your Major Definite Purpose,

Now Goals are goals that take advantage of the Workday Now concept to strike an optimal balance between Vision Goals and Target Goals. To create a Now Goal, just make sure that both elements are adequately present and that both are well articulated.

Ask and It Is Given. I n that book they describes an emotional scale ranging from despair at the low end to exhilaration or joy at the high end. They say in order to reach our goals, we need to change the emotional set-point of our attitude about any given goal to as high a point as possible on the emotional scale. They recommend we do this step by

Coming toward him on the belt are workday tasks and meetings that he needs to keep up with in order to “do his job.” Those things immediately in front of him are what he is working on now or that are due now; as he accomplishes these, he tosses them into his mental “ accumulated accomplishments” pile shown in Figure 4.3 and moves on to the next ite

It is not a prioritization system based on importance, but it does prioritize the urgency of your work.

Step 1: Create your Vision Goal. As you know by now, a Vision Goal is essential—I showed you in Chapter 10 a simple formula to create it. Step 2: Identify your Target Goals and add them to the Vision Goal. Nearly all goals need Target Goals, and Chapter 11 showed some fine points on adding them. Once you’ve added them, you now have the two core pie

Principles to Keep in Mind When Creating Your Life’s Work Statement Some principles to keep in mind, which restate those from Part II: • Create a picture in words. Tell a story that will allow you to see in your mind’s eye how all this would look. Rewrite until you feel like the writing helps you picture yourself in the role. • Express enthusiasm a

I consistently see evidence that using short periods of focused attention on my goals works amazingly well at helping me achieve them. I see it in my life and in others’ lives. I see it too often to dispute it.

The point is to find relief at each level; if you feel relief at each level, then you’re making progress. What I mean by “relief” is that you feel less tension about your ability to reach the goal; you want to see relief grow a little more each time you work on it.