Many people work hard on their job, but they don't work hard on their future.
They just let that slide. And the work involved is making plans.
I know most people don't, I understand that, but don't let that be you.
Your goals are affecting you, whatever they are.
Your goals affect your handshake, your goals affect your attitude, personality,
your goals affect the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you dress.
All day long, we're being affected by our goals.
Your better future is a dream for yourself and for your family.
Where do you want to go? What do you want to do?
What do you want to be? What do you want to see?
You've got the dream dreams. There's a Bible phrase that says,
“without dreams and visions, people perish”.
You've got to have something to go for that inspires the heart and the soul.
You've got to dream. Don't lose your dreams,
for yourself, for your future, for your family, the dreams of love and enterprise
and travel and doing things becoming something unique on your journey here,
don't lose your dreams, do some dreaming. That's long range goals, you've got to have those.
So that's number one. Here's the second part of goals, short range.
Short range goals. That's your goals for tomorrow,
this week, this month, this year, the immediate future.
We call these confidence builders because if you set up something short range,
go for it, get it, latch on to it, work hard, accomplish it.
That starts building your strong feelings to go for your dreams.
Now, I've divided goals into three categories, here they are.
Number one is economic. That's your goals for money,
income, business, profits, production.
Economics, make sure you've got your economics well planned.
Economics plays a major role in everybody's life,
economics is major, which means it ought
to be meticulously well planned for tomorrow, this week, this month, this year, long range.
Now here's the second category of goals, things. Make a list of the things you want.
And on my list of things now, I put everything, little things as well as major things,
it doesn't matter how small it is, it goes on my list.
I used to just put major things, cars, homes, I don't do that anymore,
I now load my list with everything, everything. And the reason is,
part of the fun of having a list is checking it off.
So load up your list, the things you want, now when you check off something major,
celebrate, that's an important point to make. Celebrate your achievements.
Live it up, have a party,
when you reach something you've worked for for a while.
OK, here's the third category of goals, personal development.
Put those goals together, personal development goals,
that's your goals to be stronger, more decisive, be a speaker, be a leader,
learn a language, all kinds of skills. That's what attracts,
that's what brings good things to your life, the person you become more skillful.
Now here's the simple formula for setting goals, it goes like this.
A, work on your goals.
That's step one, work on them. And I put the word work there deliberately,
setting goals is plain hard work. It's work, I know it's work,
that's why a lot of people just let it slide, it's work.
Many people work hard on their job, but they don't work hard on their future,
they just let that slide. And the work involved is making plans.
I know most people don't, I understand that, but don't let that be you.
Somebody once wisely said, “the people who fail
to plan are planning to fail”. So work on your goals, here is step two,
write your goals down. That's so important,
I teach my staff around the world, put your goals in your journal.
Because one of the major people you want to study is yourself.
So here's the list of goals I've put together three weeks ago.
Here's the list of goals I put together two years ago,
here's some of the changes I made, rearranging of my priorities.
I scratch these off, I put these on, I've gotten these.
Study your accomplishments, study what your desires are,
put them on paper, write them down. Here's another reason for writing your goals down,
it shows you're serious about doing better. And to do better you got to get serious.
You don't have to be grim, but you must be serious.
Everybody hopes things will get better, everybody hopes.
Poor people hope, that ought to tell you something.
It means the future does not get better by hope it gets better by plan.
So get serious about your goals, put them on paper, write them down.
There's all kinds, his goals, her goals, their goals,
business goals, financial goals, financial independence goals,
family goals. I mean, there's so many things to work on on this
that if you don't get busy and work on it, sure enough, the time will pass.
And sure enough, five years from now, you'll wind up where you don't want to be,
wearing what you don't want to wear, driving what you don't want to drive,
being what you don't want to be. Now's the time to fix it.