Your Thoughts: Root of your Goal

Here is an exercise that I would like to share with you, in hopes

that it offers a little inspiration and motivation to keep moving
forward. (The inspiration for this exercise comes from Charles Haanel

and his important work, The Master Key System - which you will hear

more about in later newsletters.)

Right now, you are currently sitting at a computer, reading this
email. Have a quick look around the room where you are sitting, and
pick out an object - anything will do. A book, perhaps. Or a chair,
or table - maybe even your very computer.

Now, take that object, and trace it back in time from where it is
now - all the way back to its origin.

For example, the chair in the room came from a store. But before it
was at the store, it was in a delivery truck. Before then, it was
being painted or upholstered at the factory...

Before then, it was being pieced together... etc. Finally, it was
pieces of wood, shaped from a tree which had been trucked over to
the lumber mill...

Do you see how this progresses?

Finally, before that, there was a plan that had perhaps been
rendered by a draftsman or furniture designer...

And finally, we get to the designer him or herself. He or she had
an IDEA in mind - a thought - one way or another about a chair that
would look just like the one that currently sits in your room.

The THOUGHT preceded the resulting ITEM, did it not?

Someone had to first think about a chair before the chair could be produced.

It is the same with everything. EVERYTHING begins in thought - an
idea. The things you are working toward - all your dreams, your
goals, your objectives - all these things had to begin with a
THOUGHT.

This is why thinking about what you WANT to attain (versus what you
do NOT want in your life) is so critical.

This is why we emphasize getting clear about what you want to begin
with.

 

Otherwise, if you do not (or if you think only about what you
do NOT want), it will be very difficult for you to take action
steps toward making those goals come to pass.

And action, as we know, is how we move forward.

So, use this exercise in your own process. Think about some of the
wonderful things you have already accomplished in your life, and
trace the results back to their origin - where they first crossed
your mind to begin with.

This should give you the inspiration and faith to know that your
current goals and objectives have an exciting journey ahead towards
their fulfilment.