Now check to ensure your goal is SMART. Is the goal specific? It is
stated positively and asks directly for what you want. Is the goal measur-
able? The evidence necessary to know if it is achieved is a bank statement
that shows $1 million. It can also be placed in a wheelbarrow. Is the goal
stated as if now? It is stated in the present tense by “I now have.” Is the
goal a reach-out and reasonable goal? This goal is a reach-out goal and
will make you stretch. It is also reasonable because a five-year time frame
will allow you enough time to generate the income you must have to satisfy
the goal. Does it have a specific time frame? The outcome is achieved on
December 31, 2009. Thus our goal meets all the criteria of a SMART goal.EXERCISE: DEVELOPYOURSMART GOALS
Take a few minutes right now and write down your top five
goals. Make sure they are SMART. Take action now to achieve
what you desire and deserve. No more procrastinating! The way
to achieve your goal is to take massive action now. Do you want to cheat
yourself or treat yourself?
Once you have your SMART goals written, copy them onto a 3-x-5 in-
dex card. Carry the index card with you. Any chance you get, take out
your goals and read them. The more you do this, the more your uncon-
scious mind will grasp on to them and make them a reality for you. Read
your goals at least twice a day—once when you wake up and right before
you go to sleep. Make sure you have a good mental image of what your
goals are. The more clear, vivid, colorful, detailed, and rich the images
are, the more sold on and committed to the goals your mind becomes.
Make sure you add your favorite sounds and the feeling you will have
when you achieve your goals. You will keep building your images of your
goals as you continue to pursue them.Next you will learn how to install your new goals into your fu-
ture. How you think about time is very, very important. Whenever
you consider doing anything in the future, you must at least uncon-
sciously place it into your internal representation of your future in
order to evaluate whether you want to do it. Also, everything you re-
member is perceived through your personal internal representa-
tion of the past.
For these reasons, we will first be asking you to become aware of
how your mind now represents time to you.Your Traditional Perception of Time
Time is a concept that we first represent externally. Yes, we all have
a diurnal rhythm that tells us it is time to wake up and time to sleep,150 Your Mind Is Not a Democracy