Tom Hopkins on goals:
The goal is the difference.You’ve got to have the goal and know where you are going. Most people don’t. Most people have no idea where they are going. You’ve got to start with short term goals. My first goal was to get a new car… which a car can be a great goal. The only problem with any goal you set is once you get it its not as good as you thought I’d be after you do. Isn’t that right? That is why a great person is always setting new goals.
If it’s not in writing, it’s not a goal, its a wish. It’s a dream.
The day it’s put in writing is the day it becomes a commitment and that commitment becomes the goal.
A goal must be better than your best but believable.
Meaning that any goal you want you gotta believe you can get. If you don’t believe you won’t pay the price for it. So it has to be believable. There are various types of short term goals. I personally believe never to set a short term goal for longer than 90 days. If you have a short term goal and it’s longer than 90 days you’ll lose interest in it.
You need goals in all areas of your life. You need multiple goals… for your personal Life, your business life, your spiritual life. All types of goals.
The long term goals of your life is nothing more than a culmination of minor goals.
Small things that keep you moving. Things you want.
Here are the areas of your Long Term Goal settings and these are the things I want you to think about in 20 years
Your personal accomplishment
What do you want to be someday?
Who do you want to be?
What do you want to own?
What do you want to have?
If you don’t know how can you get them?
Its so easy to set goals if you take the time.
Beside personal accomplishments; Status symbols.
What are the status symbols you’ve always dreamed of?
What do you want for you and your family?
If you don’t know how can you get them?
The next area should be NET WORTH.
You’ve gotta start thinking of your net worth, gang. Some people just keep working all their lives hoping someday that they’re going to be able to sit back and someone will take care of them. Believe me, don’t wait for that. You’ve got to start watching about your equity positions getting ready for the future. And its only done when you start writing down goals.
Then you have a 20 year goal and you cut it in half and you’ve got your 10 year goal.
Cut that in half and you’ve got your 5 year goal.
2 and half year goal.
1 year goal.
One month goal.
One week Goal.
One day goal.
And live right now doing the most productive thing possible at every given moment and you are on your way to achieving any goal that you want!!!
