Before the Crisis Hits…

Before crisis moments hit, resolve to make visionary decisions that will build sustainability:

Be there at the end by remembering your vision
Be there at the end by focusing on your goals
Be there at the end by  visualizing the future
Be there at the end by knowing how to relax
Be there at the end by devouring biographies

- Haggai, [...]

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The Will to Win Must Come First

Every leader has experienced moments when it seems preferable to abandon a project, give in to detractors, or take the easy road.  Also, a leader will frequently face the opportunity to satisfy a personal desire that, through not bad in itself, nevertheless interferes with the accomplishment of his goals.  Remember, the will to win must [...]

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Keep the Vision Permanent and the Goals Flexible

In business, as in any other enterprise, keep the vision permanent and goals flexible.  But often it turns out the other way around.  The goals become fixed and vision lapses.  Businesses cling to old buildings, old markets, old structures – long after these have fallen into terminal decline.  They ignore the constantly changing market.  In [...]

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What Your Goals Should Express

Make your goals the expression of your noblest qualities – a desire to live and achieve your maximum for God.
- Haggai, Dr. John E, The Influential Leader: 12 Steps to Igniting Visionary Decision Making, copyright 2009, Harvest House Publishers: Eugene, Oregon, page 61

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Goals Worth Embracing

Embrace a goal that stretches you beyond the limit.  Then chart your course to get there.  The higher you aim, the further you will go, every time.
- Haggai, Dr. John E, The Influential Leader: 12 Steps to Igniting Visionary Decision Making, copyright 2009, Harvest House Publishers: Eugene, Oregon, page 58

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What Makes Tangible Goals Easy

Tangible goals are easy to assess because you can measure your performance.  ”If you can’t measure it, you can’t monitor it,” says Paul J. Meyer
- Haggai, Dr. John E, The Influential Leader: 12 Steps to Igniting Visionary Decision Making, copyright 2009, Harvest House Publishers: Eugene, Oregon, page 57

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Make Your Goals Tangible

Make your goals tangible… Can you visualize this goal?  Can you measure it?  Can you monitor it?  How do you move toward achieving it?
- Haggai, Dr. John E, The Influential Leader: 12 Steps to Igniting Visionary Decision Making, copyright 2009, Harvest House Publishers: Eugene, Oregon, page 56

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Don’t Confuse Goals with a Wish List

Don’t confuse a goals program, a program of work, with a wish list.  You must analyze your goals carefully and subject them to constant review.  The influential leader accepts this and knows how to make it work – because his vision depends on it.  His goal program turns into a to-do list, to examine and [...]

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Three Reasons to do Goal Setting

Three reasons to do goal setting:

Goal setting helps you succeed.
Goals govern your whole approach to achievement
Goal setting contributes to a healthier lifestyle.

- Haggai, Dr. John E, The Influential Leader: 12 Steps to Igniting Visionary Decision Making, copyright 2009, Harvest House Publishers: Eugene, Oregon, page 53

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Vision and its Dependencies

Effective implementation of the vision, then, depends heavily on the skill of goal setting.  The clearer the leader’s goals, the sharper his focus and the more likely he is to realize his vision.  Effective goal setting focuses the leader’s vision by spelling out what steps he will take to accomplish it.
- Haggai, Dr. John E, [...]

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