“You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.”
– Zig Ziglar

Again, the inner you is your conscience while your connection to it is your consciousness. While you can act in accordance with or in opposition to your conscience, you can’t betray your conscience for it is the wisdom of the highest that’s within. Therefore, if your goals ignore your conscience, they will unconsciously bring unnecessary turmoil in your life. But if your goals follow your conscience, you are then consciously purposeful.

If you’re like most people, you have certain needs and aspirations at this moment. You probably want to reach higher goals, get promoted, make more money, spend more time with your family, find a better job, lose 10 pounds or so, take that vacation in the Caribbean, start a business, etc. In other words, you want to improve your quality of life right now and not at some point in the future.

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“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”
– James Allen (1864-1912)

This paradigm shift in time management has led me to the understanding that goals by themselves are simply no good. If you ask me, they’re all a bunch of caca. The concept of goal achievement today is so clouded in misconception and uses up so much misguided energy that it literally takes people away from their true success.

If you focus on the future or dwell on the past, you can become distracted from what’s genuinely important in your life right now. Most goals are set because people have certain needs or wants. However, once those lacks have been filled, more often than not others were created or overlooked in the process.

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“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.”
–Anonymous

I agree that, if one wants to achieve more, the most important tool for doing so in today’s world is time management. The challenge in dealing with an incessantly increasing demand on this scarcer commodity that we call time is prevalent in our society. People are busier than ever before and seem to never have enough time to do what they really want.

However, if you study truly successful men and women, you will recognize that they always seem to have lots of time. They live in the moment, are happy and love what they do, and are intrinsically very productive. Moreover, they have intense focused concentration on the task at hand and seem to manage their time almost instinctively. And they do so with passion, zest and fervor.

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“We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.”
–Earl Nightingale

“Success is a journey… Not a destination.”
–Ben Sweetland

Goal achievement is considered by some to be success, for it is true that success is defined by the achievement of a desired objective. But you may have noticed that I like to use words such as “potential,” “alignment,” or “successfulness” to describe this true success to which I am referring. As you can understand, goals are personal and success is relative to the individual.

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“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I think what we’re really seeking is an experience of being alive, so our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our innermost being and reality, so we can actually feel the rapture of being alive.”

“Follow your bliss.”
–Joseph Campbell

Over the years, I have read many books on mind power, self-empowerment, time management, success and achievement, philosophy, and spirituality. I’ve attended many seminars, listened to mountains of tapes, and took numerous classes. And the one common thread I have found in all that I have learned was that they all taught in some way that a person’s outer world is somehow connected to his inner dimension.

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“We are hoarding potentials so great they are just about unimaginable.”
– Jack Schwartz

“Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.” “You are within God. God is within you.”
– Peace Pilgrim (1900-1981)

Come to think of it, by definition success is an end-result or an achievement of some sort. But true success, however, doesn’t stop after you’ve reached a goal or cease once you’ve attained a certain rank. If you want to be successful, you will have to accept that success is an ongoing process.

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As I’m going through some videos to prepare for my upcoming Web 2.0 video copywriting workshop in Los Angeles, I stumbled upon this amazing video.

If you ever wanted to attend a “lecture of a lifetime,” this would be it. With only 4-5 months left to live, this university professor gave his last lecture. It’s probably the best one I’ve ever seen. Ever.

If you want some important lessons about reaching goals, achieving dreams, the power of enthusiasm, and lessons that will literally transform you, then watch it. Watch it from beginning to end…

… And then try to keep your eyes dry.

I dare you.

Dying 47-Year-Old Professor Gives Exuberant “Last Lecture”

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