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What is the difference and why will it make or break your success?

A goal or objective is a projected state of affairs that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve.

A standard guide is general information or options which do not require a specific course of action.

Imagine that your success was your standard and it did not require any specific course of action, imagine that every single day you wake up, this was your day and everything you did automatically created a successful outcome, moving you without distress to your goal.

Do you think it is hard to make a million dollars if you already have a million dollars? Tom Hopkins once said to an audience, “the second million is so much easy then the first?”. At the conclusion of the seminar a little old lady came up and said, she was so excited that the second million was easier, and when Tom asked; are you a millionaire? She reply; “NO” “Though, I’m giving up on the first million and going for the second”

So what is it about a standard, a goal and a little old lady? Roy McDonald talks about the biggest benefit of a goal is becoming the person that is that goal and that is what our little old lady will need to give up on. If she is going to achieve her second million first.

Let’s look into the future and imagine the person you need to be to have one of your goals. As you see that person what are the daily activities this person conducts? How do they start their day? What activities are they focused on? Now write them down.

You may want to redo this exercise without judgment, and really think of you as this person. Meaning if you had all you need to make everything happen, it was now almost like a game, you trying to use less money, less time, maximum leverage. What is this day like?

Once you have you day written out, read over it then write down next to it what your current day consist of. You will see the SANDARD of you now and who you want to be.

Now if the goal was to achieve something that day, who out of the two people would absolutely achieve that, it’s almost certain that it will be the person you want to be, the one that achieves everything. Why is that? It’s because of their standard, if you had a week to make something happen to finish detail to make the event on the weekend a success, would you be watching tv at night or setting out procedures for the support team at the event. Would your attitude be I can let them know what to do when I get there, when the food arrives I can help unload and direct from there…

It’s quite simple, if you standard is going to stay the same, you are going to stay the same, if you set your standard to be that of a successful person then that is the standard you can expect to achieve.

Roy’s Wealth Account is a good example of this, when the money comes in you have the choice when it hits the account! You set your standard right there and then! Will this be going to the cash account or the wealth component of the account? Will your spending standard be one of a poor person, middle class person or wealthy. What standard does your future person have?

When you set your goal, set your standard too. Know what the daily action will need to be at the standard of the person you will become, the person that can achieve the goal.

Achievement from setting a goal and success will become automatic when your standard is set appropriately?

Hmm I wounder what you do with your money? Hiding it under the bed? Really what decision are you making with your money? This week we host the I.C.A.N session on decisions at the Varsity Conference Centre.

Have you decided to create your Wealth Account ?

What decision have you taken into account with your 7 Year Plan?

We look forward to see you Wednesday night.

If you are attending please bring your 1- 31 card or have a print out of your goals you receive in your email from OneLife Goals and remember its a good idea to bring your journal.

You’re welcome to bring a guest to this event, so feel free to bring your partner, friends and Dream Team members.

What ACTION if taken today will have the greatest impact on your success for 2010?

Each of us has a burning desire to be successful in our chosen field and yet for many of us we are yet to take the action required to realise this success. Generally, it is not because we lack enthusiasm, or the will to do it, it is not because we don’t care and it is certainly not because we don’t have the information required - so then why is it?

Consider for a moment your environment. At home, at work, in your workspace, in your quiet space. Have you set yourself an environment for success, have you surrounded yourself with the type of people you wish to become or have you chosen the easier path and surrounded yourself with people like you? Brandon Bays says you become the people you assosciate with. Why is this so important?

If you are not surrounding yourself with people of massive action and great success then you have chosen a life of mediocrity to this point.

What if the first ACTION step required for you to be successful was simply to create an environment of success and growth. What if this simple step was the launch pad to all the success you desire? Your environment is a vital part of your everyday life and the impact of the environment we chose to be a part of influences all areas of our life.

What environment have you chosen to be a part of to today? What environments are you now chosing to be a part of in each area of your life? What environment have you chosen to be a part of for your continued learning in 2010?

Remember the actions you don’t take, influence your life in all areas - the actions you do take, shape your destiny and every result you achieve. Take Massive Action in the Direction of Your Goals Everyday!

The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi

What would it be like to have 9 extra 40 hour weeks available without any effort? What could you do with this time? What personal things would you like to achieve or what contribution would you like to make? What would this mean to your family ? Well, here’s how to get the time.

If you could create one hour a day extra for you, seven  days a week, multiplied by 52 weeks a year, you would get 364 extra hours. If you divided 364 extra hours by  40 hour week, you woud end up with 9.1 extra 40 hour weeks a year.

How fabulous would that be? How would that make you feel?

You’d have to give up all those excuses like “I didn’t have time to do it”.

What you’ve really done, is set yourself up for success. So how do we achieve this extra hour? Well it’s all about your intention.

Your intention around your day - what time you get up, what time you go to bed and what you do in the middle. Your intention of how much television you watch.

It will come back to you ultimately to your values and your purpose. David Letterman has been quoted as saying “Some people’s number one purpose in life is to watch television”. If your purpose is bigger than that and your intention is larger, then you will focus on what you want and therefore be selective in how you choose your invest time and the consequences of such choices.

The average ninety-five percent of the population is watching an average of twenty-seven hours of television a week. It would be interesting if someone followed you around for a week with a video camera and noted down all that you did in the day and checked out where you were productive and non-productive.

“Under New Management” with your new intention. You will find that by setting your intention each day and completing the actual outcome, you will be the best judge of that and this will give you daily feedback on your outcome. That could be scary couldn’t it?

Take a deep breath now and get into consciousness in the here in the now and realise that the game is up.

Realise that you are in charge of your life. In the moment of this realisation, know that you can achieve your outcome and that you can be a successful Time Manager Life Manager.

Also you need to do is buy the ticket, board the train, take a seat, keep out of the way and accept the new mindset that you have become. Accept the consciousness of your intention manifesting itself, creating the outcome and lifestlye that you desire.

As an example, by getting up an hour earlier each day and focusing on what you want to achieve, you will have an extra hour instantly. To get up that extra hour early, you wil need to be mindful of what time you go to bed. You still need the correct amount of rest.

If you are working long hours, it may be because you haven’t yet figured out how to support yourself or what system to use to make you more effective and efficient. Everyone can sprint for so long. At the end of the day, your body needs to not only rest, but needs to be rejuvenated.

Often people working long hours, find weekends are not rest for them - they try to recover, as they have lost the balance in life.

I talk from personal experience here, as I’ve been down that road many times. If you want to learn something, the best thing you can do is teach it and that’s the reason I’m writing this article.

- Roy McDonald

Do you have an intention to start the day with an  intention? Or are you starting with no focus? Start setting your life up to be a success, have your intention before you go to bed and know that your day will be a success before you go to bed each night.