You don't need to be fourteen time Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps to achieve your goals. However, you can learn the goal setting secrets Michael Phelps used to achieve his success by reading the following article:
Five Secrets to Creating a "Goal" Medal Life - Part II
Recently, Joy and I had the pleasure of speaking at a conference of Educational Office Professionals in Baltimore, MD. The other speakers included Ms. Deborah Phelps, mother of six-time gold medalist (Now fourteen-time goal medalist) in the 2004 Summer Olympics swimmer Michael Phelps, and Agatha von Trapp, the 91-year-old daughter of Captain and Maria von Trapp, the family on which the movie "Sound of Music" was based. To say the least, there were a variety of subjects discussed that day.
As I listened to Ms. Phelps describe Michael's achievements, I realized that his story had many of the secrets of success mentioned in my September article, Five Secrets to Creating a 'Goal' Medal Life.
Let's go over these goal setting five secrets again and see how you can apply them:
- Create Passion with Goal Setting
Ms. Phelps mentioned that Michael, after competing in the 2000 Summer Olympics, was excited about the experience. Michael told her he wanted to compete again in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He had that burning desire to compete and win. So they sat down, developed goals, and mapped out a detailed plan for his success.
What do you have passion about in your career, your life? Have you put pen to paper and developed goals to achieve what you want in life?
To read the rest of the article, go to "Goal Medal Success."
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