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Hello, Believe Nation. Today we're going to look at how you can set goals and not give up. And remember, as you watch the video, if somebody says something that really means something to you, is really impactful, write it down in the comments below and put quotes around it so other people can benefit and be inspired. Inspired as well.

Make a list of 101 things you want to achieve before you die. Now I was sharing this with someone last night and they said, "God, that just seems like a really big task. I'm a single mom. I don't have any time. When am I going to do that?" We know that one of the things about high achievers is they all have goals. Only 10% of Americans set goals every year. 10%. I can go to sales conferences, people that learn this stuff, hear it over and over, How many? 10%. We also know the same 3 to 10% control 90% of the resources of the world. So literally, without goals, you're directionless. You will be used. See, people without goals get used by other people who have them. People that don't have goals work for people who do. And so you want to be someone who picks up and gets clear about what you want. Make a list, 101 goals. I want to go to Paris. I want to skydive. I want to bungee cord jump. I want to play the guitar. I want to learn to juggle. I wanna learn 2 magic tricks for the kids. I wanna go to the Olympics in Beijing. Whatever it is, make the list. And you'll see there's a lot of stuff under there that you've kind of put down that you want, and you can have anything you want.

You know, when you don't see limits, because like if you're coming from a space where you're actually ambitious, I don't think ambition is a learned behavior. I think it's a part of a person's natural character. So I'll always, no matter what I accomplish, you're gonna see me back at your show saying, I think I got another idea I can make this work.

You know what I mean?

Like, and you're gonna be like, this guy just won't stop. But I'm telling you in advance, you know, you'll see me again. But like, you know— I think that means Infinity just booked himself on the show again.

That's what I think that means. But go ahead.

Yeah, but you know, like I'll always find a new goal set for myself and work towards accomplishing it because, you know, that's what really excites me. That's what makes me happy. Like when it works. A lot of times there's nothing around to support it. It's just me.

Dreams without goals are just dreams, and they ultimately fuel disappointment.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency. I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you got to get on your knees in the morning. I'm wondering if you have any personal tricks on how you keep yourself motivated.

I set pretty high goals for myself. They're usually higher than what I think most other people set for me. And I just am very driven to achieve them. I'm a goal-oriented individual, and I just am very driven to achieve those goals.

A lot of times my issue is people are not setting goals that will be something that somebody who becomes rich or could do anything, you gotta be excited about working on that for 10 years. So you gotta have a big enough goal that you attract the best people and you retain them and you keep them focused. And then my experience, you don't go wrong. Maybe you don't hit it. Next year, or maybe you fail entirely and you discover something more exciting to work on with the same set of people.

I would say to continue to work hard and don't give up on your goals. And I know for me, like I said, I grew up watching my family struggle, and I grew up with a family that was successful but not born successful. And I believe with hard work and with a goal and love and positivity, then eventually we're gonna be fine.

You set goals because you want to achieve certain things in your life. You know, whether it's golf for me, or whether it's buying a house for someone else, or whether it's securing a good job or have a family or whatever it is, there's many different reasons why you set goals. And I obviously have a lot of goals for my career, and I have a lot of goals for my life as well, but I think it's important to set goals because It means you don't get complacent, you know, you always have something to aim for. You can set result-oriented goals where, you know, it's a long-term goal, or you can set little short-term goals to help you get to that long-term goal. So instead of saying, "I want to win the Masters," I'll say, "What will help me win the Masters and what do I need to improve to get there?" After I left university, I was working on Wall Street.

I was an oil trader on Wall Street for 2 years, hated it, it was the worst the worst experience of my entire life. I was a victim of bad culture and knew I wanted to be a creator of a great one. And when I was growing up, I realized I had one goal in life, right? And that was to get as wealthy as possible as quickly as possible. And I realized that there are three ways—

like that you're honest about it.

I keep it very real about that. There are three ways to do it. The first was to be an actor, an athlete. That didn't work out for me at all. The second way was to work on Wall Street. Hated it. And I said, damn, I've already exhausted two of the three. The last one was entrepreneurship. And the day that I came to that realization, I said, you know what, I hate Wall Street. I want to get as far away from this place literally and figuratively as possible. There's a school called Stanford. I think it's well known for entrepreneurship. I didn't really know what that meant. Let me apply. And fortunately, I got in. And it wasn't until literally I got out in August of 2008 that I saw other 24-year-olds not only making millions of dollars, but fundamentally changing the world. And I knew I wanted to be a part of that. And kind of the rest is history at that point.

I've been terrible about setting goals all my life and trying to get there. And one of my goals, as you well know, was to make that the best store in Arkansas. That's right. And we got there before we left town. We became the biggest store, most profitable Ben Franklin store in the state of Arkansas. I want to talk a little bit about goals on the line of how do you lose 37 pounds and write a book? I'm just going to kind of give you that as an example. For 24 years of my adult life, by choice, I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say by choice because, you see, I have never accidentally eaten anything. I mean, it's always been deliberate. And when I choose to eat too much today, I have chosen to weigh too much tomorrow. You can choose to set goals and realize your potential, or you can choose not to set them. Now, if you choose not to set them, you got to understand that the consequences are not going to be good down the road. For 24 years, I was going to lose that weight. As a matter of fact, in 24 years, I lost several thousand pounds of weight. How many of you already know exactly what I'm talking about? But it wasn't until I wrote it down put a date on it, listed the obstacles I had to overcome, identified the people, the groups, the organizations I needed to work with, spelled out a plan of action, set that time limit in there, and identified all of the benefits to me. It was only when I did that that the goal became a reality and I lost the weight. For 10 or 15 years I was I was going to write a book. You know anybody who's going to do just a whole lot of things, folks? I was going to write a book. But it wasn't until I got busy writing the book and writing the plans first before the book ever materialized. Now if it sounds like I'm trying to sell you on having goals, how many of you are getting close already? How many of you are becoming convinced right quick like that you need to have those goals? There's no question about it. The immortal J.C. Penney many, many years ago said, give me a a stock clerk with a goal, and I'll give you a man who'll make history. But give me a man without a goal, and I'll give you a stock clerk. Now the interesting thing is goals do not care who has them. Let me give you a classic example of the way they work. In 1950, a war-torn, devastated Japan, a nation which had lost an incredibly high percentage of its young men, their cities were in ruins, they had been bombed out, but in In 1950, they got together, they meaning industry and government, got together and set a goal. The goal was, we're going to be the number one nation in the world during the 1950s in the production of textiles. In 1959, ladies and gentlemen, they accomplished that objective. In 1960, they set another goal. We're going to be the number one nation in the world in the production of steel. Now when you understand there's no iron ore in Japan of any significance, there's no coal of any significance there, we're going to be the number one nation in in the world in the production of steel? It seemed like an absurd goal, and yet they reached their objectives. They had taken all of the steps. In 1970, the Japanese set another goal. They said, during the '70s, we'll be the number one nation in the world in the production of automobiles. They missed it, folks, one year. It took them until 1980. In 1980, they set another goal, and this time their goal was, we're going to be the number one nation in the world in the production of computers and electronics. Yes indeed, ladies and gentlemen, you absolutely must have those goals.

Thank you guys so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed. I'd love to know what you thought of the video, what changes you're going to make in your life or business as a result of watching this. Leave it in the comments below and I will join in the discussion. I also wanted to give a quick shout out to Andy Walker from monopoly.com. Andy, thank you so much for picking up a copy of my book. Really, really, really means a lot to me. For those of you watching, if you want a chance at a shout out in a future video, as well as a bunch of free awesome bonuses. Make sure to pick up a copy of the book and email in your receipt so we can keep track. Thank you guys so much for watching. Continue to believe, or whatever your one word is, and I'll see you soon.