emotionally involved in that idea and movingin the direction of that picture through your actions.

Here are some practical action steps you can take today to move the mental pictureof your goal into practical form:

Identify a major goal that is challenging and emotional to you. By that, I mean agoal that you are genuinely excited about.

Write the date for the attainment of your goal. Choose a goal that youve never achieved before. To set a goal to lose 20

pounds in 90 days is not a goal if youve achieved this same goal in the past. Develop a specific plan for attaining your goal. Make a list of people, organizations and publications that might assist you in

achieving your goal. Begin thinking, feeling, and acting as if you already have the goal in your

possession. This is where real dreaming comes in! Consider solely how the goal can be reached; refuse to accept, even for a

second, that is cannot be reached. Retreat is not an option. Carry your goal with you on a Goal Card and read it several times each day.

If you could have anything you wanted in life, what would it be?If you could do anything you wanted, or be whatever you wanted,

what would you choose?

Understand this: You can have, do or be, anything you want! Its a choice and its your choice. Begin today! Ive given you the compass now stay on course.

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