Importance of writing down your goal!

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A famous study from Yale in 1953 said that the 3% of Yale graduates who had written goals had more wealth 10 years later than the other 97% of the class combined. In his book; what they don’t teach you at Harvard Business School by Mark McCormack, he talks about survey given to the 1979 graduating class the Harvard Business School’s MBA program when they graduated and then again 10 years later. On the initial survey, when asked: Have you set clear, written goals for your future and made plans to accomplish them? Only three percent of the graduates had written goals and plans; 13 percent had goals, but they were not in writing; and 84 percent had no specific goals at all. These are HARVARD GRADUATES!! The findings of the follow-up survey were shockingly predictable. Ten years later, the members of the class who had goals were earning, on average, twice as much as the ones who had no goals at all. The minority of students that actually wrote down their goals blew their classmates away by earning, an average of ten times as much as the remainder of the class put together. Hmm. I wonder if people that write down their weight loss goals lose 10 times the amount of weight as those who don’t? I write my goals down. I have notebooks I refer to daily. I design myself goal forms, send myself emails and stick post-it notes all over the house. I have not only lost 100% of my excess body weight, but I am successfully maintaining it. I wonder if there is a connection?

The good news is that it is NEVER too late to start. If you really want to accomplish something write it down. If it is worth doing, it is worth making the contract. If you are not ready to write the contract, you are not ready to accomplish the goal.

I once bought a racing kayak paddle from one of the top racers in New England. When I got to his house in Newport, RI, I immediately asked to use the bathroom. I drink A LOT of water. While I was washing up, I noticed that he had written: “When you are NOT training, someone else is!” on his mirror. This guy was already at the top of his game and he was still writing his goals! Having already looked through his medicine cabinet, I got bored and thought I would see if it was written with a permanent marker. It wasn’t. Oops!

In the accompanying workbook (Click Here) I will be giving you tools to write down your goals, to track your progress. These tools are invaluable; you need to commit to your goals. If this problem is important enough for you to be reading this book, it is important enough for you to write down your goals. I am repeating myself for a reason! This is important! You would not buy a car without a contract; you would not buy a house without a contract. Take the time and make good solid contracts, these promises to yourself could save your life.

Doc Russ The BetternessCoach is not only a Doctor of Physical Therapy but has lost over 230 pounds and maintained it!

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