"The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them."
Denis Watley

TODAY'S MESSAGE:

On January 1st, I asked you to promise yourself that this year you will accomplish something important in each of four areas of your life:

1. something to make you healthier
2. something to make you wealthier
3. something to make you wiser, and
4. something to make you happier

I asked you to make every one of those accomplishments significant. Something that will make you happy. Something you can be proud of. And I told you that if you apply the program that I developed for myself, you would achieve all of these goals -- and make the year 2003 the best and most productive one of your life.

I also told you that according to polls, almost all Americans -- about 88% of us -- plan to make New Year's resolutions every year. But statistics show that more than 50% of those objectives are abandoned the day after they are made, another 10% are forgotten the next day, and up to 90% are ancient history by the end of March.

Well, today is the end of March …

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HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAVE YOU MADE ON YOUR FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION?

So what are your top four goals for 2003? In what way do you plan to be wealthier? Healthier? Wiser and happier?

If you didn't do so at the beginning of the year, here's your second chance to write them down and make a list of what you need to do to achieve them.

Let's say you have a goal to make $10,000 in extra income. List that as a "category A" goal and then list all the things you'll have to do to accomplish that:

* finish the AWAI copywriting course
* send out solicitation letters to 1,000 prospects
* make 100 follow-up phone calls
* write 10 packages on spec
* get paid $2,500 for four packages

Those would be your "category B" objectives. Each one would be attached to a deadline.
Then you might need "category C" objectives to get you to category B. You might, for example, give yourself the task of finishing a chapter of the AWAI course each week for a given period of time.

This is all pretty basic stuff. But it's amazing how many people never get to it.

Making the broad resolution -- "I'm going to make an extra 10 grand" -- is about as far as they will go.

And that's why most people never succeed.

But this isn't going to happen to you. You will make more money, you will enjoy better health, you will fulfill one lifelong ambition, and you will be happier and more relaxed …and it's all going to start today.

Yes, today. Not tomorrow.

You've already made a good start by making your list of four specific goals for the year -- and by breaking each goal into the category-B and category-C objectives that you will have to achieve first.

Now what?

Maybe you're feeling a little overwhelmed right now when you look at that list. Sure, some people seem to achieve great things without every breaking a sweat … but maybe you have already taken on so many jobs and obligations that you are practically drowning in responsibilities.

I know what it's like. I understand how it feels to get to work early, plunge into the morass, and emerge nine or 10 hours later with a cramped stomach, a throbbing headache, and what seems to be three days of work still left undone.

I know what it's like to have to worry about what you might have forgotten, to whom you promised a phone call, and what meeting you promised to attend.

It's OK to admit to yourself that you might need a little help. And that's what ETR is here for. My job is to be waiting for you when you crank up your computer every day and to have some words of encouragement and advice that will boost you up and spark some positive action.

It's not going to work perfectly every day of the year. But if you put in the five or 10 minutes it takes to read ETR and think about what I say each day, the result will be -- and this I am absolutely sure of -- a healthier, wealthier, wiser, and happier you.

So making that commitment to be better is the first and most important thing. But the next thing -- and this is critical too -- is that you use a proven daily productivity system to accomplish your goals.

I've been improving my "system" for getting things done for about 25 years, and each year it seems to get better.

Twenty-five years ago, my yearly income was about $30,000. Now it is much, much higher than that. Twenty-five years ago, I had a net worth of about $4,000. Today … well, let's just say that I'm substantially wealthier than most of the guys who sell get-rich programs. Twenty-five years ago, I wanted to speak several languages, publish a bunch of books, achieve great health, and much more. I've done all those things, and I've done them to a greater degree and at a faster pace than I'd planned.

My success is 90% due to the system I developed for being productive. In fact, the only difference between the person I have become and the bartender I was 25 years ago is that I found a way to put my dreams into motion one day at a time.

You can do the same. All you have to do is follow the ETR goal-setting program and daily-task-list system.

And do it precisely.

To help you succeed, the folks at ETR have created a self-teaching program that will help you evaluate just how good you are at goal setting and productivity. You'll find out what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong. You'll get specific advice on how to achieve more by working less and becoming more focused.

It's a very good program -- one I strongly recommend -- and it's very reasonably priced when you consider all the personal work that went into developing it and all the benefit you'll get from using it.

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TODAY'S ACTION PLAN

1. Spend a little time refining (or creating) your list of four Big Goals for this year -- one to make you healthier, one to make you wealthier, one to make you wiser, and one to make you happier.

2. Today is the last day of March, so it's time to put together your monthly objectives for April -- what you need to accomplish in the coming month to be on track to achieve your four Big Goals for the year.

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HOW TO GET YOURSELF OUT OF A SLUMP

Come in on the weekend and spend four hours cleaning up and rearranging your office. Take a few minutes to go through and update your Rolodex. By Monday morning, you'll be charged up and ready to move.

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A CLEVER WAY TO INGRATIATE YOURSELF TO SOMEONE NEW

Before writing or contacting someone new and important, try this tip from Bill Cates, "the referral coach" (800-488-5464). Ask someone who knows this person to tell you something he admires about him. Then mention that in the first sentence of your call or note. Everyone likes hearing praise … especially when it seems genuine.

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CUT YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING CANCER BY EATING SAUERKRAUT

A study from the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry reports that eating sauerkraut can cut your risk of developing cancer by up to 40%. Like Brussels sprouts and broccoli, cabbage, which sauerkraut is made from, is part of the cruciferous family of vegetables -- a group that has long been recognized as effective in preventing cancer. Now, research shows that sauerkraut could be even healthier than raw or cooked cabbage. The fermenting process that turns cabbage into sauerkraut is key. During fermentation, elements called glucosinolates dissolve into enzymes that are known to be anticarcinogenic.

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WORD TO THE WISE: SCROFULOUS

Scrofula, is a tuberculosis of the lymph glands. So, medically speaking, someone who is "scrofulous" (SKROF-yuh-luhs) has this disease. Figuratively speaking -- which is the way the word is used more commonly -- someone who is "scrofulous" is morally corrupt.

MMF

Copyright ETR, LLC, 2003

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