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don’t mind sharing with you the essence of a part of my book,
“Legacy: The Power Within,” on attaining goals and solving
problems in a nutshell. I know this may sound metaphysical to many
readers; nonetheless, my hope is that it stirs the imagination.
Achieving a goal or solving a problem is possible for any of us
because of our strong desire or power of will, and that’s it.
Although it is so much more complex than that, it is also just that
simple. Like bending you index finger, for example. It is simple
and, at the same time, a very complex system of events must occur
in order to make it happen.
SCIENCE OF THE MIND
In my book, I outline and discuss the Seven Steps in Goal Setting.
The seven steps “formula,” as it were, is an academic
view of the same thing: attaining goals. They are formulated steps
that help us to stay focused on our desire, that which we wish to
attain or achieve be it health, wealth, love, self-expression or
solving a problems. Thus we achieve.
It seems most people like formulas or steps because they appear
easier to accept as feasible or reasonable. I suppose it is because
they are something more easily measurable, and so goal setting is
recognized in academics as a science, although in my opinion since
pre-Biblical times, it always has been a science of the mind.
Setting worthwhile goals can be achieved. That’s why we call
them worthwhile. This is also true about problem solving. When we
believe it is worth our time to spend our energy and focus on the
problem, we achieve the desired end result. Energy and focus, driven
by desire, are also a great part of the reason we achieve our goals.
I believe the Buddha tried to help people understand that it is
everyone’s right to avoid, reduce or eliminate suffering from
their lives. Now there’s a worthwhile goal, don’t you
think?
Tony Deliso has resided in South Florida for the past 27 years.
He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University with degrees in
Business Administration and Education. He has many years of experience
in marketing and real estate sales and is the author of the self-improvement
book “Legacy: The Power Within”; www.powerlegacy.com.
This article is based on the section of that book called “Goal
Setting” and its subsection, “Seven Steps for Goal Setting,
Problem Solving and Decision Making.”
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