In countless hours I have invested in working with clients from all walks of life and studying the most successful people of our time, I have found that there are two primary two distinct approaches to learning.

1. Learn what unsuccessful people do and then don’t do it.

and…

2. Learn what successful people do and then do it.

Both are valuable and provide tremendous insight and I credit the lessons from both perspectives with helping me develop more of my own potential in the different areas of my life. It’s pretty simple. Avoid the behaviors and patterns of the unsuccessful and instead adopt the behaviors of that are most likely to bring a successful outcome.

In this lesson I am going to provide you with what unsuccessful goal setters do to sabotage their results. In my early days of goal setting, I have made most of these errors myself at one time or another.

Have you ever worked hard on a goal that didn’t come to fruition? I bet somewhere you did one or more of these things below. The interesting thing is that people who do not achieve their goals often invest just as much time, energy and effort (or even more time) than the people who DO go on to achieve their goals.

A flawed or incomplete approach will bring about flawed or incomplete results.

If you see yourself in any of these bad habits, don’t worry. At the end of this article, I provide the perfect solution for you to salvage any goal and you can begin applying it immediately to begin advancing and achieving your goals.

How NOT To Set a Goal: 10 Mistakes that Guarantee Failure

1. Be vague. Pick a goal, any goal. Don’t give it much thought, don’t think about it in much detail and only use generalities to describe it. Don’t think about the long term effects on your loved ones, or the long term impact on your life, just pick any bright shiny object and go for it. Don’t spend any time to develop a crystal clear vision for what you want. Just pick anything and get to work.

2. Embark upon a goal that someone else chose for you. Go after things that you don’t truly want because you’re trying to make someone else happy, or because you think it will get or keep their love.

3. Keep everything in your head. That’s right. Trust your memory. Don’t commit anything to paper or activate the most powerful unseen force in human psychology (your subconscious mind) that is only triggered when you translate your thoughts and goals with pen and paper. Just keep hoping that every day you will remember what you’re working towards and why you started it in the first place.

4. Don’t create a plan. Don’t worry about creating a timeline or mapping out the structure of carrying out what needs to be done.

5. Don’t set priorities. Only do the things you feel like doing when you feel like doing them.

6. Don’t carve out time in your daily life for working on the goal. Your life is plenty busy already, right? I guess you’ll just squeeze in your action plan around your already full life and if there’s time left over after all of those other things are done, you’ll get to your goal eventually.

7. Blame others for not achieving your goal or when something is not working. Yep. It’s not your fault that your goal is not achieved. It’s that other person. In the end if you don’t acknowledge and take 100% responsibility for the results, your goal will never be achieved and you’ll always have an excuse for why that is.

8. Try to do it all yourself. You know the saying, “If you want something done right, do it yourself.” After all, you’re a
perfectionist and even though it will take ten times longer, at least everything will be perfect. This means that you will drag out the time it takes for much longer than it needs to be and you’ll probably get very frustrated in the process. When you are frustrated enough, you will inevitably resort to the next two…

9. Worry. Why waste your time visualizing the positive outcomes you want to create when you can dwell in and stock pile all of the things you’re afraid of? Instead spend that valuable time worrying about what you don’t want until it drains your energy and you have nothing left.

10. Give up. Because you failed to take measures that ensure your goal is achieved, you got tired, frustrated and just gave up. Goal setting doesn’t work anyway.

Ooooh, that was painful to write. I know how painful it is to experience. I’ve been there.

Can you see yourself in any of those scenarios?

Have you ever sabotaged your goals?

The good news is that it’s preventable.

Practicing any one of those “NOT to do’s” is enough to derail the most magnificent, achievable goal and I would venture to say that at one time or another we have all engaged in one or more of these behaviors, myself included, that is, until I created a blueprint that guaranteed successful goal achieving.

Those saboteurs are no longer an issue because I have a goal setting blueprint that ensures success every time. Now when I set a goal, I have a guaranteed system for all of the necessary steps, from the selection of the goal to creating the action plan and seeing it through to completion. It’s amazing how much more quickly I can achieve my goals and how much more fun the process is.

“A goal properly set is halfway reached.” -Abraham Lincoln

The best way to set a goal is to follow a proven blueprint. I just released the formula for success that I use to ensure I reach and often exceed my goals. This is the same formula I teach to Fortune 500 CEOs, Olympic athletes, Entrepreneurs and everyday people who just want to get more out of life and develop more of their own potential.

http://goalguru.com/virtualgoalsettingworkshop/

I look forward to helping you achieve your goals.

Live Your Dreams,

Jill Koenig

PS 2012 is a leap year, which means we have one extra day February 29th. Why not utilize that extra day going through the Virtual Goal Setting Workshop and fine tuning your goals for the year

http://goalguru.com/virtualgoalsettingworkshop/

Your Reticular Activating System acts as a heat seeking missile which allows your subconscious mind to work on your goal whether you realize it or not.

Write your Goals on paper bridges the gap between your imagination and the real world. As you create and advance your plan it takes your ideas from the intangible to the tangible.

We train in creating plans for achieving your Goals inside Goal University

What Firefighting Taught Me About Goals and Priorities

This is probably one of the most important subjects I could ever share with you as it relates to your Goals and how they
contribute to improving the quality of your life.

As we have discussed before, most people don’t have clearly defined Goals. It is estimated that only 3% of the population
have any Goals at all, and certainly of that 3% even fewer have Goals in relation to a total holistic life design concept with action plans, timelines and priorities for each the different life areas.

One of the most common mistakes that holds people back from achieving their Goals is having have a long list of exciting Goals, but no system for organizing the order of priority for them.

Imagine how many decisions you make throughout any given day. What time will you wake up? What will you do when your open your eyes? Will you hit the snooze button or will you get up and get moving? Will you be excited about the day? What will you do next, will you exercise, read a little, listen to a personal development audio? Will you rewrite and review your Goals Cards? Will you eat breakfast and if you do, what will you have? Will it be rushed, will it be nutritious? You see what I’m talking about? You have just opened your eyes for only a few minutes and already you have made several decisions that will affect your day and over time, those daily minute to minute decisions become habits that accumulate to create your life, whether you realize it or not.

If a Goal is worth setting, it’s worth examining it’s relationship to the values and priorities in your life.

The Goal is the what, the priority and value is the why, and where it fits into your life. When you know the what and the why, the how is easy.

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 personal life priorities.

The Priority Principle

I would like to introduce you to The Priority Principle. The Priority Principle means knowing your values and priorities and 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.

My first major lesson in priorities came was when I was 18 years old on the job working as a Firefigher/Emergency Medical Technician. I was an art student by day and Firefighter by night and on weekends. I know, quite the combination, right?

Most people don’t think about emergency responders until they need one. If or when you have a situation like a fire, an accident, an illness or some kind of extreme crisis, you dial 911. A trained professional like a police officer, Firefighter, Paramedic or EMT arrives to help and take over the situation. They have the tools and the access to whatever it takes to bring the emergency, big or small, under control.

There are small scale emergencies that are non life-threatening, like broken bones and surface cuts that are relatively simple and easy to process, for example, one patient with one minor injury. And then there are larger scale emergencies like car accidents that can have multiple
victims, with multiple traumatic injuries, as well as enormous disasters with dozens, hundreds or even thousands of victims.

When there are more patients than manpower available to handle every victim immediately, there is a process that has to occur and it has to occur very quickly. That process is called Triage. Triage means to sort. Triage as performed in an emergency situation means someone has to quickly assess and sort through all of the victims and prioritize which patients will be treated and in what order. Even with one patient who has multiple injuries, when you can only treat one thing at a time, you have to prioritize which injury to treat first.

When there are multiple patients, a person who has a gaping open would would likely command a higher priority than another person who has all of their faculties who can walk and talk with no signs of urgent distress. I don’t want to get into all of the different variations of injuries here,
I just want to clarify that some patients will have a greater need for urgency over others. There are guidelines for determining which types of injuries get priority over all others. Emergency responders are trained and practice disaster drills so that when a crisis does occur, they know
what to do. Because no two crisises are identical, this training and practice in advance is often the lifesaver for many.

In times of calm, instructors clearly outlined in advance what the parameters were for the different valuations of urgency and priority of care so that when we were faced with the day to day activities of constant crisis, it would be almost second nature to make the right decision amidst
whatever circumstances arose.

With regards to medical emergencies, seconds mean life and death and decisions are made in milliseconds. Fortunately with your Goals, you don’t have as much pressure unless you are in crisis and most crisises can be prevented if you take the time to carefully examine your life regularly over time.

I transformed my life when I applied The Priority Principle.

In my 20’s I went through an interesting phase where I went from poverty to earning enough money to support myself and enjoy some of life’s luxuries. I didn’t really know what to do with the money. I had never had any before! But I was learning how to earn it and could breathe a little easier. I bought a new car and 2 motorcycles. I was making more
money than I ever had before but there didn’t seem to be enough cash to invest in the things I needed in order to grow my business. There is always a next level and I wanted to reach it. I wanted a bigger business, more income, more financial security and a big house.

One day I looked out at my motorcycles and thought, look at the money that is tied up in those bikes. They also served as a distraction as my biker friends were police officers and firefighers and worked all different shifts, so I would get invitations to go riding together at all hours of the day and night. I had not yet fully developed the habit of discipline so there were times I was riding motorcycles when I should have been working on myself and my business.

When I paused and thought about my motorcycles, in the scope of life, I realized that they are toys. I needed to rearrange my priorities. I figured if I valued my financial future more than my toys, then I should sell the motorcycles. After all, I could always buy another one in the future. So I rearranged and re-clarified my values. I needed to start valuing my financial future more than I valued those motorcycles.

So I sold them and invested the money into my business. Things grew so fast I could hardly keep up. Within a few months I moved into a 6,000 square foot house in the White Eagle Country Club in Naperville, IL. The girl who grew up in a 2 bedroom ghetto shack was suddenly living amongst CEOs, NBA stars and some of Chicago’s social elite. I am not trying to impress you, I just want to illustrate how quickly you can change your life when you become clear about your values and priorities and back it up with your actions. I went on to become a millionaire by ag 30 and never looked back.

You have got to invest the time into Triaging your Goals, dreams and life responsibilities. In a major medical emergency, if you don’t Triage properly, people die unnecessarily. In your day to day life, if you don’t Triage your Goals and apply the Priority Principle, your dreams die. I want you to Live Your Dreams.

I outline my own quick process of how to determine your values and priorities in simple terms, and great detail in Chapter 3 of http://www.TheTimeCommandments.com where you learn how to become crystal clear on your Goals and priorities in only 2 hours. Whether currently in a crisis or not, it is so important to take the time to look at what matters most to you in life. If you don’t, you will spend an awful lot of time feeling overwhelmed, putting out fires and responding to crisis after crisis, wasting your energy, instead of achieving your Goals with ease.

The good news is that when it comes to goal setting and life design, you have the luxury of deciding what your priorities are in advance IF you will invest the time and effort into learning the success system for doing it.

You are already deciding which Goals will be achieved and which ones will not whether you realize it or not. But now, by learning a new level of consciousness with regards to your priorities, you can achieve your Goals faster and have a lot more fun in the process.

I once had a Goal of owning a motorcycle. But in the scope of life, at that time, it meant nothing compared to my other Goals and priorities. Because I clarified that, I was able to take decisive action and move forward to more important, long lasting matters quickly and easily .

Don’t major in minor things. -Jim Rohn

Don’t focus major time and attention on Goals that are minor in the scope of your life.

It’s not our abilities that define who we truly are, it’s our thoughts, choices and our actions.

If you have never consciously thought about it, you might be wondering, “How do I know what my current values and priorities are?”

The answer, whether you like it or not, is that they are revealed in your current actions, patterns and habits. If you value time, you don’t waste it. If you value honesty, you don’t lie. If you value money, you invest it wisely. If you value growth, you work on self improvement. If you value
family, you invest your time and attention on nurturing them. If you value your spouse/partner, your words and behavior reveal this too. You are not what you say you are, you are what you repeatedly do.

Ultimatey, what you spend your time, energy and money on is a clear indicator of your values and priorities.

And if what you are currently doing is not working for you, you can change that and rearrange your priorities today in the next 120 minutes. You will increase your focus and productivity in every area of your life.

If you have never done this before, it’s worth the investment of your time. It will change your life.

To get clear and create your own personalized plan as it relates to balanced life design, learn how at

http://www.TheTimeCommandments.com

Live Your Dreams,

Jill Koenig

If I gave you $1,440 today, how would you spend it?

I suspect you would carefully ponder the best use of it.

I bet you might even apply a portion of it towards
achieving some of your Goals.

And what if I gave you $1,440 tomorrow?

And another $1,440 the next day… and the next day?

How would you invest your $1,440 each day?

Still with me Friend ?

Now what if I gave you $86,400 today?

Would you value those dollars?

Would you apply a portion of them towards your Goals?

And what if I gave you $86,400 tomorrow and the next day
and the next day?

I bet you would pay even closer attention to how you would
invest it, right?

You would make it work for you.

I sure would.

I’m not going to give you $1,440 or $86,400.

You already have the equivalent of it but you may not
realize it.

Those numbers should have tremendous meaning in the scope
of life for both you and I.

You already have 1,440 and 86,400 in your bank account.

We begin each day with 1,440 MINUTES deposited into our
TIME bank account.

We begin each day with 86,400 SECONDS deposited into our
TIME bank account.

And how we VALUE those minutes and seconds is what
determines what they may bring us.

How we spend them and how we INVEST them determines the
quality of our life today and tomorrow.

And when you string the seconds and minutes together to
accumulate in the form hours, days, weeks, months and
years, you determine your destiny.

Much like money can compound with interest, so does our
time.  Invest one hour per day into reading and it might
not seem like much but invest an hour per day into reading
in an area that can improve the quality of your life for a
month or six months or one year and you have the power to
shape your destiny.

We all began today with the same amount of time.

If you consciously value your TIME bank account, you can
transform any area of your life and achieve your Goals.

You are already wealthy.

What makes a person’s life for better or worse is the way
they invest their wealth of minutes. 

What are you doing with your seconds?

How are you investing your minutes?

Everything affects everything…

How you think.

Who you spend them with.

What you do with them.

You may or may not have the dollars at your disposal but
you do have the seconds and you do have the minutes.

“A man who dares waste one hour of time has not discovered
the value of life.”  -Charles Darwin

Allot some of your minutes towards reaching your Goals.

Allot some of your minutes towards pursuing your DREAMS…
every day.

The one thing you and I have in common is that today we
started our day on equal ground with the same amount of
minutes.  Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Phelps, Tiger
Woods, (insert the name of someone who inspires you).  We
all have the same minutes today.

What separates us is how we value our minutes and how we
spend and invest them.

What we do with that them will determine whether or not we
reach our Goals.

Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days
in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s
value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s
value out of a week.  -Charles Richards

Quality of life and time management are as much about clarity,
prioritizing as it is about appreciation of the minutes we
have been given.

What we do with those 1,440 minutes today and everyday will
determine our results in life.

That’s 525,600 minutes per year.

Invest them wisely.

Learn how here:

http://www.TheTimeCommandments.com

Live Your Dreams,

Jill Koenig

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Jill Koenig, the “Goal Guru” is America’s Top Goal Strategist.
A best selling Author, Coach and Motivational Speaker, she is
an expert on the subjects of Goal Setting, Time Management and
Business Success. Her Goal in life is to help you UNLEASH
your untapped potential. Learn cutting edge Goal Strategies at
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Does it make sense to await motivation from an outside
source and “hope” it arrives or does it make more sense to
learn a few key strategies for motivating yourself week
after week consistently?  After all, we are given 52
Mondays each year.  What if you could turn them into the
springboard for creating a great week guaranteed every
time?

Creating a great week is not something that happens by
accident, in fact, you have the power to create momentum
anytime you desire.  This lesson focuses on empowering ways
to approach Mondays so you can create unstoppable momentum
and create the best week of your life every week.

10 Steps to Creating Monday Momentum:

1.  Decide in advance that you are going to have a great
week. Your attitude determines your altitude and it starts
right here with the decision. Expect success, expect the
best, and be prepared to invest the very best of yourself
in everything you do. 

2.  Define Success more clearly. Envision exactly what it
means to have a great week.  Does success mean
productivity?  Fun?  Speed?  Quality?  Progress?
Completion? What elements do you need to
create in order to realize your vision this week?

3.  Map out your week on Sunday evening. At first this may
seem challenging but after a few tries, you will be in awe
of how easy it is to set yourself up for success.  Here are
some questions to get you started: What are your priorities
for the week?  What are the essentials you absolutely must
accomplish and in what order of importance?  What do you
need to do this week to meet your Goals for the month, for
the year?

4. Schedule your actions and priorities into your calendar
so that you know when you will do them.

5. Create measures of accountability.  Are you motivated by
pain or pleasure?  Does it light a fire under your posterior
to know there is a fun reward at the finish line for doing
what you promised or are you more motivated by the pain of
having to pay for NOT doing it?  Determine your own
personal rewards you will enjoy for following through on
your commitments and what penalties can you impose on
yourself if you don’t? Bring in a friend or peers for extra
reinforcement.  Having someone to hold you accountable will
keep you honest and give you an extra edge.  There is
nothing like succeeding or failing in front of an audience.
You can raise the bar on this as high as you need to.

6. Go to bed early Sunday evening.  Stretch or meditate
prior to bedtime. You will feel more rested when you wake
up and you will have energy, vigor and enthusiasm to begin
your day.  There’s nothing as energizing and momentum
building as arising with clarity, getting a jump on the day
and being ahead of schedule, rather than feeling like you’re
behind schedule or playing catch up.

7. On Monday morning rise a little earlier, get in a quick
workout, even if it’s just a 15 minute walk or ride on the
exercise bike. Wake up your brain and get those endorphins
flowing.  You will burn more fat, feel GREAT and get it out
of the way so you’re free to move on to other things.

8.  Eat a healthy breakfast.  This will provide you with
the fuel to tackle your top priorities. (planning your week
in advance means planning your meals in advance if you want
to be super productive, energized and stay away from fast
foods, which are a huge energy drain)  What you put into
your mouth has a direct effect on your productivity,
efficiency and mental clarity.

9.  Listen to one hour of an empowering audio program while
you’re working out and eating breakfast.  This will help you
with the mental motivation and get you going with the right
attitude.  I recommend http://www.TheTimeCommandments.com

10. At the end of each day and the end of each week, review
what you did or didn’t do.  Make adjustments where necessary
and keep building on your strengths and celebrating your
successes.  Have fun and remember that small improvements
add up over time.  Imagine how much more clarity,
motivation and achievement you will experience after
growing and improving consistently for 52 weeks!

Momentum breeds momentum.

Unleashing these powerful strategies will condition you to
seize the day every day.  You will condition yourself to
know where you are going, get moving and you will have all
the motivation and Momentum you need to carry you through
the week.

Live Your Dreams,

Jill Koenig

I bring this to your attention now so that you can give yourself the ability to make a conscious decision of what you want to create for yourself in the final 33 days left in 2007. That gives you plenty of time to tie up loose ends get a handle on any unfinished business you want to wrap up before December 31st.

For some this time of year brings great growth and positive momentum, yet others experience a decline or negative momentum, as in a slow down.

There are many myths about the Holiday Season when it comes to business. These myths apply to both online and offline businesses.

The Biggest Business Myth of the Holiday Season: “Only retail and gift businesses grow during this time of year, every other business slows.” This is simply not true. I love it when people tell me that business is slow this time of year and that my business will slow whether I want it to or not. It seems like a rather helpless proposition, doesn’t it?

In most cases, business slows for them because they stopped doing the daily method of operation that their business needs in order to continue moving forward. Many business owners actually reduce their efforts and fail to follow their own action plan during this time because they believe it is a slow season, because someone told them it would be and so it becomes true for them. Because they believe and accept this erroneous prediction, they stop trying, they stop injecting life giving effort into their business. That is why business slows for them.

Yet for others, this is the time or year to create exponential growth. If your competition is reducing their efforts, and most are, it is the perfect time for you to rev it up and make your move.

Don’t get caught in the trap of reducing your efforts because the media, your peers or anyone tells you that business slows. Do not ever accept that invitation to slack or minimize your efforts. This is the most critical time of year to practice consistency for any business. Every action you take in December contributes to a stronger January. Keep the ball rolling.

The keys for thriving during the Holiday Season are persistence and consistency. Every day people are looking for whatever information, service or product you offer. Those who keep up, stick with their plan or even increase their focus and efforts this time of year are the ones who will reap the rewards and explode their growth in the coming year.

Choose to be one of them.

You do not have to succumb to the myths that others use to rationalize their own laziness or reduced actions that are based purely on opinion.

Momentum breeds Momentum.

Winners know that finishing strong in December is the catalyst for massive growth in January as it sets the tone for the rest of the year.

Live Your Dreams,

Jill Koenig

The more meaningful your Goal is, the more essential it is to track your progress. You can’t improve what you don’t measure.

There are multiple benefits of measuring your results from the beginning of any endeavor:

1. Seeing your progress and having the proof of positive results builds confidence.

2. Tracking gives you valuable feedback so that you can modify your plan or change your approach if it’s not moving you in a satisfactory direction or speed.

Once your attention is placed upon a specific target, your conscious and subconscious mind work like heat seeking missiles in the quest to achieve it.

People who use a pedometer to measure how far they walk lose more weight, exercise more and have lower blood pressure than those who do not, researchers said on Tuesday.

It was not clear from the study, the first to review most previously published research on pedometer use, whether those who use the devices are more motivated in the first place, just benefit from the assistance, or both.

Many pedometer-related programs recommend users set daily goals for themselves, such as 10,000 steps or about 5 miles (8 km).

Dr. Dena Bravata and colleagues at Stanford University in California reviewed 26 earlier studies covering 2,767 people, with an average age of 49.

It found that pedometer users took more than 2,000 extra steps a day compared to those who did not use the devices, and that having a goal of reaching a certain number of steps was a significant factor.

Those using the devices, which are worn on the hip, also lost weight as measured by body mass index, and significantly reduced their systolic blood pressure — the top number in blood pressure readings, which indicates the maximum pressure of a contracting heart.

“Our results suggest that the use of these small, relatively inexpensive devices is associated with significant increases in physical activity and improvements in some key health outcomes, at least in the short term,” Bravata’s team wrote in the report published in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association.

Read more on the Study here

Jill

The most precious and valuable resource is time.

Time is more valuable than money.

You can make more money, but you cannot make more time.

Time is perishable, and the decisions you make about how to spend your time will largely determine the quality of your life.

The decisions you make about how to invest your time will determine how efficient and productive you are at your work. The decisions you make about how to spend your time with loved ones will determine the quality of your life in your relationships.

Time is the great equalizer.

We all have the same 24 hours in a day as everyone else.

No matter how much money you accumulate, you cannot write a check at the end of your life and purchase more time.

In my quest to discover what allows someone to become 1000 times more successful, wealthy or more fulfilled than someone else, I discovered many secrets that the leaders of every field already know.

Great leaders are great time managers.

For most people, the vast majority of waking hours are spent at work. Actually, most of your LIFE is spent at work. Therefore it is imperative that you are engaged in work that you truly love. This doesn’t mean you should immediately quit a job you don’t enjoy, rather get to working on an extra stream of income in the subject of your passion and start working towards your dreams, not someone else’s.

The foundation, the philosophy of The Time Commandments is to honor time as a precious resource. This means making a study of Time Management and Life Management. This means working on yourself more than you do on your business. This means re evaluating your values and priorities so that you are assured your life is moving in the direction of your greatest desires. No one else can do this for you.

Once you learn this strategy for success, you will gain clarity, confidence, energy and excitement. You will naturally and effortlessly integrate it into your everyday life.

Invest time in yourself. Invest time into reading books and teachings (like this one) and invest in audio programs that help you learn and grow. master your time and you will reach your Goals faster than you ever thought possible.

For more on Time Management discover The Time Commandments!

Live Your Dreams,

Jill Koenig

Jill Koenig, the “Goal Guru” is America’s Top Goal Strategist. A Best Selling Author, Coach and Motivational Speaker, she is an expert on the subjects of Goal Setting, Time Management and Business Success. Her passion in life is helping you achieve your Goals and UNLEASH your untapped potential. Learn cutting edge strategies and get your FREE Goal Setting CD at: http://www.GoalGuru.com

Phyllis Apple, 84 year old owner of a thriving PR firm

Boomers are Booming and apparently 80 is the new 40.

Scientists still cannot agree whether the average human life span will be 85 or 100 or 150, but one thing is for certain, the days of getting a “good job” and working there until you retire at sixty are over.

During the twentieth century the human life span increased by more than 50 percent in most industrialized countries. When Jeanne Calment died in southern France in 1997, she was 122 years old, the longest-living human ever documented.

Today, 1 in 10,000 people in industrialized countries hold centenarian status.

One thing is certain. It’s never too late to pursue a dream, in fact, feeling young has a lot to do with staying active and engaged in your passions and things that interest you.

If you knew you would live to 100 or more years, what changes would you make in your health and lifestyle habits today?

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In a pet peeves-themed survey released recently by Randstad USA, a leading staffing firm and workforce solutions provider, employees revealed their biggest annoyances in their places of work.

The top three pet peeves found in the workplace:

Gossip(60%)

Others poor time management skills(54%)

Messiness in communal spaces(45%).

Managing Director of Operations and Human Resources for Randstad USA. “While managers impose standards for corporate culture, employees play a greater role in upholding desirable behaviors. Communication and openness are key factors in achieving a positive work environment.”

Rounding out the top seven pet peeves among employees are potent scents (42%), loud noises (41%), overuse of electronic personal communications devices in meetings (28%) and misuse of email (22%).

Observe your workplace environment and see how often you witness (or commit) these common peeves. Understand that you can make a positive or negative contribution to the overall workplace culture, attitudes and experiences within an organization.