Goals! by Brian Tracy: What It Teaches, Who It’s For, Who Should Skip It
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Twenty-one steps from vague ambition to a written, scheduled, measurable goal you actually hit.
What the book argues
Tracy’s method is mechanical by design: decide exactly what you want, write it down, set a deadline, list everything required, organize the list into a plan, act immediately and do something every day. Clarity, he argues, accounts for most of the difference between people who achieve and those who drift.
Three ideas you can use this week
- A goal that is not written is not a goal.
- List every obstacle and every skill gap before you start; the biggest obstacle is usually internal.
- Review goals daily, and act on at least one every day without exception.
Who it is for
Anyone who has never done a full, written goal-setting exercise and wants to do it properly once.
How to turn it into a routine
Write ten goals in the present tense, choose the one with the greatest impact, and build its plan tonight.
Who should skip it
Repetitive and formulaic, and it overlaps heavily with Tracy’s other books.
Verdict
The most complete goal-setting workbook in the genre. Do the exercises and it earns its place.
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If you liked the sound of this
Living Forward by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy
Write a life plan in one day so you stop drifting into a life you did not choose.
The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington
Treat twelve weeks as a year and the deadline pressure you feel in December shows up every quarter.
Tools that put the book to work
Reading is the easy part. Three simple tools that turn the idea into a daily routine:
Undated Daily Planner Pad
One page, one day, three priorities. Nothing to configure.
Year-at-a-Glance Wall Calendar
See the whole year on one wall and the deadlines stop sneaking up.
Goal-Setting Journal
Ninety days is long enough to matter and short enough to feel.
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More picks, with pictures
Three tools and three books that fit the same goal. Each has its own full review here, including who should skip it.
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The book itself — 40 laws in ten parts, 320 pages, each ending with The Work — is funded first on Kickstarter.
