Oh, no — someone had to write this. . . oops! it’s me!

According to the Realtor Magazine article written by John D. Mayfield:

“Stanford University did a study several years ago about people and goals. They concluded that approximately 80 percent of the people who set goals (by writing them down and reading them on a daily basis) achieved their goals. If you’ve not taken the time to write down your goals for the New Year, it’s time to grab a pen and start. Laminate your goal sheet and read it every day, reminding yourself that you will achieve your goals next year.”

According to Brian Tracy, life goals are usually divided as follows:

1) Personal/Health:

2) Financial:

3) Professional Development/Educational:

4) Relational:

5) Spiritual:
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The book that I am currently reading is The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwartz, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, publishers.

Lou Holz was twenty-eight years old in 1966 — he was of work and out of money and lacking in motivation (according to Henriette Anne Klauser, Ph.D., in her book, Write It Down, Make It Happen). Beth, his wife, who was pregnant with their third child, handed Lou this book when he was at his lowest point.

“There are so many people, and I was one of them, who don’t do anything special with their lives. The book said you should write down all the goals you wanted to achieve before you died.”

Of his more than 107 impossible goals, Lou Holz accomplished 81 — some of which were — dinner at the White House, being on The Tonight Show, meeting the pope, jumping out of an airplane, and coaching a football team to a victorious national championship.

That encouraged me. Give yourself permission to dream NOW.

“The Bucket List” is a movie recently released about two men (Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson) who finally gave themselves permission to dream —

“Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) has worked hard his whole life to build his hospital corporation into a Fortune 500 company. As CEO, Edward is on top of the world when cancer comes knocking on his door. In the hospital, Edward is put into a room with another cancer patient, Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman). The doctors have given both the news that they have six-months to a year to live. Carter just blocks out the bad news and continues watching Jeopardy on TV, because he knows all the answers. When Carter was young, he was able to attend the first year of college, but when his wife got pregnant, Carter found work as an automobile mechanic. Carter (Freeman) remembers that in one of his classes the professor gave them an assignment to fill out a Bucket List of the things you want to do in life before you kick the bucket. Carter starts writing his list of things to do. Edward (Nicholson) sees the list and writes some other things to do like skydiving and race car driving. They both decide to leave the hospital and embark on fulfilling all the things on the bucket list.” (the-movie-guy) Douglas Young

I know what I’ll be doing this weekend. Goal setting and perhaps — a movie!