- Another Perspective on Wealth
- Setting Personal Goals
- Introduction
- Learn How Wise Financial Planning Can Help You Achieve Your Goals
- Understand The Requirements for Your Personal Financial Plan
- Identify What You Want to Accomplish in Life
- Understand and Apply the Principles of Effective Goal Setting
- First: Strive to Learn What Heavenly Father Wants You to Do.
- Second: Seek Heavenly Father's Help in Setting Goals
- Third: Start With the End in Mind
- Fourth: Write Down Your Goals
- Fifth: Keep Your Goals SMART
- Sixth: Review Your Goals Often
- Seventh: Remember That Some of Your Goals Will Change
- Eighth: Set Some Fun Goals
- Ninth: Remember Success is Not Measured by Achievement, but by Striving
- Summary
- Assignments
- Understanding and Managing Credit
- Conclusions 1: Learning to Give
- Conclusions 2: Decide to Decide
Third: Start With the End in Mind
When I read Stephen R. Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, I particularly liked the habit, “start with the end in mind.” Start by writing your obituary. How do you want to be remembered? Do you want to be remembered for your money and fame, or for your integrity?
Next, pretend you have only a week to live. What would you want to do if you only had one week to live? Would it be to work more hours at the office? Would it be to buy that new car? Would it be to have renewed an old friendship? Would it be to finish your personal history? How would you spend that last week?
Now, pretend you have only a month to live. What would you do differently if you knew you only had one month to live? Now pretend you have only a year to live, five years to live, and finally a life to live; write down what you would do in that time. Starting with the end in mind will help you prioritize your goals and realize what things are important to you.
