Law 4 To reach any Significant Goal you must leave your Comfort Zone

The main idea here is this...The gap between your governing values and your daily activities are measurable "goals".
 
"Achieving any goal means leaving the familiar and venturing into a new area. Many people don’t like to leave their present comfort zones, and therefore never set goals. By failing to set goals, they also fail to ever make any meaningful progress."



2 kinds of goals
Long-range goals describe what you want to accomplish.

Intermediate goals and daily tasks break it down into how to
actually do it.

Effective goals are:
Specific - stating exactly what is to be accomplished.
Measurable - with dates and ways to show progress.
Action-Oriented - specifying things to be done.
Realistic - within reach if you stretch and work hard.
Timely -achievable within a reasonable period of time.


Most people find it helpful to set goals in each of the following
areas:
- Physical well-being
- Family/Spouse
- Spiritual/Humanitarian
- Financial
- Company/Career
- Company/Strategic
- Community/Political
- Education/Personal Development



Get out a Piece of Paper and pen and WRITE DOWN your goals!

3 common obstacles to leaving your comfort zone:
1. Peer pressure.
"You may be afraid of what your friends, family or work associates will think, and therefore you try and live in harmony with their values rather than following your inner urges."

2. Walls.
"Sometimes you may feel walled in by past mistakes or circumstances. You may feel that circumstances beyond your control make it impossible to set out in a new direction. Remember: It really doesn’t matter what other people think."

3. Fear of Change.
"Some people would much rather live with a familiar problem than try to change and risk coming into contact with a new and unfamiliar problem. In the final analysis, these fears should never stand in the way
of setting goals which will enable you to follow your dreams. In most situations, present failure is not the end of the world, and you have the opportunity to come back again next time smarter and better prepared to succeed."

Nothing can stop a determined soul.

So what is stopping you from reaching your goals??

Key Thoughts
‘‘There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.’’ 
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Law 3 When your Daily Activities reflect your Governing Values...

When your daily activities reflect your governing values, you experience inner peace

 If your daily activities are not in line with your goals and governing values, then you will feel busy, that you are busy and always doing things, but never really getting anything done.  Sound familiar?








Remember - There is NO SUCH thing as not enough time, or I'm too busy.  You have all the time you need in order to accomplish the things that TRULY matter to you the most - as long as you MAKE time for them.


In order to get the things done that mean the most to you it's important that you schedule them into your life. 
 First you'll need to organize your governing values into the order of their importance to you.  If there is ever a time conflict with activities always choose the one that has the most value to you.

Hyrum suggests asking yourself these question:

1. What is the long-range priority of this project?
2. For whom and by when must this task be completed?
3. What parts of this project could be delegated to another
person?
4. Is this project more important than any other at the present
time?
5. What would be the worst that would happen if I don’t
complete this project?
6. Have I allocated enough time for myself and my family in
estimating the time required to finish this project?
7. Are any of the tasks involved in completing this project in
conflict with my personal constitution?

When you are able to identify the things that matter most to you, and then you start doing the activities to achieve those goals, you will experience inner peace.


‘‘What matters most in life should never be at the mercy of less important things.’’
-- Hyrum W. Smith

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