This is the third, and final, installment of Power of three: Goal-setting: Business (3 of 3), in which I discuss studying & education. See my last two entries for the first two installments, Goal-setting: Health (1 of 3) & Goal-setting: Studying (2 of 3).

1. Mistakes & Failure: I will fail. Good. (Entire premise of my blog, Make More Mistakes, which I’m relaunching in January 2007).
2. Execute, don’t deliberate. Make intuitive decisions. (Note: Intuitive does not mean impulsive).
3. Money: Focus on wealth.

1. Fail

You learn by doing.

Accepting and embracing failure is a brilliant idea because if you don’t fear failure you’re getting out of your way. The first step to creating a brilliant product is creating a product. So, Kathleen, stop procrastinating!

I already know that I’m only procrastinating out of fear and that the best way for me to conquer my fears of doing stuff is to do it anyway. (See also, James Brausch’s excellent article about how many different problems are actually the same problem: fear)

One way of tackling this fear is to learn from other people’s failures. Another is make more mistakes myself (and this is the entire reason for the existence of Make More Mistakes, my blog which re-launches in January 2007).

2. Execute

Intimately linked to #1. Fail.

Whatever you want you either create it for yourself or you exchange something you have with someone who’s created what you want.

3. Money

Intimately linked to #2. Execute.

I need to change beliefs about, and my attitude to, money. I never seem to have enough, even when I acquire it unexpectedly. I’ve tried hoarding it and that hasn’t worked.

As Steve Pavlina said, "Money has no inherent value of its own, but we assign it value through social agreement. If I give you $100, you can withdraw $100 of value from society. The only reason this works is that we agree by consensus that $100 has a certain value." Making money consciously, Steve Pavlina.

In future entries, I’ll be exploring different approaches to money and wealth.

Finale

This concludes my series on goal-setting. I hope you’ve enjoyed it and found it useful. Don’t forget to let me know what you think about my thoughts on: 1. Health, 2. Studying & 3. Business.

In closing, here’s a link on the importance of setting goals: How Goals Make You More Productive, Trizoko

Thanks for reading!