Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
September 10, 2007 Issue 265
From the Desk of Bob
Yes! It's another new week. I just love Monday's! Fresh starts and new beginnings turn me on!
My heart's desire is to share with you what I believe are the common denominators, the trends and the attitudes that are producing the greatest results and profits in my life and business.
Recently, I have noticed a trend in my life where I have been much more visionary and goal-minded, than usual. Actually, I have been setting and achieving a record number of goals lately in both my personal life and in business. I am reminded daily that when preparation and opportunity meet exciting things happen.
Of course, I write my goals down, have specific timetables and deadlines for my goals, and in many cases major systems for accountability to people that I trust, love and respect. This is a smart and very profitable strategy that simply works when you have a desire to be a goal achiever.
This week allow me to encourage you to strive for a greater commitment to goal setting and goal achieving!
Cheers! Bob
bob@mrattitudespeaks.com
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Life Attitudes
Seeds of Success: Real World Goals
Sunny Side of Life
Mr. Attitude's Life Tested Tools
Life Attitudes
"When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible."
-Nido Qubein
"My philosophy of life is that we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose-somehow we win out."
-Ronald Reagan
"Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner."
-Les Brown
"You must have an aim, a vision, a goal. For the man sailing through life with no destination or port-of-call, every wind is the wrong wind."
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Seeds of Success: Real World Goals
By Robert A. Prentice
Over the years I have set many goals that I did not even come close to achieving within the time frames that I had established. There have been many times when I have missed the goal by a million miles (or so it seems) and felt like such a failure. Can anyone relate?
Yet, in nearly every aspect of my life and business, I have always had a totally optimistic perspective-one that some have called a bit over zealous-and at the same time, I am also what I consider to be realistic, balanced, down to earth, and practical.
Optimism is a great thing. In fact, I have set and achieved hundreds of "optimistic" goals over the years, and boy am I ever glad I did! Those over zealous goals are what have caused me to stretch and reach higher than I ever thought possible, enabling me to live a life full of joy, success, and much happiness.
How do you go about setting optimistic, yet realistic goals? Well, first of all, you need to establish your minimum acceptable standard. This will probably be something you consider to be somewhat easy to reach. Next, you need to consider taking that minimum acceptable standard and stretching it way up and out there into that over zealous place-what may even seem higher than possible to you right now-and begin to write down some timetables and standards. Be honest in your assessment of how long it will take you to achieve your goal.
Now, put your efforts, time, tenacity, and commitment into aiming at the over zealous and you will end up in just the right place at the right time. You never need to be discouraged, if you don't reach your over zealous goal, because you will always end up some place well above your minimum standard-what I like to refer to as the real world–and that makes you a success!
On the Sunny Side of Life
The teacher asked her class what each wanted to become when they grew up.
A chorus of responses came from all over the room.
"A football player!" ."A doctor!"
"An astronaut!" "The president!"
"A teacher!"
"A race car driver!"
Everyone that is except Tommy. The teacher noticed he was sitting there quiet and still. So she said to him, "Tommy, what do you want to be when you grow up?
"Possible," Tommy replied.
"Possible?" asked the teacher.
"Yes," Tommy said. "My mom is always telling me I'm impossible. So when I get to be big, I want to be possible."
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