Lesson 2 cont'd, understanding goals

Understand the Importance of Goals

We are Driven by our goals. It is of critical importance to understand what a goal is, and how we formulate and select a goal. A goal is an image we form in our mind:
• Images are formed in the creative hemisphere of our brain
• It can be something we desire
• It can be something we fear

Once formed in the creative hemisphere, our analytical hemisphere automatically:
• (Is a “difference engine” that) attempts to reduce the difference between what we have as an image, and what is in the real world.
• So we make changes in the real world to approach the positive image we hold.
• We also, paradoxically, attempt to approach the negative images we hold in order to be able to avoid them. This effort leads nowhere and consumes energy.

When we form images of what we desire, we set ourselves up for success. Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a giant in the field of human motivation, makes this claim in Psycho-Cybernetics.
Dr. Marvin Minsky, head of the artificial intelligence project at MIT suggests this is a key factor in human thinking. In the scriptures, Jesus said, "Whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive,according to your faith will it be done to you." (Matthew 9:29, [NIV])

Spend time each day with your goals, praying and believing that they are being fulfilled. Feel the delicious wonder of it all as you contimue to approach and achieve your goals.