SUCCESS SECRET 2
Develop a Clear Sense of Direction
A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the roughest road.A person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road.—THOMAS CARLYLE
TAKE YOUR DREAMS out of the air and crystallize them into clear, specific written goals. Perhaps the greatest discovery in human history is that “You become what you think about most of the time.” The two factors that, more than anything else, determine what happens to you in life are what you think about and how you think about it most of the time.
Successful people think about their goals most of the time. As a result, they are continually moving toward their goals, and their goals are continually moving toward them. Whatever you think about most of the time grows and increases in your life. If you are thinking about, talking about, and visualizing your goals,you tend to accomplish far, far more than the average person, who is usually thinking and talking about his or her worries and problems most of the time.
Here is a simple seven-step formula for setting and achieving goals that you can use to become a millionaire:
First, decide exactly what you want in each area of your life, especially in your financial life. Most people never do this.
Second, write down your goals clearly and specifically. Something amazing happens between your head and your hand when you put your goals in writing.
Third, set a deadline for each goal. Set subdeadlines if a goal is big enough.Give yourself a target to aim at.
Fourth, make a list of everything you can think of that you will have to do to achieve each goal. As you think of new ideas,add them to your list until it is complete.
Fifth, organize your list into a plan of action. Determine what you are going to do first and what you will do later. Decide what is more important and what is less important.
Sixth, take action on your plan immediately. It is amazing how many splendid goals and plans are never realized because of procrastination and delay.
Seventh,and perhaps most important, do something every day that moves you at least one step closer to your most important goal. This commitment to daily action will make you a big success in anything you decide to accomplish.
Here is an exercise for you. Take a sheet of paper and write the word “Goals” at the top of the page with today’s date. Then, make a list of 10 goals that you would like to achieve over the next 12 months. Write your goals in the present tense, as though a year has passed and you have already achieved them. Begin each goal with the word “I” to make it personal to you.
By making out a list of 10 goals for yourself for the next year, you will move yourself into an exclusive group consisting of only 3 percent of adults in our society. The sad fact is that 97 percent of adults have never made a list of goals in their entire lives.
Once you have your list of 10 goals, go over the list and ask this key question: Which one goal on this list,if I were to achieve it, would have the greatest positive impact on my life?
Whatever your answer to that question, circle that goal and make that your number one, most important goal for the future. Set a deadline, make a plan, take action on your plan, and do something every day that moves you toward that goal.
From now on, think and talk about that goal all the time. Think and talk about how you can achieve that goal. Think and talk about all the different steps that you can take to make that goal a reality. This exercise will stimulate your creativity, increase your energy,and unlock more and more of your potential.
ACTION EXERCISE
Always think on paper. Sit down and begin writing out your goals and creating your plan to achieve them. This exercise alone can make you a self-made millionaire.
成功秘诀2
培养明确的方向感
一个有明确目标的人，即使在最崎岖的道路上也会取得进展。一个没有目标的人，即使在最平坦的道路上也不会取得进展。——托马斯·卡莱尔
把你的梦想从空气中抓出来，并把它们具体化为明确、具体的目标，把它们写在纸上。也许人类历史上最伟大的发现是："你会成为你花最多时间思考的样子"。有两个因素比其他任何东西都更能决定你在生活中发生的事情，那就是你在大多数时间里所想的和你是如何想的。
成功人士大部分时间都在思考他们的目标。因此，他们不断地朝着自己的目标前进，而他们的目标也不断地朝着他们前进。你大部分时间在思考的东西都会在你的生活中有所增长。如果你在思考、谈论和想象你的目标，你的成就往往比一般人多得多，因为一般人大多数时间都在思考和谈论他或她的忧虑和问题。
这里有一个简单的设定和实现目标的七步公式，你可以用它来成为百万富翁。
第一步，准确决定你在生活的每个领域想要什么，特别是在你的财务方面。大多数人从来没有做过这件事。
第二步，清楚而具体地写下你的目标。当你把你的目标写下来的时候，在你的思考与行动之间会发生一些奇妙的事情。
第三步，为每个目标设定一个期限。如果一个目标足够大的话，可以设置次级期限。给自己一个可以锚定的目标。
第四步，把你能想到的为实现每个目标而必须做的事情都列出来。当你想到新的想法时，就把它们添加到你的清单中，直到它们完成。
第五步，将你的清单整理成一个行动计划。确定你首先要做什么，然后要做什么。确定什么是更重要的，什么是不那么重要的。
第六步，立即采取计划中的行动。令人吃惊的是，由于拖延和延迟，有多少辉煌的目标和计划从未实现。
第七步，也许也是最重要的，每天做一些事情，使你至少能够向你最重要的目标迈进一步。这种每日行动的保证，会使你在任何你想完成的事情上获得巨大成功。
这里有一个练习给你。拿出一张纸，在纸的最上面写上 "目标 "，并注明今天的日期。然后，列出你想在未来12个月内实现的10个目标。用现在时态来写你的目标，就好像一年已经过去，你已经实现了这些目标。每个目标以 "我 "字开头，使其成为你的个人目标。
通过为自己列出明年的10个目标清单，你将让自己成为世界上仅有3%成年人组成的特殊群体中的一员。可悲的是，97%的成年人在他们的一生中从未制定过目标清单。
一旦你拥有了10个目标的清单，请仔细阅读这份清单，并问自己一个关键问题：这个清单上的哪一个目标，如果我实现了，会对我的生活产生最大的积极影响？
如果我实现了这个清单上的哪一个目标，将对我的生活产生最大的积极影响？
无论你的答案是什么，把这个目标圈起来，并把它作为你未来的头号目标。设定一个最后期限，制定一个计划，按照你的计划采取行动，每天做一些事情来推动你实现这个目标。
从现在开始，时时刻刻都要思考和谈论这个目标。思考并谈论你如何能够实现这个目标。思考并谈论你可以采取的所有不同步骤，以使该目标成为现实。这个练习会激发你的创造力，增加你的能量，并释放你越来越多的潜力。
行动练习
总是把思考写在纸上。坐下来，开始写出你的目标，并制定你的计划来实现它们。仅仅这个练习就可以使你成为一个白手起家的百万富翁。
来自译者的思考 ：
方向是一条射线，它是没有尽头的。笑来老师的《好的家庭教育》里有提到，我们要有发展的思维，而不是设计的思维。
即把未来放在一个足够长期的维度来看，是不可预见的，我们总是会走上之前从没有想过的道路。
就像是我小时候心里想着打死也不当老师，但现在却在教人编程；之前就想在技术这条路上走到黑，但现在却想去干销售。显然我现在走的路都不是提前设计好的。
发展刚好确定的也是方向，因为发展也没有终点，没有尽头。而设计是有终点的，目标就是设计的产物。
但目标是依旧要有的，它是短期内行动的动力源泉。就像是我们的国家要发展，落到实处就变成了很多个五年计划。
不列计划就是在原地踏步，列了计划就是在某个方向上往前走，只要前进的方向与发展的方向没有偏离得太远，就都是OK的。
虽然我们很难预测到未来十年、二十年自己是什么样子，但是畅想是可以的，这有助于自己确定目标。
但有一点是确定的，无论未来变成什么样子，也一定是越来越好的样子，只要我们不断的成长，不断的发展，就一定会进化成另今天的自己吃惊的样子。
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