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What do you want more than anything? What are the professional and personal goals that are so important to you that you refuse to settle for anything less? We’re not talking about a pie-in-the-sky goal that if you fall a little short you will be OK with it. This is the stuff that makes it totally unacceptable to fail!
There’s a story about a young man meeting with his master on a beach. The master asked him “Just how badly do you want to achieve your goals?” The boy couldn’t really answer, so the teacher asked him to go out with him into the water. When they were chest deep the teacher violently grabbed the young man, plunged him under the green waves, and held him there. The young man struggled and fought, finally breaking loose and gasping just above the surface of the water. The teacher released him and said:
When you want to succeed as badly as you want to breathe, you can accomplish ANYTHING!
A nationally known drug treatment facility brings all new patients into a large room with other addicts, who are sitting in metal folding chairs around the edge of the room. The new patient is seated in a small chair in the center. One of the addicts gets up, walks to the new patient, and, without introduction, greeting, or welcome, asks, “What’s the one thing that’s most important to you?” In many cases, patients will say “My Children.” At this point, the other addicts along the walls yell “BS!” at the top of their lungs. (And I think you know what that means!) The addict asks the question again; “What’s the one thing that’s most important to you?” Often this happens several times until the new patient drops their head, and often in a whisper says… “Drugs.” At that point everyone stands up, starts clapping, comes to the center of and welcomes the patient to treatment!
What are the dreams, goals, and objectives YOU have that you just can’t live without? Maybe it’s a certain income, net worth, or material object. Maybe it’s more quality time off with your family. It could be supporting a charity or foundation, or volunteering in your home town. It’s up to YOU to say what you cannot live without! It’s up to you to determine YOUR goals! Whether personal, professional, physical, family, community, or spiritual, don’t let anybody tell you what’s most important to you. Don’t ever settle for second best because of the words of another human being!
Please note I asked about your dreams, goals, and objectives, in that specific order. First we dream, so dream big! Second, our dreams become goals when we truly commit to attain them, and third, our goals become objectives when we ask ourselves, “How?” and attach a timeline.
So, let me ask you again…
What do YOU want more than anything? What do you want as badly as you want to breathe?
Work Hard & Have Fun!™
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