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Roles & Goals

Written by Martin Van Zyl

Topic: Success CoachingPublished October 15, 2009
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Roles & Goals I have always wanted more. Get your Roles and Goals HERE Because of this I spent the first twenty years of my life searching for ways to add to my ever increasing material pile. In my mind, I was on track. In reality, my only alternative was to be honest with myself and what I really want, and it was too early for that. The day I actually paused and thought about what I want was rather momentous. I’ve worked on myself for quite some time. And now out of the blue as if I’ve been teaching it for years, it dawned on me. To be aware is to be content. And vica versa. As a kid, I was always impressed when a friend would open his kitchen cupboard to get a drinking glass and reveal two dozen matching glasses inside. If his family also had the matching bath towels they were well on their way up Mt. Affluent. I remember attending a Multi Level Marketing meeting with my parents when I was fifteen. The multilevel evangelist was amazing. He made everyone in the room feel like wealth, health and happiness was at their fingertips. He was a great speaker, but I felt betrayed by his phony offer – “I want to come over so we can get to know each other” – when all he really wanted was for my parents to sell bottled health products for him. We didn’t join. I do remember agreeing with one thing he said. He asked, “Aren’t you tired of reading restaurant menus from right to left?” I had to answer in the affirmative. This is how far back the need to “have more” goes. We are continuously sold on a better life, better environment, and more time with the kids. Yes, someday I want a villa on every continent of the world. Someday I want to write a book you can find on in any bookstore. Someday I want to sell out music concerts and own private planes. But if none of these things ever happens, I’ll continue to live a contented man, because I’m the guy who still gets on stage every night rocking to ten people as I would to ten thousand. I order what I want when I want. I go where I want whenever I want. At home my drinking glasses are all alike and my bath towels are a matched set. From here on out, anything else is gravy. Too much has been written about financial goal setting in business, and too little about how we can measure success in more meaningful ways. Let me ask YOU: What are you Roles & Goals? “You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? – George Bernard Shaw - Martin Get your Roles and Goals HERE

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Martin van Zyl is a professional marketer and home business owner. To learn about Martin and how he can help you, visit – http://www.martinvanzyl.com

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