How to set goals is tied to goal focus. Goal focus is important – people with particular and explicit goals in mind tend to succeed. Goal correcting training, using smart targets and goal achievement. Lists are excellent for helping you realize how important goal focus is, because the help you continue on track.

You may want to list your top 10 goals. They will function like a road-map or a Global Positioning System (GPS), letting you know where you are at all times in your goal quest. What you focus on will be attracted to you by the Law of Attraction.

They can be as simple of learn how to set goals or short term goals. Remember when you set your goals for 2009, so far this year, how have they turned out?

What You Focus on Will Grow: Is It Faith or Fear?

What you focus on, grows. Every once in a while check your Mindtalk Creation lists and make sure you are visualizing what you want. Think for a moment on the definitions below.

Faith is believing that what you cannot see will come to pass.

Fear is believing that what you cannot see will come to pass.

Interesting, isn’t it?

When you are full of hope and faith and enthusiasm, it is because you are imagining future scenarios.

When you are fearful or in despair, you are also imagining future scenarios.

It all depends on what you are imagining!

To eliminate fear from your life, stop imagining fearful future images.

Remember, Thoughts are things!

New Year’s resolutions are launched with good intentions by the tens of millions every December. And somewhere along the way – usually in January – most of them become an afterthought. The mere topic of New Year’s resolutions only gets pulled up again in December, when planning (yet again) for the next year.

But a business goal is a horse of a different color.

Because business goals directly tie-in to one’s finances – which in turn affects how we live – we pursue them more aggressively. That’s the good news.

However in that pursuit lies several pitfalls. Pitfalls that are well hidden from the naked eye. Pitfalls that only reveal themselves once we begin our business goal achievement quest.

What are those pitfalls exactly? Here are three that strike most entrepreneurs at the least favorable moments:

1) You fell for the infamous "You are LIMITLESS" mantra.
Bestselling spiritual/self-help author Wayne Dyer often reminds his followers, "We are spiritual beings having a human experience."

And even though the soul may be free as vast as the universe – we are still confined to an overcoat of skin and bones and gravity. And it is this temporary overcoat that causes very real limitations.

I mean let’s face it, there can only be one American Idol in 2008 (or Canadian Idol or whatever Idol for the part of the world you live in). There’s one President, one Queen, one gold medalist slalom skier, one winner of the Best Actor on Academy Awards night.

And even though you may deeply yearn, affirm and visualize holding one these positions, you might not ever end up there.

A good friend of mine had an uncle who owned a horse ranch. He was a masterful rider and dreamt of becoming a famous jockey. But at the age of 16 he was almost 6 feet tall. Which is apparently too tall to become a jockey.

We – as human beings – all have limits. Limits caused by financial circumstances, family obligations, time constraints, lack of knowledge, lack of skill, age restrictions, height restrictions, and so on.

The thing is, limitations should never be viewed as stop signs. On the contrary, they allow us to confidently move in directions that work with our natural talents, abilities and lifestyles. Limitations allow us to see how we can improve ourselves.

So acknowledge your limitations. (It’s okay!) And if you can’t beat ‘em, be confident and wise enough to work around ‘em.

2) You didn’t anticipate the potential problems along the way – or the residuals of success.
As I write this article the jackpot for the New York state lottery is at $115 million dollars. Manhattan office workers file into the deli’s during their lunch hour to stand on those lottery lines, and fantasize amongst each other about winning.

From the middle class viewpoint, a big lottery win looks absolutely delicious. But Dr. Steven J. Danish, professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, paints a very different picture.

According to "Windfall not always a blessing, psychologists say,"
"Danish has counseled lottery winners for more than 12 years, and almost all his patients have had serious problems after collecting their winnings. After the initial shock passes, a sense of guilt often arrives, along with the hoards of people asking for money. Giving or leaving money to family — including mysterious, long-lost relatives — is often the biggest source of stress, he said."

But this phenomena isn’t limited to lottery winners. It happens to entrepreneurs as well.

Yes, your eyes always have to be peeled for the potholes in the road. But you must also consider the problems that come with extreme success.

For example, will you have enough inventory if a positive review of your product generates a flood of 10,000 orders? How will you manage your time fulfilling orders? Do you have a babysitter lined up for business emergencies?

Don’t focus on failure. Do create a mindset of preparedness.

3) You focus a lot of energy on past mistakes, instead of learning from them and moving on.
A very dear friend whom I’ve known for 15 years has been wanting to start his own business for as long as I’ve known him. Early in our friendship he and his sister-in-law decided to do some kind of venture together. The venture flopped. He lost $4K, while she lost almost nothing.

Over a decade later, he still talks about how much he wants to go into business for himself. But the memory of losing that $4K re-plays itself over and over in his mind. It’s the reason why he commutes to a government job every day, instead of taking the plunge and starting his own business.

Sadly enough, he rationalizes his inability to move forward by saying that he’d rather be 100% sure that he’s doing the right thing, instead of going in with a half-baked idea.

My outlook as a seasoned entrepreneur is a little different. Nothing in life is 100% guaranteed. The best-laid plans can be thwarted in the blink of an eye. The best you can do is learn from the past (not LIVE in the past) and move on.

In this post , our objective is to answer two pressing questions which impact every aspect of your life and demonstrate what you can achieve in the 100 Day Challenge:

1. “What does it mean to be rich?
2. “How does one live a richer life that is filled with ever expanding wealth, health, and happiness?”

Let’s begin with the true meaning of the word rich. The word “rich” comes from the root word for “reach”.

You are rich when you reach out and expand any dimension of your life, which is accomplished by expanding your comfort zone.

The following provides a nine-point plan for getting rich-right now. This is one of many life changing messages you will receive once you say “YES”, I’m Ready for the Challenge!

The first type of reaching out is a personal one.

You become richer when you reach beyond your intellectual abilities by reading great books, listening to stimulating messages, challenge conventional wisdom and engaging in stimulating conversations.

The second type of reaching out is physical.

When you expand your physical energy, challenge your physical limits, and improve your ability to perform, you are reaching out and living a richer life. The blessings and joys of a rich healthy life can be yours when you choose to make them priorities in your life.

The third type of reaching out is recreational.

When you spend time in joyful pursuits, you are enjoying the riches of life. When you take good care of yourself allowing for rest, renewal and relaxation without feeling guilty, you are ensuring the greatest return on your current and future performance.

The fourth type of reaching out is family.

When you spend time strengthening, clarifying, and enhancing your relationships with your mate or lover, children, siblings, and parents you are becoming richer and living a more satisfying life. Family is the emotional core of our lives. Every deposit into your family’s emotional bank account is a deposit into emotional prosperity.

The fifth type of reaching out is friendship.

When you reach out by focusing on developing, deepening, and balancing relationships with both new and old friends you are enjoying a fulfilling life. You are rich when surrounded by people you love, trust and with whom you care for deeply.

The sixth type of reach is community.

The definition of a life well lived rests on a commitment of service to others. You are reaching out and expanding your social consciousness when you change the driving question from “How can I become successful?” to, “What can I contribute that will significantly impact the mission, performance, and overall results of the institution or community I serve?” By focusing on how you can contribute to society and how you can give back, you automatically become richer.

The seventh type of reaching out is career.

When you make the decision to commit your life to excellence – to ever-increasing accomplishments, at ever-increasing levels of skill and mastery, you are reaching out. As a result, your reputation is enriched, your options become more abundant, and your rewards become far more fruitful. By continually raising the bar, you ensure greatness and improve your chances of getting rich financially.

The eight type of reaching out is financial.

Money is the reward you receive for the service you render, and the more value you offer, the greater will be your reward. When you begin thinking of ways in which you can be of greater service to your customers, your employers and employees, you will not only begin to earn more money, it will also enable you to grow intellectually and spiritually. A focus on value creation is the hallmark of success and the gateway to financial prosperity. You must be mindful that money is not the first priority in happy people’s lives. Health, relationships with family and friends, career satisfaction, and spiritual growth are all more important.

The ninth type of reaching out is spiritual.

There is plenty of talk about financial net worth, but the truth is your spiritual net worth carries much more clout. Faith is spiritual capital; the absence of faith is spiritual bankruptcy. You are expanding your reach when you practice forgiveness, gratitude, obedience, and benevolence.

You are rewarded with peace of mind, unbreakable faith, and a deeper, richer spiritual life that is far more valuable than rubies, diamonds or pearls. When you expand your comfort zone of what is possible in any area of your life, you are reaching out and living a fuller, richer, more prosperous life.

So, do you want to get rich-right now?

It’s actually very simple, begin right now, where you are, with what you have and reach out-the rewards will follow. If you’ll allow us, we would like to be your coach and show you how, as one of the great strengths of the 100 Day Challenge is that it offers you the opportunity to become healthier, wealthier, and happier setting and achieving your REACH GOALS.

You can begin the process of inviting riches into your life by working on improving your reach and by saying “YES”, I’m Ready for the Challenge. Are you really?

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