Posts Tagged ‘Goal Setting’

‘Wise men and women are always learning, always listening to fresh insights.’ Proverbs 18:15

Do you wish to be wise? Well here are some things that you need to do. Firstly, you need to always be willing to learn. Secondly, you need to always listen to fresh insights.

So how do you go about these two important activities?

Let’s have a closer look at both.

1. Wise Men & Women Are Always Learning

I set a goal recently: to live until the age of 104. And a funny thing happened the other day, after I had set that goal, as I was filling my car at a petrol(gas) station. The station just so happened to be right next to a bowling alley, and the sign on the building was requesting new members from the age of 4 to – now wait for it – to the grand old age of 104. I couldn’t believe my eyes and joked with my wife that I should return to sign up when I reach the age of my proposed longevity goal.

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‘The greatest danger for most of you lies not in setting your aim too high and falling short; but in setting your aim too low, and achieving your mark.’ Michelangelo

So often in life we underestimate our hidden potential, and belittle our ability to achieve great things. Mediocrity dogs us. Small thinking denies us. Peers contain us.

And yet let me encourage you to break free from the limitations of your mind and your circumstances, and go possess what God has created you to possess. For there is a personal greatness found within each and every one of us. It is a seed that is simply waiting to burst forth into evidential life above the surface of life’s resistance.

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‘Study to show yourself approved…’ *

I spend at least one hour a day in study. The busier I get, the greater I find the need to dig deeper through the habit of study.

And what do I study?

1. I Study Where My Passion Lies

The bulk of my study time is devoted to my passion. For me my passion lies deeply entrenched in the writings of the philosophers throughout the ages. When I come across a philosopher who impacts my thoughts and my heart, I make it my mission to discover whom they read – and before long I am introduced to the company of those who formed the basis of modern thought as we know it today.

When I read I read to be inspired – and it is from there that I build my own structures – for they are the springboards from which I leap ever forward in my own thinking so that I can continue to be an effective influencer upon those who happen to come into my sphere of influence. As one who seeks to inspire others to excel, I must first be inspired . For me to water others I must first be watered. And this is where I drink deeply – daily.

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Did not Joseph – the savior of ancient Egypt– spend the good years storing up the excess – to the disdain of many of the people I can imagine, so that when the drought hit there was food enough for all?

Did not the wise man build his house upon the solid foundations so that when the storm came he could stand and recover without too much destroyed?

The fact is this: that as long as we live in this world, storms, tragedies, unexpected events and catastrophes are going to come. Eating, drinking and merriment will not cut it. Planning must be part of the procession in order that sustainment can be accommodated.

The days of putting all your eggs in one basket and watching that basket are long gone. It’s the process of putting your eggs in a range of carefully selected baskets and watching each and every one of those baskets that will carry you through the storms relatively unscathed. And amidst that mix – to have a plan, a vision, a dream and a map to see that dream’s fulfillment, one may need to tack, turn and even at times retreat because of the unpredictability of the waves that crash over the sides of your vessel.

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Life is filled with the scheduling of appointments.

In fact, every time that you set a goal you have set up an appointment. Why? Because you have established something that you wish to achieve and have had the courage to attach a date to it.

But what if the date comes and the date goes, and nothing has changed? Don’t allow your disappointment to be your destination. Don’t set up a memorial on that deflating spot in your life. Simply reset the appointment, and reappoint the time and place that you are going to achieve that goal – and go again.

Remember this, that any great success consists of a succession of failures. Put each failure under your feet, and before you know it you will find yourself reaching that which you have dreamt of – the heights of outstanding success.