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Termyn8or -> RE: setting goals for oneself. (3/9/2007 12:01:49 AM)
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I used to study psychology before they fucked it all up. Normally I avoid the use of profanity in a post when it is like this, something really off topic. But in this case it was the absolute correct use of the word.
Different areas of your psyche can be at different "ages". Not chronologically of course, but in other ways. You can be a teacher who is learning in any field.
Thus the secret. Impel yourself.
To explain, realize that I learned to study at an early age and I could see that each answer brings up at least two questions. But I was up for it, I was gung ho for it. I wanted it. If I asked the definition of a word sometime I got punched in the stomach by Mom, then she said "There are thousands worth of books in there, go read". That is a bit of an exaggeration. She started hitting me harder and harder gradually. All this was after some other kid hit me in the stomach at school. She was making me stronger.
So take that a bit, gradual.
Baby steps. I want to start a business, so last year I found a pickup truck. Spunky little thing, got a 4.3 and a Getrag tranny in it. Could pull stumps. That was a baby step, because I am not exactly sure what kind of business I want. But you always need at least a pickup truck. Got a van too but that was so cheap it was for investment purposes. It might get scrapped which would make use close to $200.
I think it is very important to figure out the steps you need to take to achieve your goal. When you go to writing them down again, just write one down, and figure out how to achieve it. They didn't build the space shuttle in one day.
I don't know what your track record in life is, but I can say this much. If you bite off more than you can chew you will fail. By definition it means that.
Now we have problem number two, which makes number one look like a wimp. What, NOW, are your goals ?
In other words, if you want to start a business, doing something you know, what do you do first ? Get a truck ? have it painted, get business cards, research local advertising rates, apply for a license or bond, look for commercial insurance, get a bookkeeper.
You see there is a natural order to these things, and if done in the proper sequence should yield you a successful, saleable business. The order in which they are done is based solely on the achievement of the goal, nothing else. Your personal thoughts and feelings must be put aside, and business is business.
When you put all of your spare energy into something, as long as you do it right you should succeed. The trick is figuring out the little parts of the big part. Those things which happen before you actually succeed, and what order you have to do them in. That is all your call, and is among the most important things you will be thinking about for a long time.
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