Set Goals...Don't Just Make Resolutions
Nearly everyone makes New Year’s resolutions and hopes for a better year to come. The key word here is hopes.
For most people each new year will unfold pretty much like the year before.
Same problems, same behaviors, and the same outcomes.
Why?
Well, it’s because little action is actually taken to achieve the goals we set for ourselves. So we end up with the same results year in and year out. It makes me wonder what people are thinking when they’re doing the ten second count-down and watching Dick Clark Drop his Ball at midnight on December 31st.
How To Make Resounding Resolutions With A Lasting Impact?
I was recently asked by a friend that is much more relaxed about work then me:
“Are you having fun?”
I guess I was shocked by the question. I thought about it for a while and I figured out that unlike me, most people separate work and pleasure.
You see, I personally get satisfaction out of my work and achieving goals. If that’s not happiness, then I don’t know what is. The way I feel about it is that we’re all programmed to create, invent and achieve. And it’s shocking to me to see this separation of achievement and happiness.
If you are not passionate about your work, you will never achieve lasting success or true happiness. You need to dig deep into your soul to tap into the true meaning of what you do and why you do it. Be aware of what matters to you and then rally your thought and action to support what is meaningful to you.
If you don’t, then you run the risk of letting that valuable fuel evaporate and be gone forever. And that is the key to a complete life and finding true success.
The only real power we have in life is the power of choice… But more often than not we too quickly and too easily relinquish control of our business, our fortunes and our lives to others, outside parties or to authorities with little real power.
I meet life insurance agents all the time that let themselves be pushed around or held hostage by the home office, clients, by their self imposed mental handcuffs, by their lack of guts. When they finally do strap a pair on, they are stunned to see just how much power they really have. They are shocked when they realize that they held the cards all along.
Ya see, power is just like wealth… it’s there for the taking. It is rarely given. It is not really earned like as we are taught to believe. It doesn’t come by conforming to the norms of society. It doesn’t come from diligently keeping your nose to the grinds stone… That will only get you a flat nose. The plain and simple truth is that wealth is taken.
Strive to gain knowledge, always. Never settle for status quo. Block out negative, less creative people that only try to bring you down. Set, pursue, and achieve a lot of goals (like converting those life insurance leads to BIG commissions). Find a niche to sell to that interests you, and go after it. If you feel you must escape from your regular daily life to have fun or be happy, sit down and re-consider your regular daily life. And remember; align your goals with what matters and what is meaningful to you.
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