Show I KEEP A GOAL IN SIGHT In one of ot the largest cities in the United States there Is a doctor who has had considerable success in putting putting putting put put- ting distrait and unhappy people I back on the right track to happiness and success His method Is beautifully beautifully fully tully simple Whenever a person feeling he needs a doctors doctor's advice comes to this doctor the doctor puts pieces of ot plain white paper and a sharpened pencil in front of ot the patient Before we start with your case he suggests I want you to write down do on that paper your go goal l in life lite When eve ave get it down in black and white I believe we can really go somewhere Nine persons out of ten cannot define their goal at all much less write It In other words nine out of often often often ten men and women lead purposeless purposeless purposeless purpose purpose- less goalless lives The doctor believes believes believes be be- they cant can't find happiness until their goal Is clear and andin in full view I If your goal in life lite is clear you will adjust yours yourself ell to the goal but if it your goal isn't clear or if Its It's an unworthy goal how can you expect to be very effective or attractive to others he asks I realize that what I have bave said here might sound a little bit theoretical theo theo- theoretical and academic to you I assure assure assure as as- sure you however that it is nei nei- nei- nei ther Setting the goal and keeping it in sight is one of ot the big secrets of attaining the kind of ot personality and winning the kind of success and happiness that you most want Suppose your goal is the general goal of a business and social suc suc- cess That's a very common goal All AU right Its It's worthy Write down exactly what you want to get out of life write life write down yo your r goal boldly To attain that goal youve you've just written down you know that you have to make yourself acceptable to certain persons persons perhaps perhaps to customers customers customers cus cus- cus- cus in your business or to the kind of men and women you want to associate with in n society To 10 be acceptable to them your personality must be the kind which they will approve It must include certain trails generosity trans generosity charm graciousness magnetism other positive qualities The next thing you have to do is spend an honest hall half hour in self- self inventory trying to decide what in inthe inthe inthe the final analysis you have to do to attain the goal which you set for yourself |