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Specify Your Goals
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Act 2 - Specify Your Goals

      You must have goals, otherwise you won't know if you are headed in the right direction and you certainly won't know when you have arrived at your destination.  Of course, you always have goals even if you don't think you do.  Your "goal" might just be "to not set any goals and let Life give me whatever it might randomly give me."  Actually, your life is never random.  Your life is really controlled by the thoughts which you have in your conscious and subconscious minds and the actions which you take on your thoughts whether you are consciously aware of your thoughts or not.

      Before you learn the details of Specifying Your Goals, it is important to have a general list of what you think you desire:  let's call this starting point What I Want Now!  On a piece of paper, you will write everything you would like to have, do and be, no matter how large or small you think it is, since only you assign size.
      There is no difference, as far as life is concerned, between the shoes on your feet and your financial independence, for example.  You probably know how to have shoes on your feet and you probably have more shoes in your closet.  What you feel is difficult or out of reach is already easy for someone else, and you too can have, do or be anything, but you must first claim it.  Put another way, there are really no "poor" people; there are only "rich" people who have not yet claimed their rewards from Our Totally Abundant Universe!
      This list is an excellent way to access your Inner Guidance.  As any child knows, anything is OK, it's OK to make it up and it's OK to change your mind, even if it's only two minutes later.  If you discover something you don't want on your list, take it off:  make room for what you do want.  You may just need to give yourself permission to have, do or be whatever you think you would like to have, do or be; this releases the emotional energy you may have on a particular possible desire so you can focus on what you truly desire.
      List your intangible desires, such as love, contribution, peace of mind and happiness.  Next to each intangible desire, list the physical symbols that represent what you feel you would like to have, to do or to be to experience that intangible quality.  For example, "feeling loved" can manifest as an empowering relationship with that special partner or as more time nurturing yourself.  Conversely, some of your tangible desires may have intangible qualities or values associated with them:  list these also.  For example, "having money" can represent security and freedom, the real reasons you desire money.
      The length of your list is not as important as the completeness, so write continuously.  If you stop writing and you have a frown on your face, it's probably there for one of two reasons.  If you think you should want something, but you don't really want it, don't waste your time listing it.  List only the things you desire, not the things you think other people want for you or that you should provide for other people.  Alternately, if you really want something, but you haven't a clue how you could ever have it, you should especially list this.

      Further, keep your list private as we explored in detail in Act 1.  However, if you are truly sharing a goal with a personal or business partner, make sure you both have the same spoken and unspoken end result in mind.
      For example, if you set a goal of financial independence at $10,000 per month and your partner sets a goal of $2,000 per month, your attention will be on resetting your partner's goal rather than pursuing the real end result of financial independence.  Also, once you experience "financial independence," the amount of independence can be adjusted up (or down) easily at will.  And if you have one design objective for a project and your colleagues have another, your focus will be on the differences rather than on producing a valuable and profitable product or service.  Being in agreement on clear, empowering goals is always important to assure positive results.
      Therefore, do not share your list with anyone unless you know he/she will support you 100% to have everything on your list.

      Finally, since the act of writing on paper gives these desires so much more power than merely thinking or talking about them, treat this list as only Possibility Thinking at this time.  This is merely an honest assessment of what you think you would like to have, to do and to be.  In other words, it's OK to experiment.
      Now quickly write your list, using just a few words to capture each possibility.

EXERCISE 10:  list your possible goals for about five minutes

      Did you enjoy that?  I hope so!  Unfortunately, what you have in front of you are really just words on a piece of paper.  If you can't get these words off the paper and into your life, you will be gathering evidence that you cannot have these goals in your life.  So this is another reason to just treat this list as Possibility Thinking for the present time.
      If you have carefully "listened to" your Inner Guidance, all items on your list of possible goals will be empowering.  That is, fulfilling your desires will not cause physical, mental, emotional or spiritual harm to anyone or anything.  However, if some disempowering desires have crept into your list, the source of these disempowering desires can be quickly and permanently healed, forgiven, cleared or removed by Eliminating Your Blocks in Act 3.

      Now that you have a list of the possibilities of what you think you would like in your life, you will apply the same process that people of all ages and backgrounds around the world have used to create Total Success in their lives.  You will learn how to focus an incredible amount of attention on one particular goal.  You will take the goal through a complete process of bringing it into your life so you have an experience of how the process works.  Then you can apply the process to any other goal later.
      Which goal will you work with first?  You have a whole list of goals you say you want.  Pick the empowering goal that is most important to you right now.  This is your number one heart's desire, the goal for which you have a burning desire, the one which would bring you the most pleasure.
      You may be tempted to work with a lesser goal, such as number two or number three.  However, you'll be working with one goal while dreaming about another, and that's called split focus:  that's why you get mixed results.  You will not be doing a good job on number two or number three, and you will probably not get any results with your number one goal.
      Another reason for picking your most important goal is that once you are moving toward that goal or, even better, you actually experience having your most important goal, all your other goals will seem almost trivial and, hence, easy to complete.  You also have a lot of life energy (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual) on that goal for which you have the greatest desire, and you may have wanted that goal for most of your life.  So when you do manifest your most important goal, all the energy which was focused on that goal is now available to focus on other goals.  It is also possible that your most important goal is not even on your list because you gave up on it long ago.

      So, on a sheet of paper, you will write out the empowering goal for which you have the greatest desire with the complete date, including the month, the day and the year by which you are willing to receive it.
      It's important to form a complete sentence in the present tense.  By present tense, I mean to use such words as "I am ..." or "I have ..." which put your goal in the now.  We tend to say "I will ..." or "I want ...," meaning, "I don't have it now and maybe I could possibly get it in the future."  Forget that!  You do not want to give your brain "future" messages, because the future never comes and what you desire will never come either.  Put your desires in the now because you must always work with your end result when you work with any goal.

      The general format is, "I, (your name), am thankful for receiving (your concise goal) by (date)."  For example, you might say, "I, (your name), am thankful for meeting my ideal partner by (date)."  Or, "I, (your name), am thankful for having my health restored by (date)."  Or, "I, (your name), am thankful for being financially independent by (date)."

      You may have been told to not be specific because it limits you.  Since your Inner Guidance already knows exactly what you truly desire and when you desire it, it is important to specify it on paper.  Also, seeing it on paper allows you to experience the goal visually.  Hence, you are feeding your subconscious mind information about your goal in ways other than just thinking about it.

      Remember to give thanks in advance.  In other words, develop an attitude of gratitude.  After all, if you did something for me, I would thank you.  And if you agreed to do something for me, I would thank you in advance.  Giving thanks in advance is a powerful way of acting as if you have faith that Life works for you.  The expression, "Life has a way of giving you what you act like you've already got," is really true.  Nature gives you exactly what you act like you've already got, so act thankful in advance as a very powerful message to your subconscious mind that you can afford to be happy in advance, that you expect life to support you.  And, of course, you always prove yourself right based on your beliefs and the action you take to back those beliefs.

EXERCISE 11:  write your first empowering goal statement

      Then, under your goal statement, you will write a detailed description of this goal as though you already have it, as though you are experiencing and enjoying it and are merely describing it on paper or to a friend.  Describe your goal in the present tense, working with your end result.  Use all of your sensory imagery:  sight, sound, taste, touch and smell.  Describe your emotional state, how you feel, if you are alone or with someone, if you are indoors or outdoors, what time of the year it is.  What characteristics do you desire in that special person?  What color is the car?  Exactly how much money does financial independence mean?  What does experiencing God really mean?  How would your body feel if it were healthy?
      In other words, get very specific and very detailed describing the end result that you desire.  Remember, when you really want something, the smallest detail is not superficial unless you accept someone else's value system:  you don't have to compromise yourself in the least.  And, finally, a good or positive (empowering) feeling is probably the end experience you really want from all your goals, dreams and desires.

      However, do NOT describe HOW you will achieve this goal.  If you really know HOW to achieve this goal, you'd probably already have it!  The actual HOW (strategies and possibilities you may never have considered before) will become apparent as you move toward your end result.  Just remember, Never Give Up And Never Quit:  There Is Always A Way!  (However, do take a break occasionally.)

EXERCISE 12:  write a detailed description of your first empowering goal for about five minutes

      Now you've really done it:  you say you want what is described on this paper more than anything else right now.  However, what you have in front of you are even more words on a piece of paper.  So, if you can't get these words off the paper and into your life, you could be gathering even more evidence that you cannot have this goal in your life and you really reinforce an old thought pattern that says, "I can't have what's most important to me in life.  I have to compromise and settle for seconds and thirds."  And that's simply not true.
      The good news is that you've just focused much more attention on your goal.  And the more you focus on anything, the more likely it will appear in your life.
      As you discover additional "specifications" for that special relationship, job, home, vehicle, product, service, etc., add them.  I find my computer is a great tool for precisely revising my goals and goal details.
      At this point, you may even discover that you do not really want the particular goal you have just focused on!  If you do not want the goal, just pick a new goal rather than expend any more life energy on the old goal.

      To get your goal and goal details off the paper and into your life, you must first get this new idea into your subconscious mind where it becomes part of your belief system.  And you always create your life outwardly based on your beliefs.  Let's face it, if you don't believe you can have this goal, you won't.  You will find some way to sabotage yourself and take actions which push your goal off into the future or prevent it from even happening at all.  The next steps in the instant SUCCESS Program will continue the process of getting this new idea into your subconscious mind and into your life.

      Since you want more than one thing (you probably have a long list), how many goals do you work on at any given time?  The answer to this question is simple.  Within one week of beginning this instant SUCCESS Program, set as many specific goals as you want in the present tense with the dates by which you are willing to have them in your life.  For each goal, repeat the two previous exercises:  concisely specify each empowering goal and write a detailed description of each goal in the present tense.
      The key to success with this process is to work only with the exact number of goals to which you are 100% committed to manifesting at any given time.  Since your commitments are your actions, for every goal that you set, you will complete the remaining steps to Total Success in this BookEliminate Your Blocks, Take Empowering Action and Share Your Success.

      If you are not willing to follow all the instructions for each goal, don't do any of them because you may not experience your goal by the specified date, or you may not experience your goal at all, and you will certainly gather more evidence that Life does not support you.  Just admit that you have other priorities and focus fully on those other priorities.  Then, when you are ready to give your full attention to your goals, you will have all your life energy available to do so.

EXERCISE 13:  within one week of beginning this instant SUCCESS Program, focus also on the remaining empowering goals which you are 100% committed to experiencing at this time