DAVE'S RESOURCES

Win life, as in business, you only have 2 tracking tools to know how you are doing:

1) The actions you take, and

2) The results you are getting

Therefore; if you don’t like the results you are currently getting, the only thing you can do is change your actions.

Every success I have ever enjoyed—be it sales, bass fishing, relationships, weight loss, goal setting—has come from tracking information and acting on the information. That is why I have been setting goals for the past 10 years.

Here’s what you should know about successful goal setting:

1) Write them down!

2) Give them deadlines.

3) Make them specific and measurable.

4) Make them public.

5) Keep them in front of you all the time.

6) Make some of them easy.

7) Make some of them fun.

8) Check them off as they are completed.

9) Evaluate your progress and change as appropriate

10) Make your goal list before the year begins

Also, break your big goals down into simple steps that can be done in one day.

Find out how I accidentally discovered the biggest goal-setting breakthrough of my life and get copies of my actual goal-setting records in my book Stumbling Onto Success.

If you’re ready to get serious about achieving your goals, order your Goal Setting Mastery Audio Program today! It’s a complete goal-setting program that will thoroughly show you how you can set and achieve any goal.

If you follow the example of Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Mission, you pray and persevere. This group started with about 14 people in the basement of a college professor with one Mass a month, progressed to a Comfort Inn for Sunday Mass for a few years before buying a beautiful chapel in York, PA.

Here are a few lessons to remember if you are in the same situation:

Get the priest! Even if you have a visiting priest, you can still offer Mass. You might need to get help from several circuit priests to get off the ground.

Advertise. Get the word and people will come from far and wide to find you. Establish a website as early as possible.

Use your people’s strengths. Everyone is good at something. Give people a chance to shine and contribute.

Ask for what you want. Let people know what you need and why you need it. We raised enough money for the down payment on our chapel in less than thirty days from a very small group of dedicated Catholics.

Create consistency. We offered Mass every day and in many cases twice a day.

You can get all the specific details about how to start up a new Mission and read all about our incredible true success story in my book Birth of a Chapel.

It’s true! After many years as a successful career as a staffing recruiter, I lost my job! Not only that, I had signed a non-compete agreement that prevented me from getting hired in my field. I was unemployable. But I loved placing people in jobs so much that I wanted to get a cardboard sign that read ‘Will Recruit for Food.” However, God's timing is always perfect.

Losing that job was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I resulted in a partnership offer in a successful staffing company! Not only did I become the #1 Recruiter in the printing industry, but that opportunity also gave way to a new career as a job coach and a motivational speaker.

The lesson is, believe in your dreams and never lose your faith or your integrity. It really is true that Nice Guys Do Finish First.

Yes, you too can design your own destiny. If you don’t like the way things are in your life, I have a message for you—take personal ownership for your own success. Don’t let your past dictate who you are but let it be a part of who you will become. You only get one life so you owe it to yourself to make it spectacular. So what are you waiting for? Start today and make it happen.

You might not know how to get started so let me offer you a suggestion. I’ve written a field manual to create a compelling future. Please consider getting a copy of my best-selling book Designing Your Destiny.

We all face setbacks in our lives. However; often what we originally see as mistakes turn out to be the turning points that can transform our lives in ways we never imagined. Every crisis contains danger and opportunity. Are you missing the hidden blessings that are staring you in the face?

An Australian man once tried to free a wagon wheel from under a tree root. He ended up finding the largest gold nugget ever discovered. Columbus tried to find a new route to the East Indies by sailing west without a map. He accidentally discovered the new world.

If you too want to find the incredible opportunity awaiting you, I encourage you to pick up a copy of my book Stumbling Onto Success.