Here's a really good concept I read from Jack Canfield: When Mark Victor Hansen and I published the first Chicken Soup for the Soul book, we knew we wanted it to be a best-seller.
We wrote over 1,000 things we could do to bring us closer to our goal...but then we got overwhelmed at the enormity of what we were trying to do.
This sense of "overwhelm" happens to almost everyone who is trying to achieve a truly big goal. But just like yesterday's lesson about "chunking it down," today I'd like to share with you the story of what Mark and I did to meet our "best-seller"
goal.
We established what we call our "Rule of 5." Just as the Achievers Focusing System from yesterday helps you plan 3 things a week to do, we split up our list between us and agreed to do 5 things A DAY that would get us closer to our goal.
Now, does everyone have the time and resources to make daily gains? Of course not. But what if you could send five letters asking for sponsorship money, make five phone calls asking for new business, fill out five job applications for your new career or read five chapters of the latest industry report?
Could you do that every day?
If so, it's one way to get further -- faster -- down your personal path toward success.
We wrote over 1,000 things we could do to bring us closer to our goal...but then we got overwhelmed at the enormity of what we were trying to do.
This sense of "overwhelm" happens to almost everyone who is trying to achieve a truly big goal. But just like yesterday's lesson about "chunking it down," today I'd like to share with you the story of what Mark and I did to meet our "best-seller"
goal.
We established what we call our "Rule of 5." Just as the Achievers Focusing System from yesterday helps you plan 3 things a week to do, we split up our list between us and agreed to do 5 things A DAY that would get us closer to our goal.
Now, does everyone have the time and resources to make daily gains? Of course not. But what if you could send five letters asking for sponsorship money, make five phone calls asking for new business, fill out five job applications for your new career or read five chapters of the latest industry report?
Could you do that every day?
If so, it's one way to get further -- faster -- down your personal path toward success.
