Personal Goal Setting

Quick Goal Setting Tips

1. Make goals meaningful. Goal setting for the sake of goal setting almost always ends in disappointment. Goal setting is simply a tool to use in achieving a favorable outcome -- what some people call a "Dream."

2. Use positive language and the present tense when setting a goal. It is better to say "I weigh a healthy, trim and fit 185 pounds" than "I want to lose 20 pounds."

3. Always put your goals in writing. Every expert agrees that setting a goal without putting it in writing drastically reduces your chances of success.

4. Goal setting should take place in every area of your life, including Health, Relationships, Spiritual, Career and Financial.

5. Setting Life Goals will add dimension, excitement and texture to your life.

6. Failure doesn't always mean that you did something wrong in your goal setting or implementation. It may just mean that the time you allotted for success wasn't adequate. A thorough review process should be undertaken before setting the goal again.


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Check it out...you deserve it.

Fran

P.S. That link again

Tellman's twisted legs

Fran,

WOW!

So far the response to my
Instant Money Button CD
has been fantastic!

People are snatching these

up faster than we can ship
'em out!

But that's not why I'm writing
you right now-

I'm writing you because of my legs...

(weird right?)

See, as a kid I had what the doctors
call "Femoral Antiversion" which in
normal english means twisted legs...

My feet were turned at such a weird
angle that I'd stumble all the time,
tripping over myself while other kids
pointed and laughed...

I hated it.

And by the time I got to high school,
I was starting to make friends with
runners - I REALLY wanted to be able
to join the cross country team...

Some of the older kids had taken
me under their wing, and I wanted to
step up and show them I could really
compete...

The only problem was my legs...

So I started running - or I should
say, I started falling on my face-

The coach laughed at me...

My doctor told me I should get surgery...

But my friends cheered me on.

Slowly but surely, I stopped falling-
I stopped stumbling...

And before I knew it, I had strengthened
the muscles in my legs so much that they
literally "pulled" my bones straight.

The doctor was shocked...

The Coach started taking me seriously...

In fact, I became the star runner at my
little Rural New Hampshire school...

Most of my records still stand -
If you walk down the halls near
the gym you'll see the proof...

But I'm not really writing to you
today about my legs either...

I wanted to tell you the story
of how I overcame my biggest
obstacle and achieved what I
wanted, in spite of what the
others said...

What are your "twisted legs?"

What is keeping you back,
or causing you to fall on your
face over and over?

It could be your job, it could be
your boss, or friends, or it could
even be yourself...

Imagine what it would be like to
obliterate your obstacles - to overcome
your stumbling blocks and start
running full steam toward the
future you deserve...

Now imagine this:

You have an internet business that you
can run from anywhere on the planet...

You have the ability to make more
with the push of a button than you
did all last month...

>>Click here to get your *free* CD.

You have the freedom to spend your
time how you see fit...

What would you do?

What would you be ABLE to do with
a truly push-button income stream?

Think about that - and imagine
the possibilities for your future,
your family - and your happiness...

I don't know if you managed to get
a copy of your *free* instant money
button CD yet - but I designed it
with all of this in mind...

>>Click here to get your *free* CD.

If you filled out the shipping
information, then you'll be getting
it in just a couple days,

If not, you better hurry -

I've got one reserved for you,
but I don't know how long I can
hold onto it...

There are a lot of people on the
waiting list who would love to snap
it up...

>>Click here to get your *free* CD.

Shabambo!
--Tellman

P.S. - Go to the site below to
finish filling out your shipping
information and get your *free* CD.

http://www.ListBuilding.com/button

******************
You can overcome anything just like Tellman if you truly believe

Fran

Enough Time??

"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein."
H. Jackson Brown

Simply give others a bit of yourself; a thoughtful act, a helpful idea, a word of appreciation, a lift over a rough spot, a sense of understanding, a timely suggestion. You take something out of your mind, garnished in kindness out of your heart, and put it into the other person's mind and heart.
Charles H. Burr

The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement.
Sidney Madwed

The measure of life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
Peter Marshall

BANABU by Mike Kemski

What do you let define your level of success? What motivates you? What inspires you to keep moving forward in a world where it seems just as easy to stop moving at all? Does happiness have a room at your house?

For most people it's their job and how much money they make. While that's one measure of accomplishment and achievement, it's only one.

I was engaged in a conversation with new friend I made and listening to her talk was heart wrenching and a nice reality check for me.

There are so many people trapped in their own lives it scares me. First, you should know that the only reason it's a bad thing to be trapped in your own life is it completely stops the natural growth progression that you are meant to experience.

And that conversation with my new friend is a great example of that.

She's in her mid 40's and has a job that pays her a pretty decent salary. She brings home 6 figures a year in salary plus additional bonuses.

But when she talked to me every word was full of desperate energy. Every sound she muttered had frustration, confusion and a sense of defeat in it.

Her words were confident and powerful words but they didn't have that energy behind them.

She used words like independent, leadership, project management, the ability to drive things to completion and so on but her face was droopy and eyes were dead.

Then she mentioned that the previous week she participated in a project for Habitat for Humanity. Her and some co-workers went and put a new floor in someones house who needed it but didn't have the means to do it.

What happened then was powerful. She lit up like a shooting star, her posture straightened up, her eyes filled with love and life, her words became genuinely confident and powerful, and her entire existence was filled with a sense of purpose and fulfillment.

As we chatted about her charitable experience she stayed full of high energy and life. The more her body would change the more excited she became. And then it happened...

I asked her why she didn't do more of that type of work. Her answer was simple, it didn't pay enough. She said it's impossible to add that kind of contribution to the world and make as much money as she makes.

And within 30 seconds she was slumped over and looked like hell again. It's like a little guy in the control center of her body just flipped the switch and turned the lights out!

I was in complete fascination. How can it be that powerful of a difference and that obvious but still be so confusing?

See, to my new friend her highest value was being defined as a successful woman and the association to success she has is how much money she makes.

So I asked her, “How does it feel to be an unhappy success?” She looked at me and had a short circuit in her brain. She couldn't comprehend being “successful” but still very unfulfilled and unhappy.

Success, how ever you define it, is supposed to make you feel good and if it doesn't it's a sign that somethings gotta change!

When you're unhappy in your life it's like those little lights that turn on your car when you need oil or something like that. It's an indicator that somethings not on track here and if you keep going the direction you're going you're headed for a major breakdown.

So ask yourself the question, “What defines the level of success you experience in your life? And do you need to make any changes or “add any fluids”?”

And always remember that everything you ever experience is dynamic energy and is constantly changing. When you add gas to car and you go somewhere you use that gas and end up needing more.

Life is the same way. As you make corrections and travel down new and exciting roads you will need to refill your tank also.

Maybe spirituality maybe emotionally, maybe mentally, maybe financially, definitely physically or maybe all of those things but one things for sure, what ever you decide defines success for you will determine which way you need to go to get it.

And if it's not something that fills your body with energy like my friends brief experience with Habitat for Humanity, listen to the message and keep exploring life. It's a pretty fun thing to do with the right perspective...

To your success!!

Mike Kemski & Fran Watson

P.S. Watch for the launch of my new website www.banabu.ca in the near future!

Get Inspired

How to Crack the Jackpot of Inspiration
© 2009
Julie Jordan Scott

I have a story for you, today, about inspiration – and
how to tap into inspiration anytime using any creative
medium or method.

The illustration uses photography and writing. These
experiences can be translated into any form of creativity,
even if that creativity is related to building your
business or strengthening a relationship or writing
a poem or sculpting a new form.

Take what I offer and let the words help to crack
inspiration open in you in a profound, new way.

I know you are ready – and willing – and have
intense desire and focus.

Step into it, now – with me.

My friend, Victor, and I were in the midst of a
conversation about motivation and inspiration
yesterday. We were talking about feeling it and
not feeling it and what our responses were,
either way.

I told him about my recent journey from Bakersfield
to Corona del Mar and back again in one day for my
Uncle's funeral. It felt different, that day,
because I didn't feel compelled at all to pull
my notebook from my backpack and catalog my
experience with words. "It was strange," I noted
without further reflection or judgment.

I added, almost absently, "I did take a lot
of photos, though."

I took a quiet breath. "It was something, taking
photos." My words sounded almost like an apology.

I turned the conversational attention to my friend.

"What about you?" I asked. "What have you
photographed lately?"

"Not a thing," he answered. "Nothing has
interested me."

I coughed, gagged and sputtered. I heard some
version of a vocalized "What?!" burst from
deep in my lungs.

He asked me a question, "What am I going to
photograph here in Podunk, USA?"

I was speechless, absolutely speechless. Victor
has taught me so much about making forward
progress no matter where I am, my dear friend
saying there is nothing to photograph in his
version of Podunk, USA which is very similar
to my version of Podunk, USA. Victor's lack
of inspiration right where he was, Podunk
or not, shocked me right into wordlessness.

I decided to take a slightly different angle
to our conversation.

"Remember how you have complimented me for
having a great eye in my photos?" I asked him.

He nodded yes. I asked another question.

"How do you suppose I developed what you
describe as `a great eye'?" There was a pause.

"You take a lot of pictures." Victor responded.

"Yes, I take a lot of pictures. Every day I
take pictures. Here, in Bakersfield, in MY
Podunk, USA." I paused again. "Every day."

Every day I take photos of aspects of life I
find interesting because I choose to find the
images right in front of me interesting.

I choose to be interested in objects which may
not be notable to anyone else but me. I want
to be fully engaged so I engage with what is
in front of me. It is so simple.

That's what living a creative lifestyle is about,
it is about an invitation to become more fully
engaged in your life.

What will you choose to be interested in today?

I choose to be interested in the metaphors
during my journey of the past several days. Of
architectural elements, of cornices, archways,
doorways, the tiles in benches and walls. I
choose to be interested in changing perspectives,
in looking from the undersides, in noticing
how the changing light changes how I see and
experience things. I choose to get right up
against things, to let me lense get microscopically
close to a subject.

I choose to engage wonder about the bark on the
palm tree in my front yard and then turn to engage
in the wonder of the bark on the palm in my backyard,
which is different than the bark on the front palm.
I choose to engage wonder with the spider web, the
leaves on the mulberry tree, the window sill the
spider web is woven upon, the movement of the
sun throughout the day and throughout the seasons.

It is in these moments when I notice the beauty
around me coupled with the conscious action of
taking photos of "uninteresting things" in my
version of Podunk, USA, that magic happens.

This is when inspiration cracks open inside
of me. I allow myself to be devoted to seeing
in a new way without being attached to "being
inspired" – believing I need inspiration in order
to crack open creativity and instead, allow
inspiration to be cracked open through
the devoted actions I take.

My devoted, conscious action invited inspiration
to crack open within me.

I invited inspiration to come in and as always,
inspiration didn't fail me.

This is significant. Remember this message: I
didn't wait for inspiration to be there. Instead,
I invited it to join me and consciously acted
in a space and attitude of wonder, of
gratitude, of engagement.

You don't have to wait for inspiration, either. You
can choose to crack it open inside of you by engaging
with life right in front of you, right there, right now.

Inspiration is right there, exactly where you are,
exactly as you are in an infinite number of forms
and images.

Look around your space right now, with a renewed
sense of wonder.

What do you see? Smell? Feel? Hope? Wish?

Take what you see, smell, feel, hope, wish and
wrap it up in a creative adventure with words
or photos or song or prayer or sketch.

Crack yourself open to the inspiration all
around you right now.

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Awesome Giveaway from Tellman

Tellman went CRAZY!

the 13th module

I don't know if you've ever hear of his
Perpetual Marketing Machine, but short
of Mass Control by Frank Kern it's probably
the most revered and sought after home
study course ever made.

The success rate of his students is
absolutely outstanding.

Between Tellman and his students,
a whopping $2 mil has been pulled in
over the last year alone using only
what you'll find inside the course.

and here's the kicker:

It's a GIVEAWAY.

the 13th module

He's actually handing out copies of this
thing all 'willy-nilly', to anyone who wants
to learn.

(you can bet I grabbed mine already!)

I hope you get over there quick, because I know
he's not keeping it up there for all to grab for very
long, but he won't say exactly when it's coming down...

anyway, I wanted you to have the chance to learn
how you can start pulling in five figures a week like
his students :-)

the 13th module

(That way you can buy more stuff from me!)

Grab yours while it's still a freebie,
a chance like this only comes around
once in a while -

remember:

"fortune favors the bold"

Enjoy...

Fran Watson

the 13th module

P.S.
I didn't get you an Easter present,
so consider this a gift from me...

it's worth about four grand, so it's not
like I cheaped out on you :-)

the 13th module

From This Moment Forward

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward." - Kierkegaard

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I am currently reading some books that I ordered from simple truths This article is from Mac Anderson's book - Charging the Human Battery. These books are not available in your local bookstore, they are only available on this site and it is an amazing site to visit. There is a wealth of information.

I love this quote by Mac Anderson:

"Just remember...people are like sticks of dynamite; the power's on the inside, but nothing happens until the fuse gets lit."

Here is a sample from the book - page 27

Understanding that we control our own destiny is key to our success in life. Simply put, when we decide how we want our life to be we must take responsibility and move forward.

Lance Wubbels has captured the essence of the "live life forward" idea with these simple but powerful affirmations:

From this moment forward...I stop the blame game and excuses. I am responsible for my life and for where I am today. I cannot blame the people an circumstances in my past, and I refuse to hide behind my past mistakes.

From this moment forward...I take responsibility for my thoughts, beliefs, decisions, and actions. If I am unhappy with something in my life, the power to change lies within me.

From this moment forward...I rid my soul of all bitterness, grudges, rage and anger against others. I will forgive others and stop wasting my life by trying to get even. I will be kind and compassionate to others.

From this moment forward...I will focus on knowing what I desire in life and let it light a fire under me. I want to run through life with passion.

Take a moment to write your own "From this moment forward." It takes courage, but it can change your life!

To your forward moments...may they be great moments!

Fran Watson
www.franwatson.ca/publicspeaking.html

P.S. Come back for more snippets from the books I am reading and check out my public speaking blog