I thought you would like this, a good guy in the personal development field that I follow John Assaraf wrote this and he creates multi million dollar businesses:
You may have heard about a study of alumni 10 years out of 
Harvard. An astonishing eighty three percent left with their
degrees and had no goals at all. Fourteen percent had defined,
specific objectives for themselves, but they never wrote them
down. The group with goals earned an average of three times the
income of the group without them. Now the blow away: The remaining
three percent of graduates who had specific goals and wrote them
down, earned an average of 10 times what the 83 percent group
did.
It’s a story that’s been circulating in the personal development
community for so long that it’s become something of an urban
legend. Although I have been unable to personally verify the
study, it certainly makes a point that I know is true without
question. Setting goals hones our focus, gives us direction, and
makes it far more likely that we’ll actually live the life of our
dreams rather than just drift along on whatever whim our
circumstances present.
I know it’s been one of the most powerful tools in my life…This
goal-setting principle is true for all of us–not just those who
go to Harvard. You have the chance right now to multiply your
earning power, not to mention your ability to create anything else
in your life that you desire.
Today we know that a couple of things happen when you write your
goals down. When you write your goals in clear, precise terms, you
activate your reticular activating system. This powerful tool
filters out all the distractions and information you do want. By
eliminating the unnecessary 98 percent–including all the
information that tries to get your attention every moment of every
day through billboards, TV, radio and the Internet–you can zero
in on the important 2 percent and become absolutely
mega-productive. There are opportunities around you right now to
solve every challenge you have, but you may not see them until you
condition your brain to look for, accept, and apply them in your
life.
Your brain is connected to powerful forces you cannot see, which
scientists call the quantum field. We exist in two universes, but
we’re really only taught to play in one: the world we can see,
hear, smell, taste and touch. As soon as you know clearly and
specifically what you want to create, you start invoking the laws
of quantum physics and the unseen laws of the universe.
Setting goals is not about hard work. It’s about surrendering to
the universe and allowing it to bring what you want by setting up
your brain and behaviors in alignment with your goals.
One great way to create your goals is to look at your life and
ask: What has to happen personally and professionally for me to
feel totally satisfied with my life? Divide your list into two
categories, personal and professional and list as many things in
each category as it will take to reach fulfillment.
Make a list. If it helps inspire you, here are some of the things
on my list, things that are important to me:
* Success means being a great dad and a great partner to my wife
* Building my company with my partner
* Contributing to society
* Giving to people
Depending on the length of your list, it’s unlikely that you will
be able to accomplish all of them in 12 months, so the most
important thing is to take the most important things from your
list and focus on those things first.
High achievers are not ten to twenty times more intelligent than
other people; their power comes from the methods, resources and
focus they use. By setting clear goals and writing them down,
they’ve set their brains to achieve those goals. How it happens is
absolutely miraculous and beautiful to observe.
To your success,
Kenetra “CashFlow Queen”
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