Daily Definite Aims
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dna2Here’s an idea that will change the amount of progress you make, and thus how successful you are…
…if you use it.
It’s the idea of Daily Definite Aims.
Back in 1928, Napoleon Hill published his 16 Volume, Law of Success. The project was commissioned by Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie was one of the richest people who has ever lived. His fortune in today’s dollars would be about $310 Billion.
Mr. Carnegie wanted Napoleon to organize the world’s first comprehensive course on personal achievement.
He personally introduced Napoleon to over 100 multi-millionaires of the day and in total Hill analyzed over 16,000 people over a 20 year period.
Hill studied people who were major successes as well as people who were clearly failures.
He extracted the common principles of success (what to do) and the common principles of failure (what not to do). Gathering all the data he had from countless interviews, observations, tests, personal experience and research he made good on his promise to Carnegie and published the mammoth Law of Success.
It contains 15 principles that anyone can use to become successful.
One of which is what Hill calls a Definite Chief Aim. Your definite chief aim is what you desire most from life; your main goal.
A definite chief aim is something that you must create for yourself. No one else will create it for you. [...] Start now to analyze your desires and find out what it is that you wish, then make up your mind to get it. [...] When you come to select your definite chief aim just keep in mind the fact that you cannot aim too high.
Hill elsewhere mentions that your definite chief aim should be focused on a 5 year time frame.
What is your main goal for the next five years?
Know what you want, when you want it, why you want it and HOW you intend to get it.
Now here’s something interesting…
Of the 16,000+ people that Hill analyzed, he states that 95% of them were failures and only 5% were huge successes.
He notes that with the failures, the main thing that caused them to be unsuccessful was not having a definite chief aim in life.
And you guessed it…
The main reason for the successful people’s success what the fact that they DID have a definite chief aim in life and plans to achieve it.
They knew what they wanted and how they were going to get it.
You should too.
Daily Definite Aims
Beyond having a definite chief aim for your next 5 year period of time you should have Daily Definite Aims also.
Each day as soon as you wake up, you should write down in minute detail what the most important goal of the day is and exactly how you are going to achieve it.
You don’t want to write out a whole list of goals…just the most important one.
This will keep your brain focused on what matters the most to you today.
A daily definite aim is not a “to do” list. It is the most important thing for you to complete in the next 24 hour period. That’s it.
Imagine accomplishing your daily definite aim every single day. Imagine how that progress would compound over a year?
365 of the most important items being crossed off the list…one day at a time.
That could change your life couldn’t it?
Combining
Once you have your 5 year definite chief aim and create your plans for reaching it, it’s time to get into action mode.
Utilize the idea of a daily definite aim and keep it focused on your 5 year definite chief aim.
That means your brain will always be concentrating on the most important thing that you can be doing today to reach your 5 year definite chief aim.
That is a very powerful idea.
With this combination of mid-term and daily focus on the absolute most critical actions you can take, you are almost certain to reach your goals.
Day by day, important task by important task, step by step you will be obtaining exactly what you want.
All it takes to make huge progress towards any goal is the remain focused on the most important things you could be doing to reach that goal and taking action on them!
Your Daily Definite Aim forces you to think clearly about outcomes and priorities. It keeps you creative, accountable, and acts as a score keeper to let you know how you are really doing…if you are really making progress or not.
Give it a try for just a week and I’m certain you will make progress on the things that actually get your closer to your goal.
…if you use it.
It’s the idea of Daily Definite Aims.
Back in 1928, Napoleon Hill published his 16 Volume, Law of Success. The project was commissioned by Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie was one of the richest people who has ever lived. His fortune in today’s dollars would be about $310 Billion.
Mr. Carnegie wanted Napoleon to organize the world’s first comprehensive course on personal achievement.
He personally introduced Napoleon to over 100 multi-millionaires of the day and in total Hill analyzed over 16,000 people over a 20 year period.
Hill studied people who were major successes as well as people who were clearly failures.
He extracted the common principles of success (what to do) and the common principles of failure (what not to do). Gathering all the data he had from countless interviews, observations, tests, personal experience and research he made good on his promise to Carnegie and published the mammoth Law of Success.
It contains 15 principles that anyone can use to become successful.
One of which is what Hill calls a Definite Chief Aim. Your definite chief aim is what you desire most from life; your main goal.
A definite chief aim is something that you must create for yourself. No one else will create it for you. [...] Start now to analyze your desires and find out what it is that you wish, then make up your mind to get it. [...] When you come to select your definite chief aim just keep in mind the fact that you cannot aim too high.
Hill elsewhere mentions that your definite chief aim should be focused on a 5 year time frame.
What is your main goal for the next five years?
Know what you want, when you want it, why you want it and HOW you intend to get it.
Now here’s something interesting…
Of the 16,000+ people that Hill analyzed, he states that 95% of them were failures and only 5% were huge successes.
He notes that with the failures, the main thing that caused them to be unsuccessful was not having a definite chief aim in life.
And you guessed it…
The main reason for the successful people’s success what the fact that they DID have a definite chief aim in life and plans to achieve it.
They knew what they wanted and how they were going to get it.
You should too.
Daily Definite Aims
Beyond having a definite chief aim for your next 5 year period of time you should have Daily Definite Aims also.
Each day as soon as you wake up, you should write down in minute detail what the most important goal of the day is and exactly how you are going to achieve it.
You don’t want to write out a whole list of goals…just the most important one.
This will keep your brain focused on what matters the most to you today.
A daily definite aim is not a “to do” list. It is the most important thing for you to complete in the next 24 hour period. That’s it.
Imagine accomplishing your daily definite aim every single day. Imagine how that progress would compound over a year?
365 of the most important items being crossed off the list…one day at a time.
That could change your life couldn’t it?
Combining
Once you have your 5 year definite chief aim and create your plans for reaching it, it’s time to get into action mode.
Utilize the idea of a daily definite aim and keep it focused on your 5 year definite chief aim.
That means your brain will always be concentrating on the most important thing that you can be doing today to reach your 5 year definite chief aim.
That is a very powerful idea.
With this combination of mid-term and daily focus on the absolute most critical actions you can take, you are almost certain to reach your goals.
Day by day, important task by important task, step by step you will be obtaining exactly what you want.
All it takes to make huge progress towards any goal is the remain focused on the most important things you could be doing to reach that goal and taking action on them!
Your Daily Definite Aim forces you to think clearly about outcomes and priorities. It keeps you creative, accountable, and acts as a score keeper to let you know how you are really doing…if you are really making progress or not.
Give it a try for just a week and I’m certain you will make progress on the things that actually get your closer to your goal.