Hello there!

A week or so ago, I sent off an email talking about a ragged 3×5 index card. When I say ragged, I mean it was well worn with much love and attention.  If you remember, I mentioned that my cousin turned me on to  “the ticket to my future,” my Dream Visualization Card (DVC).

After the email was launched, I was surprised to hear from as many of you as we did regarding sending you your own DVC and red envelope. (As I am writing this, I am sure more requests are coming in.)

That’s great!  It’s wonderful to see how many practitioners want to tap into the positive, powerful and universal creative energies.

A very wise man once said, “You can choose to set goals and realize your potential. Or you can choose not to set them.”  I am sure many of you have heard of Zig Ziglar, he’s the wise man I’m referring to. If you haven’t, Google him and you’ll find some truly inspirational stuff, or better yet, check out my blog for a video of his.

Anyway, he talks about the master structure of goal setting and here is how it works.  First you have to:

• Identify what your goals are.

• Write them down.

• Put an end-date on them, as in when do you want to have this goal realized? Don’t be too hasty, some things take time.

• List any and all obstacles that you may have to overcome in order to achieve the goal(s)

• Identify any groups, people and organizations that you will need to work with to get you where  you want to be.

• Devise a plan of action. What steps will you need to take to get you there?

• Identify what’s in it for you, or better yet, how will you benefit?

It’s only when you take each and every goal and apply the above structure to them that they can become a reality. It usually doesn’t happen over night. But when it does happen, you will have the capacity to achieve just about anything.

Look to your goals to give you the drive to move you toward the wealth and health you desire.

There’s an article I came across on the web a while back. It talks about the 8 Strategies for Achieving SMART Goals. Check out my blog that links to the article, if you do, it will only enhance the DVC card experience.  In a nutshell, it talks about setting “SMART” goals They need to be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely.

Setting goals is a powerful process that can help to create your ideal practice, ideal future and keep you motivated with your eye on the prize.  What’s cool about it is that you can choose where you want to go in life, and once you have that down, you’ll know what steps you need to take to get there.

Now, I should put a disclaimer here, and I will. Not all of your goals will manifest into reality, in fact some goals may very go unaccomplished. If so, it’s not to say that you didn’t try. As the famous W.C. Fields once said, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a fool about it.”

When goals are properly set (see bulleted points above) they can be incredibly motivating. Especially when you get into the habit of setting them, and then watch them be accomplished. It’s very exciting.

Anyway, you get the point. If you want, visit my blog and you can check out Zig Ziglars video and the SMART goals PDF.  Feel free to leave any and all comments.

Thanks for taking the time to request your Dream Visualization Card (DVC). I have enclosed a few extra cards in case you wish to share them with your patients, friends or loved ones.  I’ll be blogging about the process of goal setting in the next few weeks or so.

Please let me know what you think about this. Tell me, what are your goals? Please do share, and whatever else you wish to tell or ask me, after all, this is a blog, and blogs are for sharing!

Here’s to manifesting your goals into dreams in 2010.

May your dreams come true in 2010 and may your DV cards become torn and well-weathered from looking at them ALL the time!

I hope you enjoy the vids.

Jeffrey