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3 Simple Steps to the Life of Your Dreams

3 simple steps to the life of your dreams
Photograph by Kinetic Bear

This is a guest post by aspiring author, blogger, and coach Drew Tewell, who is on a journey to his dream job. Join him at DreamJobProgram.com. Maybe even start your own. You can also follow him on Twitter.

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”

Earl Nightingale

I just finished listening to the classic recording, The Strangest Secret, by Earl Nightingale. If you have never heard it, I highly recommend it. It reminded me of the importance of my goals.
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The truth is, in life, we have the ability to determine our own success or failure. Does this mean that if we really want to do something, we will not fail? Unfortunately, no.

But it does mean if we really want to do something, even when we fail, we can learn from our failure and be that much closer to success.
Are you pursing specific goals in your life?
Goals give us direction and help us make progress on the way to the life that we desire.
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Here are three simple steps to get started today on the life of your dreams.

1. Write down your goals.

This sounds simple but the reality is that most people do not do it. But writing down your goals is a powerful thing.

For 2013 I wrote down 10 goals. I got the idea of writing out specifically ten goals from Brian Tracy and his book, Eat That Frog.

2. Take action.

Just writing down your goals is a great start but if you are really serious, take the next step and do something about them.

One of my goals for 2013 was to start a small peer mentoring group online. I have now started two and am in the process of helping other bloggers start groups of their own.

3. Don’t give up.

Just because you write down your goals and take action does not mean it will be easy or that they will happen overnight, especially if you have big goals.

Another goal of mine for 2013 is to land a book publishing deal. One of the strategies that I have pursed to make this goal a reality is to write a guest post every week this year in order to build my platform.
I have taken action but I still do not have a book contract. The key for me and for you, if we really want to reach our goals, is to not give up on them.
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Again, are you pursuing specific goals in your life?

Why not take some time today and start by writing down your goals. You will be glad you did!

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  2. Love the goals, Drew, and that you are taking action to achieve them. You are an inspiration! The third one is important–don’t give up. I am finding as I travel the path to what I thought I wanted, I am finding it may not be where I truly wanted to go. Thanks for the post!

  3. Excellent post Drew. I’m strongly believer in writing down your goals in order to conceptualize them and implemented better (and to know when you have reach them of course!!). I’m strongly believe that if you cannot measure them you cannot control them (the goals that means, something that implies that you should set SMART goals, and you have to measure them for tracking your progress).

    Excellent post, Drew, thank you for sharing.

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