Winter Haven, Fl... February 8, 2005 Barefoot Motivation

Every year I really look forward to reviewing last years goals and using the motivation and energy to set next years goals.

2005  is no different.

I like to make goals for every area of my life and then write them down. I try to keep them where I will review them and then look at them often. This year I started using Microsoft's One Note software because of it's flexibility. I love adding pictures that get me fired-up and that keep me passionate about what I really want to accomplish.

They key to writing great goals is to make them inspiring enough to were you can't stop thinking about them and just enough out of your reach to where you will have to make a major commitment to accomplish them. I think it is also helpful to write down what accomplishing your goals will mean to you and what not accomplishing them will cost you.

My best goals seem to be those that will cost me aloud by not accomplishing them. The pain of mediocrity is more painful to me than the fear of failure.

One of my favorite quotes is;

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of US (1858 - 1919)

After breaking the goals down into manageable steps that can be accomplished within certain time frames, I like to share my goals with someone I trust to hold me accountable and who believes in me and my goals. This is a powerful motivator that I feel is critical to success!

For more on goal setting, you can read my article NFTE #7

I wish you the most passionate goals of your life this year. Let me know if I can help you with your barefooting goals!

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