YOUR GOALS WILL OPEN GREAT DOORS AND TAKE YOU TO MIGHTY PLACES
Let’s face it. There are certain doors you may never enter and there are places you may never be granted access until you explore your gift to the maximum. The world needs a compelling reason to celebrate or reward people. Setting SMART goals to develop your gifts/talents can be one of the most important goals you can ever set for yourself. Believe us, the rewards are great!
The sixteenth verse of Proverbs chapter eighteen according to the KJV says that, “A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men”. Indeed, setting a goal to develop your gift can bring you before great people. One person whose life clearly illustrates this in modern times is motivational speaker, Les Brown.
From Sanitation worker to Global Voice of Motivation
“If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.” So says, Les Brown. Whoever believed that an ordinary sanitation worker could rise to such global prominence of addressing industry chieftains and respected leaders worldwide? Well, such is the power of setting big goals and accomplishing them sharpening one’s gifts. Indeed, his gifts through the avenue of goals has brought him before great men and women across the globe.
As one of the world’s most renowned motivational speakers, Les Brown is a dynamic personality and highly-sought-after resource in business and professional circles for Fortune 500 CEOs, small business owners, non-profit and community leaders from all sectors of society looking to expand opportunity. We said this again and again that great things never happen to people by accident. Success is more strategy than hope! It will interest you to know that For three decades he has not only studied the science of achievement, he’s mastered it by interviewing hundreds of successful business leaders and collaborating with them in the boardroom translating theory into bottom-line results for his clients. Addressing audiences from Denmark to Dubai, Canada to the Caribbean, Les Brown is invited back again and again for his powerful message and the ability to connect deeply with people from all walks of life. It isn’t just his great smile and his way with words that motivates people to take action like never before; when people face roadblocks or adversity it is the depth of his knowledge on achievement that creates lasting results.
In effect, instead of forcing yourself on getting the attention of great and wealthy people, you should rather do something great that will draw the attention of powerful people to look for you. The interesting thing about reaching your goal is that, it makes great people come into your life without any invitation. Your goals will bring you before great people. Keep setting bigger goals and work hard to accomplish them! That is the simplest key to greatness~ Proverbs 22: 29 confirms this, “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men”.
“If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.” It’s time to set goals to develop your gifts (talents); that is your trump card to greatness. None other will suffice!
Article was culled from the book #HOW TO SET GOALS AND ACHIEVE THEM WITH EASE co-authored with Elizabeth Boandoh (The Super Girl).