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79. Set a specific power goal
Most people are surprised to learn that the reason
they’re not getting what they want in life is because
their goals are too small. And too vague. And therefore
have no power.
Your goals will never be reached if they fail to ex-
cite your imagination. What really excites the imagina-
tion is the setting of a large and specific power goal.
Usually, a goal is just a goal. But a power goal is a
goal that takes on a huge reality. It lives and breathes.
It provides motivational energy. It gets you up in the
morning. You can taste it, smell it, and feel it. You’ve
got it clearly pictured in your mind. You’ve got it writ-
ten down. And you love writing it down because every
time you do it fills you with clarity of purpose.
In his audiotape series, “Visioneering,” my old part-
ner Dennis Deaton teaches the transforming power of
lofty goals. Deaton talks about creating a “mental movie”
that you watch as often as possible. He urges you to
make it a movie that stars you—living the results of
achieving your specific goal.
Walt Disney left us many great things: Disneyland,
Walt Disney World, great animated films, and Annette
Funicello. But what I believe was his greatest gift was
the summing up he did of his life’s work: “If you can
dream it,” he said, “you can do it.”
A power goal is a dream with a deadline. The dead-
line itself motivates you. People who have created power
goals start living on purpose. They know what they’re
up to in life.