One Hundred Goals? YES! One
Hundred Goals!
Author: Julie Jordan Scott
Was this speaker stark raving mad? One hundred goals? He
thought I could come up with 100 goals for my life?
The speaker, Mark Victor Hansen, compiled the hugely successful
Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books with Co-Author Jack
Canfield. He challenged the assembled throng at the Women's
Business Conference to brainstorm 100 life goals.
Further, he encouraged us to work with a partner with whom
we would swap lists. Together we would encourage each other
to develop our list. We would hold each other accountable.
We would help each other eventually reach these 100 life goals.
Seeing that he was where he was, and I was where I was,
I decided to take his advice! How many best sellers does Mark
Victor Hansen have anyway? Exactly my point! He was a best
selling writer, highly paid motivational speaker, darn good
dresser too! And me? I was an employee of local government
who read a lot of inspiring books. The kids in my Sunday School
class were motivated by my speaking. That was certainly worth
something. My wardrobe? Usually bought on sale, or at the
end of the season on clearance.
If Mark Victor Hansen got where he was by writing 100 goals?
Then I figured it would not hurt to try! My co-worker and
I buddied up to walk together through the process.
The next day I sat at my keyboard. At first I thought I
would have difficulty in thinking up goals. Soon, though,
I was on a roll. My goals were as diverse as "Have lunch
with a friend one time weekly" to "Host a radio
talk show" to "travel to Europe". I approached
my co-worker to share my list with her. I also wanted to do
my part as her buddy. I knew I needed to encourage her to
write her own 100 goals. She read through my list, saying
"Great! Oh, and you wrote 'Learn French twice!' ".
With that, she went back to the tasks on her desk.
"Ummmmm.....how is your list coming,
buddy?" I tried to sound as positive as I could on this
one. Never sound accusatory towards your buddy, I thought
She looked out her window and replied, "My
100 goals are to get up tomorrow and the next 100 days!"
She laughed at her humor. Me? I didn't understand.
Then again, her dream in 5 years is to still
be working in local government. Perfectly respectable. Nothing
at all wrong with that goal.
It is just not something that I could be
particularly passionate about. Not something that I would
be especially inspired by.
So where does that leave you, today?
Can you think of your 100 goals? Where would
you like to be in 5 years? If you had a magic wand and your
life could look like anything, what would I see when looking
at you? What would it feel like to live that ideal life? What
would others think of your life? Would you inspire people?
Annoy people? Learn from people?
In other words, what do you really want to
do with your life?
Start slow if you think you can not possibly
think of 100 goals. Take out a piece of paper or open a new
document on your word processor. Go for ten goals at first.
No set order of preference, just let your mind go. Let the
ideas and thoughts flow.
You may find you need to write more than
ten goals as your ideas start moving less like a trickle and
more like a deluge. If you run into a roadblock? Stop working.
Walk away. Save the goals you have written. .Promise yourself
that you will come back later.
And then do exactly that! Come back later.
Challenge yourself to finish your list of 100 goals.
Finally, find someone with whom to share
your goals. A buddy to encourage you as you grow. Do you have
anyone who would encourage this kind of challenge? If not,
ask around or look for a group on line that discusses goal
setting.
When I first wrote this article, I was still
working as a government employee. I have gratefully been an
entrepreneur, coach and writer full time since November, 1999.
As for me, I am on my way to reaching more and more of my
100 goals. I spend my hours caring for my precious babies
(one goal was to have another baby, who is now 4! This May
I was blessed with another baby, my first son). Just this
past week I bought four new website domains to add to my main
website, www.5passions.com. It is all about Living a Passion
Filled Life. My second book is about to hit the market.
"I have not yet made reservations for
a European Trip, nor have I hosted aTalk Radio program, but
listen to your local station. You just never can be sure."
Were the words I wrote back in 1998. In fact, that needs to
be updated. In January I begin hosting my own radio show,
so now I will have to say, listen for when my show hits syndication!
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About the author: Julie Jordan Scott is a
Personal Success Coach who left her career as a government
bureaucrat and built a successful business in less than six
months. Visit http://www.5passions.com
for free resources for YOUR success Email her at mailto:julie@5passions.com
or call 661.325.4116
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