Nonetheless, because of your deep enthusiasm for them, they can provide the larger vision you need to keep your life satisfying and constantly moving forward.

Here are the What If– Why Not steps. 1. Write a very brief Vision Goal, perhaps with a challenging target, and advance the “size” of your goal to the point that you feel excited about the goal (but not too far past that point for now). 2. Adjust the language in your written goal to be like this: “What if I found a way to easily…” and then the Now

The Sedona Method®, which I will mention again below, has a strong but very simple technique for working yourself past your internal resistance to upward movement. Yet another is the Lefkoe Method, highlighted in the book Re-create Your Life by Morty Lefkoe.

To me, that is the definition of your life’s work: doing work that is right for you. You will know you are doing your life’s work when it fills you with a sense of integrity, of being true to yourself.

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.

“I grow and excel in my engineering [or other] skill levels to the point that I enjoy significant recognition and rewards as a thought leader in my company.”

“thought leader” in a particular field or industry

the Now Horizon we described above. It is not that no work exists beyond that horizon; it is just that work beyond that point is out of sight and therefore out of mind, and so the man is not anxious about it and probably does not think much about it.

Maxwell says if you find yourself saying, “I can’t” to a new goal, then ask yourself, “Why do I believe that I can’t?” He then takes you through a series of questions similar to the Why Not process above. The point is that many of our limiting beliefs have little to support them if we challenge them from all angles.