The late Grantland Rice enjoyed an incredible career, eventually becoming known as the Dean of American Sportswriters. He knew all the great athletes and coaches of his era – Knute Rockne, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Red Grange and more. He also had a penchant for poetry, including this one – the most powerful poem we’ve ever read … Read more
Here we are in a New Year with many of us clinging tight to our New Year’s resolutions. We found a poem by Herbert Kaufman that is perfect for this time of year:
You are the man who used to boast That you’d achieve the uttermost, Some day.
You are the man who used to boast That you’d achieve the uttermost, Some day.
You merely wished a show, To demonstrate how much you know And prove the distance you can go …
Another year we’ve just passed through. What new ideas came to you? How many big things did you do?
Time … left twelve fresh months in your care How many of them did you share With opportunity and dare Again where you so often missed?
We do not find you on the list of Makers Good. Explain the fact! Ah no, ‘twas not the chance you lacked! As usual – you failed to act!
A putdown or a kick in the seat?
It sounds kind of negative doesn’t it? We shouldn’t see it that way. We should view it as a kick in the seat. If you feel like you missed out on some opportunities this year, ask yourself why. Is it because you failed to act?
We all begin each year with a precious inventory of time. It’s up to us to make the most of it before it’s gone. Many people set New Year’s resolutions. Most soon forget them.
Bigg goal-getters understand that setting bigg goals for yourself isn’t good enough. It’s may be only one percent of being able to live the life you want. You have to take action!
Keep your resolutions in your face to keep your resolutions
We have a friend who has a great method to make sure he keeps his resolutions top-of-mind. He writes three or four goals for the upcoming year on a small card.
He laminates three copies of that card. He tapes one on his bathroom mirror so he sees his list every morning when he’s shaving. He puts another on the rear-view mirror in his car so he remains conscious of his goals while he’s driving around. He keeps the third copy in his billfold so he says it every time he pulls out his wallet.
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Please note: Just like your insurance broker, we’re not advising you to place a copy on your rear-view mirror.
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But it’s what our friend does, so we felt obligated to report it to you!
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He told us that he almost always reached the goals he has on this laminated. Every year, he has other goals but he said he almost never reaches them. Keeping these goals in his face helps keep them top-of-mind which helps him keep these resolutions.
We all have many things that demand our attention. It’s easy for our goals to fall by the wayside. The secret is …
Keep a short list of goals, put them in writing, and keep them in your face!
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We have a great resource to help you set goals – our Goal Planning Workbook. It’s free when you subscribe to the Bigg Success Weekly our free weekly e-newsletter.
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Thanks so much for stopping by to read our post. Join us next time when we’ll look at the one word that makes a bigg difference in keeping your New Year’s resolutions. Until then, here’s to your bigg success!
https://biggsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bigg-success_stacked-1080.png10801080George Krueger & Mary-Lynn Fosterhttps://biggsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/BIGG-Success-Nurturing-Your-Inner-Entreprener.jpgGeorge Krueger & Mary-Lynn Foster2009-01-02 15:29:422009-01-02 15:29:42Keep Your Resolutions In Your Face
There’s an old story about two boys who had a father who was an alcoholic. They grew into young men.
One son became an alcoholic. “What choice do I have?” he said. “My father is an alcoholic.”
The other son never touched a drop of alcohol. “How could I?” he said. “Look what it did to my father.”
From this simple story, we see three lessons: We are all role models. Like it or not, other people look at how we behave and model their lives after us. John Wooden, the great basketball coach, wrote a wonderful poem that goes like this:
A careful man I want to be, A little fellow follows me; I do not dare to go astray, For fear he’ll go the self-same way.
It’s something that we need to keep in mind for all the people we care about and influence.
We can learn from others. It’s much better to learn a lesson from someone else’s experience than to have to experience it ourselves. And that even applies to our parents. They aren’t perfect either. We can look to them for an example – in some cases it may be a positive one; in others it won’t be. Either way, we can take away direction in how to live our lives.
We all have the power to choose. We don’t always get to choose what happens to us or around us, but we can choose how we respond. We can’t control the circumstances, but we have total and complete control over our reaction.
These two sons started in the same place, with the same circumstances. However, they chose completely different paths as a result of their situation.
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Here we are in a New Year with many of us clinging tight to our New Year’s resolutions. We found a poem by Herbert Kaufman that is perfect for this time of year: 
Please note: Just like your insurance broker, we’re not advising you to place a copy on your rear-view mirror. 
