INSERTINGYOURGOAL INTOYOURTIMELINE
In this section you will be installing your SMART goals one by
one into your new vision of the future. Most people discover that
this method works best if they read over the entire method first.
Consider having someone guide you through this process instead of trying
to do it by yourself. If no one is available or you do not feel comfortable
sharing this experience with anyone, make sure you understand the
process completely before you go through it. Perhaps make a tape record-
ing to help guide you through the process. (If you do use a tape recording,
make sure to allow pauses that are long enough for you to complete each
step of this process. Remember, you are new to this method. With practice,
you will become faster.)
By now you should have established your goals. If you have not deter-
mined what your goals are, go back now and establish your goals now! If
you do not have goals, your results will be determined by others. So take
the time and do this now. For those of you who did the exercise, pat your-
self on the back and congratulate yourself. In Chapter 14 you will create
plans to accomplish these goals.
Now it’s time to review your goals and make sure they are SMART
goals. Check to make sure your goals are specific, measurable and mean-
ingful, written in the present tense (as if now), reach out and reasonable,
and have a date (time). Do this now. Do not deprive yourself of the success
you desire and deserve by using goals that are not SMART.
Now that your goals are SMART, let’s place them in your timeline one
at a time. Your unconscious mind will help you to do so by reevaluating the
events that lead up to achieving your goals. Doing this will tap you into
and attract into your presence the necessary resources to achieve the out-
come you desire. It will realign all the events from then to now in order to
support you achieving your goals.
Now pick the first goal you want to insert into your timeline. Deter-
mine the last step necessary for you to know that you have achieved your
goal. For example, if you were taking a trip to Europe, what is the last
thing that has to happen to know that you achieved the goal? Some peo-
ple know they have achieved the trip when they make the travel reserva-
tions. Others know they have achieved the goal when they step onto the
plane or land at their final destination. Make sure you determine what is
the very last thing that must happen for you to know that the goal is
achieved. Do this now.
Make an appealing internal sensory representation of yourself arriving
at this very last step. Do this using all of your senses—sight, sound, feeling,
smell, and taste. Now make a picture of you completing the last step and
achieving your goal. See this picture through your own eyes as if it were
happening now and feel the feelings of having achieved the goal. Now154 Your Mind Is Not a Democracy