Thomas Edison said, “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.".

Face it…you can’t know everything and you shouldn’t even try to know everything.

The big rocks represent the most important things you need to get done; best to tackle those first.

I’m a big fan of the concept of ‘the single next action’, which is all about determining what is the very next step you need to take.

An even better idea: keep a ‘wins’ journal, where you write down each day all those big and little ‘wins’.

Resilience is the ability to mentally or emotionally cope with a crisis or to return to pre-crisis status quickly.

At some point you got discouraged and you either gave up or put it on the back burner and forgot about it.

There’s something that’s getting in your way and it’s stopped you in the past. It’s time to figure that out.

Have you considered that you might need to be someone different in order to achieve your gateway goal?

You’ll be a year older a year from now. In a year do you want to be still thinking about that goal, or do you want to be enjoying it?

Picture yourself living having achieved that goal. Take it in with all your senses. What are you seeing and feeling?

Very rarely do we want to achieve something for its own sake. It's usually because of something we believe we will have once we achieve it.

I always try to get the goal as clear in my mind as I possibly can for the simple reason that it’s easier for me to remember it.

Have you considered that you might need to be someone different in order to achieve your gateway goal?

By adulthood, we’ve already learned to edit ourselves and look to others for approval. So, we keep our goals small, acceptable, achievable.

You hesitate to set a date because you’re uncertain about whether your goal is even possible in the first place.

All too often, we accept as true any and all thoughts that occur to us, unquestionably. Don’t do that.

Lots of people make goals but too often they are wishy-washy. Such vague goals make it impossible to know when we’re successful.

My FREE guide for this month includes two great techniques to stress test your goal.

If your goal fills you with dread or if just the thought of us makes you tired, it’s not the right goal for you.