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Setting Goals for Success

Don't forget to submit your entry for our Christmas Limerick Contest. The deadline is December 21st. The winning entry wi ll be announced on Christmas Eve and will receive a copy of Madeleine L'Engle's WALKING ON WATER: REFLECTIONS ON FAITH AND ART. This is a great book, so give yourself a chance to win it. :)

And now for today's Musing That Matters.

Psychologists have proven that those who set goals achieve far more than those who do not. Some people say that they have their goals in their heads. But psychologists have also observed that those who write down their goals are much more likely to reach them than those who don't.

There is something about writing down our goals that engraves them in our subconscious minds. In some way, writing seals our goals in a way that helps us to "own" them. And when we begin to own something, we are more likely to take care of what we own. In other words, we are more likely to give attention to our goals.

As the new year approaches, I encourage you to take time to write down your goals for 2008. Write goals in different areas of your life. Here are some practical and proven steps to take when writing down goals:

1) Pray about the goals God has for you during the coming year.

2) Write down those goals in the different areas of your life: spiritual, mental, physical, family, writing, financial, etc.

3) Set a target date by which you want to achieve the goal.

4) List foreseeable obstacles that might stand in the way of achieving your goal.

5) List action steps you will take to overcome those obstacles.

Then, after you write down your goals, keep them in front of you and read them daily. The more you keep your goals in front of you, the more you increase your chances of achieving them.

To set goals is to cooperate with the Holy Spirit. God is a God of purpose and plan. Nothing happens by chance with God. Nor should it with you.

And that's my "musing that matters" for today. What's yours? :)

Blessings,

MaryAnn

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