December 10th, 2007

Having What You Want and When You Want

Here is how to get what you want, at least the first three steps and these can be enough.

First change your wants into goals. A want is an emotional state, just a little bit stronger than a wish; it has no inherent power. It may not even involve you.

A goal is a commitment to action. It’s specific in terms of the intended result and the time when it will be accomplished. Because of that, goals call for you to look at your possible support structures and your available resources.

Here’s the next step – one you may not be familiar with in this context. Turn each of your goals into an affirmation, but do it this way: Suppose your goal is to double your income in three months. An affirmation might be, “I am thrilled that my income is doubled.”

Note that the time is omitted. That brings the future, as stated in your goal, into the present – with emotion.

Then visualize your life with a doubled income, however you can manifest that vision. Then say your affirmation with that emotion and visualize the result. Do that twice a day. Do it with each goal and share that goal with people you care about.

Of course, nothing happens magically; you must take action, mustering your support, using your resources and doing what you say. But over and over these steps do work.

What Do You Want?

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Useful Quotes

Most people diffuse their psychic energy (attention) in hundreds of random ways. Those who flow focus their psychic energy intentionally upon the task at hand. It really boils down to knowing your goal, concentrating upon it, remaining determined and having the self-discipline to complete what you are doing.
Dick Sutphen

 It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then,
like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.
Aristotle

You’ve got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.
Alvin Toffler

How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it.
Jim Valvano

 Creative Corner

The Future Now
Michael Lipp

I remember the war years,
The other war years
“What do we want? Peace.
When do we want it? Now.”
Very stirring, but…
Did you take any action?
Did you even vote?
Did you speak to others?
Did you rest in hope?
Aren’t we still fighting
With the same people still?
Maybe we need other ways,
When wants are not enough.

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