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Power of a deadline

by Michael Robin Cooke on Sep.09, 2009, under Kitschchaos

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Magic is life, Crowley, to paraphrase, defines magic as any willed act – and he included the example of the blowing of one’s nose as a magical act.

So with that thought in mind -any technique that helps you towards your goal is a magical act.

So what I’m presenting and doing here, is forwarding what could be a very familiar idea and providing an example.

The idea is that to accomplish anything in life, you need to set goals. Write them down. This is pretty familiar stuff, yes? Sigil magic may seem a form of this even. But, as some of you may know already, doing this alone rarely if ever delivers the goal you have in mind

Why doesn’t making goals and writing your goals down work?

Well, of course, writing it out so plainly, the answer is plain as well: writing down a goal is not the same thing as working towards a goal. I have in my wallet a piece of paper on which is written a fabulous financial goal, for example – on the suggestion of one or more self help gurus – it’s been there for over a year and the money is not mine.

Here’s how to make goals that you can, will and must achieve:

1. Work with achievable goals, if it is a very large goal – work with a step towards that goal you know you can accomplish.

2. Give yourself a deadline!, by what day will the goal be accomplished?

3. Tell other people that you will accomplish your goal and when it will be accomplished.

Now, those of you with job experience understand almost any job you work is exactly or very close to the goal setting and accomplishing formula I just set forth. That’s because a business fails if it’s goals are never met and on time.

What is less clear, is that this same process is just as powerful in your personal life. Make goals, find steps to your goal you can accomplish sequentially – make the first step a goal with a deadline and be accountable about to other people! This works!

Now personally I’m getting in action with this, starting with this website.

Sept. 16, Kitschchaos.com will be revamped and include a new section, ‘MyKitschChaos‘, which will be a web2.0 section for YOU. It will include a forum, personal blogs for everyone and 2 collaborative books, one on chaos magic, another on e-commerce – that everyone can contribute to! I’m using the Drupal Content Management system, it’s very powerful (and I’m half done already so I can do this).

So, see, a specific goal, a deadline and it’s is public so I’m accountable to all of YOU!

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