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Bruce Lee And The Power Of Goal Setting

There is no doubt that in his relatively short life of  32 years on this planet the legendary Bruce Lee achieved quite a lot. More than most people in several lifetimes.

After recently picking up another book on Bruce Lee I stumbled across a topic that has intrigued me for the last couple of years and that has brought numerous positive changes in my own life in a really short time by applying several things mentioned in today’s post. Seriously.

Today I would like to talk about ‘The Power Of Goal Setting’.

It is not about those New Year’s resolutions that usually fall behind your living room couch by mid February.

I’m talking about setting real, ambitious and yet achievable goals.

But there’s more to it than just saying “I’m going to do this or that.” A lot more!

This post will not cover all aspects of goal setting, but it will give you some direction and I am pretty sure some easy-t0-follow tips that  work for me and that worked for Bruce Lee, too.

Anybody known (or unknown) for remarkable achievements most probably read the best-selling book by Napoleon Hill “Think And Grow Rich” and then took decisive action. Yes, even Bruce Lee.

All success begins with …. let me quote Napoleon Hill, who said:

“The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.”

So, how great is our desire to achieve?

Desire is the starting point. But where do we go from there?

We have to break it down in achievable goals. If your goals are outrageous, you will stretch yourself to reach them which is definitely a good thing. If they happen to be too outrageous, your subconscious mind or inner critic will most probably start sabotaging you.

What am I saying?

Let’s say you are currently making US$ 20,000 a year. You set yourself a goal of increasing your income to US$ 10 mio. by the end of this year. I am pretty sure that subconsciously it will already sound unbelievable and therefore unattainable.

Your goals have to be real, ambitious and yet achievable goal and here comes the kicker:

You have to write down your goals and you have to manifest them on a daily basis like Bruce Lee did. And you have to commit!

Bruce Lee’s personal handwritten statement was dated January 1969 and was titled “My Chief Aim” and read:

“I, Bruce Lee, will be the first highest Oriental superstar in the United States. In return I will give the most exciting performances and render the best of quality in the capacity of an actor. Starting in 1970 I will achieve world fame and from then onward till the end of 1980 I will have in my possession $ 10,000,000. I will live the way I please and achieve inner harmony and happiness.”

That’s what I call powerful!

And speaking of power, we have more often than not heard about knowledge being power.

I believe that knowledge is only potential power. It becomes real power when applied. Just think about. You don’t have to agree.

In my opinion, it is more like  “Knowledge + Action = Power”. Again, you don’t have to agree, but results don’t lie.

I know this post is a bit different from the ones you have been reading here, but, heck, variety is the spice of life, right?!

And we can never get too much inspiration or can we?

I would love to hear from you.

Have an awesome week! No, make that ‘year’!

Even though he is not known to be a martial artist, but he sure knows something about setting and achieving ambitious goals, Australian swimming sensation, Ian Thorpe. Enjoy this video on goal setting!

 

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