3rd time is the charm...

You can’t read the whole thing if you don’t read page #3.

You can't eat the whole bag without eating handful #3

You can't walk a mile in another man's shoes without taking step #3

Imagine you are standing out in the middle of a desolate nowhere. Pick a point really far away; as far away as you can see. Far off in the horizon, is this point. Go ahead and name it. Describe it. Use your imagination to make it whatever you want, but it’s still way over there

To get there, you have to take steps; probably a whole lot of them. Each one is as important as the others. Without taking every step, you cannot take ALL of the steps. If you never take step one, you are not walking. If you stop at step 2, you are no longer walking. The point where everything IS and stops being COULD BE lies at the edge of the desolate nowhere. It’s two steps closer, but you’ve stopped without reaching the point.

And that’s the point. Get it? It’s the point. Way over there; far beyond the nothingness. You’re not there, but it is. Soon you will understand. You can’t go between the middle of a desolate nowhere to the point without a little imagination. You can’t get there without vision. You can’t get there without direction. And you’ll never find a way there without reason.

You can't make ALL of the steps happen if you skip step #3.

Write your goals down. Keep it simple. Pick less than ten short-term goals. What do you want to complete? What skill do you want learn? How do you want to get better? What do you want to accomplish in the next 6 months? Pick a point far away on the horizon.

Define your goals. What are they? Why do you want to achieve them? How can you achieve them? What are the necessary steps? Take a whole minute or two and write these goals down onto a small piece of paper. Keep the paper with you all day.

Occasionally, pull the paper out. Look at your goals. What are you doing today to keep stepping towards that point on the horizon? You don’t have to concentrate on these goals. The answers will find their way to you, so stop looking. Merely being aware of your defined goals is the key. Your subconscious will follow your consciousness like a willing servant.

Be aware. That’s step one. What are you doing? What the hell are you doing? Do you know? Can you define it? Can you feel it?

Be aware. By writing your goals, you have distinguished where you want to focus your life force. Your positive energy, your focus, your good will is all pointing in the same direction. How do I know? You have defined these things. You have thought about your life and times long enough already to name that point on the horizon. You know what you want, how do you get there?