# Detailed Summary

This transcription details a step-by-step exercise designed for individuals, particularly those new to a group or organization, to establish and pursue their goals effectively. The speaker emphasizes the importance of only engaging with those willing to participate in this exercise, suggesting that non-participants are unlikely to be successful.

## Key Steps in the Exercise:
1. **Write Down Current State and Goals:**
   - Participants should start by writing down their present circumstances and then list 10 specific goals they aim to achieve in the next 12 months. Goals should be stated in the present tense to encourage a mindset of accomplishment (e.g., "I earn...").
2. **Identify Key Goal with a 'Magic Wand':**
   - The next step involves selecting the most impactful goal. Participants should envision having a magic wand that allows them to realize one goal within 24 hours, which should lead them to identify the goal that would have the greatest positive impact on their lives.
3. **Circle the Chosen Goal:**
   - Once the key goal is identified, it should be circled.
4. **Transfer to a Clean Sheet:**
   - This goal is then written on a new piece of paper for clarity.
5. **Follow the Seven Steps:**
   - The speaker outlines seven additional steps: writing down the goal, setting a deadline, making a comprehensive task list, organizing the list into a checklist, taking action, and committing to daily progress. 

The motivational tone suggests that perseverance and structured planning are essential in achieving success.

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From now on, whenever you bring on a new person, put them through this exercise. If they will not go through this exercise, do not waste a minute of your time with them, because they will never be successful if they won't follow your guidance.

Here's the exercise: Take a clean sheet of paper and write down goals in today's state. And then write down 10 goals that you would like to accomplish in the next 12 months, and write them in the present tense: I earn, I achieve, I weigh, I drive such and such a car, I own.

Then you take this list of 10, and you say, "If I had a magic wand and I could wave this magic wand and I could have any one goal on my list within 24 hours, which one goal would have the greatest positive impact on my life?"  Usually, this will jump out at you. Put a circle around that goal, and that's a goal you transfer to a clean sheet of paper.

And then you follow the seven steps: write it down, set a deadline, make a list of everything you have to do to accomplish it, organize the list into a checklist, take action, and then do something every day. If you'll just do this, nothing can stop you but yourself.


Achieve Any Goal With These 7 Simple Steps • Brian Tracy

from now on whenever you bring on a new
person put them through this exercise if
they will not go through this exercise
do not waste a minute of your time with
them because they will never be
successful if they won't follow your
guidance here's the exercise take a
clean sheet of paper and write down
goals in today's State and then write
down 10 goals that you would like to
accomplish in the next 12 months and
write them in the present tense I earn I
achieve I weigh I drive such and such a
car I own and then you take this list of
10 and you say if I had a magic wand and
I could wave this magic wand and I could
have any one goal on my list within 24
hours which one goal would have the
greatest positive impact on my life and
usually this will jump out at you put a
circle around that goal and that's a
goal you transfer to a clean sheet of
paper and then you follow the seven
steps write it down set a deadline make
a list of everything you have to do to
accomplish it organize the list into a
checklist take action and then do
something every day if you'll just do
this nothing can stop you but yourself

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Achieve Any Goal With These 7 Simple Steps • Brian Tracy

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