Write it Down!

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So, I was cleaning up my office last week when I came across a sheet of paper titled, “2008 Goals”. These were goals I wrote down in December of 2007. I hadn’t looked back at this sheet since I penned the goals over a year ago. I found it ironic that I wrote the goals and never referred back to them through out the year. Reflecting on this I then thought, “Well how did I do?”

After reviewing these goals I think I found a lump of wisdom. I hit every goal. Without referring back to my goals at all over the course of the year, and having even forgot I wrote them down, I hit every one:

1. Write my first book.

2. Start a publishing company.

3. Figure out a system to understand people quicker.

4. Go on regular “date nights” with my wife.

5. Spend one-on-one time with my kids.

6. Speak/present the Prophit Marketing Road Show 25 times.

7. Grow the company by 25%.

8. Begin a three-year journey in developing a residual income system that will truly make the company recession-proof.

Ok, so 1 and 2 are related, as is number 8 and I’m 6.5 months into year number two. Still, could writing goals down create an unconscious power of will? If anyone out there has more information on this, I would love to learn more about the power of the written word!

This year I’ve written 12-month goals and 10-year goals. I know I’m not the first one to suggest writing things down, however, perhaps simply writing down goals triggers something unconscious in the brain that creates a self-fulfilling prophecy?

Ok, I’m getting a little too deep. Maybe I’ll take my 10-year goals and bury them in a time capsule labeled 2019, sounds like a good project for my son and I!

Joe Kiedinger

ACTION PLAN: What are you goals for the next 6, 12, or 18 months? Write ‘em down!