Achieving your big goals in life

Yesterday we talked about why wealth is worth accumulating.
Today we’ll talk about enlarging your life’s big goals.
Scott Middleton inspired me to give away a million dollars a year.
We talked about Scott yesterday. That was Scott’s big goal.
I remembered a young man who worked at our printing plant.
When we discovered Jimmy could not read, he disappeared.
His painful secret had been found out. He must have felt humiliated.
He had fooled us a long time. Now he had been exposed.
My research found there are 42 million Jimmys in our country.
That was a staggering discovery. 42 million American Jimmys.
As a newspaper editor, I feel everyone should be able to read.
It should be an American right. What are they missing in life?
Helping them became my goal. A million a year wouldn’t do it.
So I set a new goal. $20 million over 10 years.
Could I sell 2 million of my books to raise $20 million by 2018?
Then I heard Jack Canfield tell of selling 1 million books in a day.
Wow! God was talking to me through Jack’s voice. Raise my goal.
So the goal now is 20 million books to raise $200 million.
Is that a big enough goal? For now, that’s God’s purpose for me.
But He may ask me to raise the goal later. And, of course, I will.
What’s your life’s big goal? What purpose are you here for?
Write it down. Tape it beside your desk, beside the bathroom mirror.
Think about it every day. God will show you how to achieve it.
Share it with those you love. Send me an email. I’ll help you.
Next week we’ll talk about planning to achieve your big goal.
For a head start on achieving your big goals in life click here.

The gift of wealth

Yesterday we talked about making a difference in our lives.
Today we’ll talk about why wealth is worth accumulating.
Our friend Scott Middleton is a former minister.
He left the ministry for a new ministry, ministering to senior citizens.
Now he was developed a network of businesses to help seniors.
Scott partnered with other entrepreneurs to serve seniors.
His businesses include retirement and nursing homes.
An insurance company and a real estate company.
Medical supply, pharmaceutical and ambulance services.
Scott had the vision to see opportunities to serve others.
It has made him highly successful.
Scott wants to be able to give away a million dollars a year.
That goal stunned me. I had never thought of a goal like that.
I fell in love with it. It inspired me. A big goal worth pursuing.
I thought, "That money could help 42 million illiterate Americans."
Think about your own big goal. What is it?
Would you like to share my goal? We could do it together.
If you’re interested, drop me a note or comment to this blog.
I welcome all the fellow dream seekers who will share this dream.
Tomorrow we’ll talk about enlarging your big goal.
For a head start on setting your big goals in life click here.