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RokZRooM Special ! You Can Win by Shiv Khera

man replied, "I don't know." The elderly person said, "Then take any road. What
difference does it make?"
How true. When we don't know where we are going, any road will take us there.
Supposing you have the football eleven enthusiastically ready to play the game, all
charged up, and then someone took the goal post away. What would happen to the
game? There is nothing left. How do you keep score? How do you know you have
arrived? Enthusiasm without direction is like wildfire and leads to frustration. Goals give a
sense of direction.
Would you sit in a train or a plane without knowing where it was going? The obvious
answer is no. Then why do people go through life without having any goals?

DREAMS

People confuse goals with dreams and wishes. Dreams and wishes are nothing more
than desires. Desires are weak. Desires become strong when they are supported by

♦ direction
♦ dedication
♦ determination
♦ discipline
♦ deadlines

That is what differentiates a desire from a goal. Goals are dreams with a deadline and an
action plan. Goals can be worthy or unworthy. It is passion, not wishing, that turns
dreams into reality.
Steps to turn a dream into reality:

1. Have a definite, clear written goal.
2. Have a plan to accomplish it.
3. Read the first two twice a day.

Why Don't More People Set Goals?

There are many reasons, including:

1. A pessimistic attitude--Always seeing the pitfalls rather than the possibilities.
2. Fear of failure--What if I don't make it? People feel subconsciously that if they don't set
goals and if they don't make it, then they haven't failed. But they are failures to begin
with.
3. A lack of ambition--This is a result of our value system and lack of desire to live a
fulfilled life. Our limited thinking prevents us from progress. There was a fisherman
who, every time he caught a big fish, would throw it back into the river, keeping only
the smaller ones. A man watching this unusual behavior asked the fisherman why he
was doing this. The fisherman replied, "Because I have a small frying pan." Most
people never make it in life because they are carrying a small frying pan. That is
limited thinking.
4. A fear of rejection--If I don't make it, what will other people say?

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