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Design Your

DREAM Year

A Simple Goal Setting Process ThatActuallyWorks

by Tal Gur

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"If you don't know where you're going,

any road will get you there."

~ Alice In Wonderland

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INTRODUCTION

"e# $ear%s E&e' (nce again yo)%re a*o)t to make yo)r ann)al set o+ "e#

$ear%s resol)tions' $o) ha&en%t achie&ed last year%s *)t %#hat the heck% yo)

say to yo)rsel+ as yo)%re a*o)t to commit to another set o+ resol)tions in the

name o+ tradition'

I+ this so)nds +amiliar to yo), yo) are not alone' Most people think a*o)t

their goals and dreams too cas)ally, e&ent)ally +orgetting a*o)t them *e+ore

the end o+ -an)ary'

$o) see, one o+ the reasons "e# $ear%s resol)tions +all thro)gh is that most

people don%t take the time to make a #inning game plan +or achie&ing their

dreams' In +act, people spend more time planning their *irthday party than

designing their +)t)re'

In order to achie&e *ig goals, yo) need more than #ish+)l thinking and

sincere commitment to make it happen' $o) need a solid and pro&en process

that #ill s)pport yo) along the #ay'

The simple +o)r step process o)tlined in this #ork*ook is the res)lt

o+ my li+elong passion to identi+y the most e++ecti&e program in attaining *ig

goals'

In the last decade or so I ha&e achie&ed all my ma.or dreams )sing this

process' I o*tained +inancial +reedom +rom e/cessi&e de*t in less than a year,

I completed an Ironman Triathlon and kicked my smoking ha*it in 0

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months' I *)ilt a ho)se +or a +amily in need #ith no *)ilding e/perience and

no +)nds, and I tra&elled aro)nd the #orld #itho)t the need to e&er go *ack

looking +or a .o*'

"eedless to say, I am a *ig *elie&er in this process and the principles *ehind

it' I coach others#ith these same principles' I e&en created my o#n goal

tracking so+t#are*ased on these

principles 2no# +reely a&aila*le

online at GoalsSo+t#are'com3'

So, i+ yo) are tr)ly serio)s a*o)t making yo)r dreams come tr)e and li&ing

the li+e yo)4&e al#ays #anted, yo)4&e came to the right place' "o#, stand

*ack, take stock and get into it'

$o)r .o* is simple' Go thro)gh each step in this #ork*ook, ans#er the

5)estions as *est as yo) can, and at the end o+ it yo)4ll ha&e a simple system

to g)ide yo) thro)gh achie&ing yo)r *ig dream #ithin the ne/t t#el&e

months'

I am e/cited +or yo)' I really am' The #orld is a *etter place #hen people

p)rs)e and li&e o)t their dreams'

En.oy the .o)rney6

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STEP ONE: Your !ig #$Year Dream

:Dream no small dreams for theyha%e no &ower to mo%e the hearts of men:

; -ohann Wol+gang &on Goethe

Do yo) remem*er ho# easy it #as to kno# e/actly #hat yo) #ant #hen yo)

#ere yo)ng< =o# simple it #as to dream *ig and *elie&e #itho)t a do)*t

that yo) can achie&e anything days straight and yo) ha&e a *ook' earn Spanish one ho)r a day each

day +or a year and yo) are a Spanish speaker'

The reality is that yo)r day to day ha*its #ill )ltimately determine #hether

yo) end )p li&ing yo)r dream, so make s)re yo) practice yo)rs religio)sly'

With this in mind, let%s get into it6

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TAKE ACTION

';ook at the first goal on your list and identify key su&&orti%ehabitsthat

will )e most useful in hel&ing you achie%ing your goal.

0ere are some 7uestions that can hel& you identify these ha)its2

$ hat/s one way to get more energyinto your life(

$ hat is the unhealthiestha)it you ha%e(

$ hen is your mostroductivetime of the day(

$ hat is one thing you can do to make yourself effective(

6. Think a)out which ha)its you would first like to ado&t and fill the left

column in the ta)le )elow or ingoalssoftware.com

5ote2 It/s usually )est to ado&t sim&le ha)its first as they are easier to

install. You can always add com&leity later, )ut focus on ac7uiring the

)asic ha)it first.

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At the end of e%ery day, sim&ly gi%e yourself a check mark if you ke&t your

ha)it and, at the end of the week, tally u& the num)er of check marks and

see how you did.

=ee&ing track of your &rogress e%ery day takes less than a minute, so gi%e it

a try3

Daily Habi!s:

'abit (on Tue Wed Thu )ri *at *un Achieved

Total+ OOOOOO

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#IN$% WORDS

$o) made it' $o) can no# pick a destination and plot a co)rse' =o#e&er,

none o+ the in+ormation in this *ook really matters #itho)t yo) taking

a&!ion"

P)t yo)rsel+ in sit)ations #here yo) don%t ha&e a choice *)t to take a&!ion'

Make yo)r dream p)*lic and share it #ith others' Make a *et #ith yo)r *est

+riend' Make an appointment' @)y a one;#ay ticket'

Whate&er yo) decide to do, make s)re a&!ion isyo)r only option'

This is yo)r time to take a lead in yo)r o#n li+e and li&e it the #ay yo)4&e

al#ays #anted' Take the 'irs! s!e('Make that a (riori!y' Then take

anotherand *e+ore long yo) #ill *e right #here yo) #ant to *e'

I hope yo) ha&e a +)l+illing .o)rney and a great year6

Tal Gur

9.1 $ To track your goals and make action your daily&riority, %isit

goalssoftware.com$ It's one of the most the sim&lest, fastest, most effecti%e

software to realie )ig goals

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WOR)SHEET: Your !ase 9lan

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*y Drea+ > its )enefits+

Goals:

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WOR)SHEET: Your eekly 9lanner

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*y Curren! Goal+

To( Wee,ly $&!ions:

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Daily Habi!s:

'abit (on Tue Wed Thu )ri *at *un Achieved

Total+ OOOOOO

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$C)NOW%EDGE*ENTS

I #o)ld like to ackno#ledge some o+ the a)thors #ho ha&e inspired me

thro)gho)t the years' It is thro)gh their #isdom and +oresight that m)ch o+

this #ork*ook co)ld come to li+e'; Da&id Allen ; Getting Things Done

; Ste&en Co&ey ; ? ha)its of highly effecti%e &eo&le

$ ig iglar$ Goals

$ Ste&e Pa&lina$9ersonal De%elo&ment for 1mart 9eo&le

And +inally to yle, my *elo&ed partner, #ho has *een gi&ing me her )tmost

patience thro)gho)t the process' Witho)t her gentle enco)ragements 2and

great proo+reading3 I might not ha&e taken the time to +inish this'

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