One of the most common complaints today is overwhelm. In a world where information overload is a daily occurrence, the solution to overcoming overwhelm lies in knowing which information and which opportunities truly matter. And you cannot know the answer to that until you examine your values and determine your priorities in life.

You need to learn The Priority Principle. The Priority Principle means knowing your values & priorities & arranging your life so that you spend your time, energy and money on what matters. It means you qualify each Goal and action by ranking the order of importance in advance. In a world where your potential is infinite, but your time is limited to 24 hours each day, the only way to navigate intelligently through life is to know what is most important to you and then act accordingly. Only when you have taken the time to examine your values and priorities carefully, can you know which opportunities, people, inputs and actions align with them.

I’m sure if you’re a serious Goal Setter, at some point you have heard the acronym of S.M.A.R.T. goals. SpecificMeasurableAttainableReasonableTime BoundThat’s logical except for one thing.Most people are not inspired by “Reasonable” Goals.And who decides what is reasonable?Most of the Goals that I set out to achieve last year were completely UNreasonable.I wrote two highly [...]