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10 Steps to Serious Goal-Getting from Zig Ziglar 

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Regardless of your goal—losing weight, furthering your education, earning a promotion , saving money for a new home or an exotic vacation—you can expect to achieve your goal if you plan and prepare for it. This foundation will give you an honest shot at reaching any goal you have properly set. Start with these 10 steps: 1.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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Focusing on what he loves to find success It wasn’t just Chance’s own brand that landed him on the Forbes 30 Under 30: Music list in 2015 and the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2017. Only in his 20s, Chance had already accomplished major goals he’d set for himself, including hosting and performing on Saturday Night Live and winning Grammys.

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The Nathalie Virem Foundation Helps Leaders Rediscover Their Purpose

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In 2015, after some time spent musing over what her calling actually was, Virem started her first company, Nathalie Virem Inc. Take someone like Pyet DeSpain of Pyet’s Plate, who started her personal chef business in 2015. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2024 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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They met on Tinder in 2015 while living in Sweden as expats: Ellison, an aviation sales director from Des Moines, Iowa, and Darsy, a human resources systems specialist from Paris. In a more traditional lifestyle, the idea of five- and 10-year goals are common. They quickly connected over a shared love of adventure and endurance sports.

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The 4 Most Common Excuses for Not Delegating

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Maybe your goal is to earn $250 an hour, and you have tasks that need handling that you can outsource for $100 an hour. You’re not going to reach your goal if you’re spending your time on $100-an-hour tasks,” Hecht says. This article was published in January 2015 and has been updated. “I can’t afford to delegate tasks.”

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Education & Experience Don’t Guarantee Success—Attitude & Habits Do

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Set SMART goals for yourself. While your job may have company goals that dictate your actions, your professional goals are entirely within your control. But be careful—create goals that are too lofty, and you’ll never be able to make significant progress. Create tactical plans—it’s key to success with goals.

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“I Don’t Want Your Money,” Said No Entrepreneur Ever—Until Now

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As such, you should make sure your investor—and your ultimate goals—are compatible, because… 1. If, out of desperation (or a lack of foresight), you take on investors totally focused on short-term return, even though your focus is on long-term growth, know that you will constantly butt heads because your goals will never align.

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