What are targets of opportunity? This is a term which is familiar to those who have spent time in the army, the targets being persons of the enemy who happen to be just where you happen to be looking. Yesterday I was talking to a surgeon who had also been in the war and he used this term "targets of opportunity" to describe polyps in the bowel. His use of this term in such a different context grasped my attention, and I later found myself wondering how many people miss out on...

Personal development cannot be achieved without having clear-cut goals first. How will you be able to ascertain that you have really improved physically, emotionally, mentally or even spiritually if you do not have a basis? Moreover, if you have no idea where you want to go, what things you want to change, or what victories you want to achieve, there is a big chance that you will not be able to make most out of your abilities. Constantly challenging yourself and setting higher goals for...

May 2009, and Michaela Tabb becomes the 1st woman to referee the snooker world championship final. It gets a lot of publicity, but is a woman referee really any big deal?

Well the short answer is that yes, it is a big deal. A lot of people say it's sexist to focus on the issue, that women officials in sport are no different to their male counterparts. Hmm, I think that's wrong, and here's why...

Woman refs in sport *are* different than the men, precisely because there are so...

While goal setting tools can be helpful, you have to first know how to create the right goals to make a difference in your life. The most effective of these goals happen to be the so-called SMART goals, and you can find tools specifically designed to help you write, manage, and track these goals more easily.

What are SMART Goals?

Before you start using your goal setting tools, you want to know what SMART goals are and why they are different from ordinary goals....

3 Great Reasons to Set Goals.

1. Goal setting is a winner.
Winners set goals. In sports, business, education, and all areas of human endeavour, locally and globally research has proved time and again that setting goals is the sure way to achieve whatever your little heart desires.

2. If you put your mind to it you can do it.
Many more things are possible than we choose to believe. Most things are achievable in some way. Given the will, the time, the physical and...

Goal achievement begins with a detailed vision for the future. Yet manifesting that vision requires wise planning.

A purposeful plan is like a guiding light in tough times. It keeps us focused on priorities and goals that are aligned with our values and purpose.

Thomas Edison spoke of the value in planning when he said, "Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishments, and to either of these ends there must be...

By Darrell L. Browning

New Year's and Resolutions seem to go together just like Bambi and Thumper. In terms of achievement, however, they don't. Don't be dispirited or give up on change should your resolve falter. First, recognize that most human beings improve with tiny steps--not grandiose resolutions. Human behavior rarely changes at will and is generally successful over a period of time. A simple declaration may work but honestly, how many resolutions can you check off your...

Mary Morrisey is a New Thought enthusiast. She is a New Thought minister, a founder of New Thought church "Living Enrichment Center" and she was Association for Global New Thought's president. She has attended, presided and headed a number of New Thought organizations and events. She is also an author of "Building Your Field of Dreams".

Mary Morrissey will be seen in Miracle Mastery, a Major event that is expected to help change lives. She will be joined...

All things are created twice.
- Steven Covey

What is it that you want to do, achieve, say, write, be?

I read somewhere about a wonderful theme party.
The theme was 'Two Decades from Today'
Everyone was asked to attend the party as if living the life they wanted to be living 20 years from then.
So someone who wanted to be published came with a book of his (hardcover bound!), someone who wanted to be President came with security, someone who...

What can you do exciting this year to change your same old life-plan that isn’t working? How can you take the challenges before you and change them so you can soar like an Eagle in 2009? It’s not as hard as you think—that may be one of the stepping stones you face right there—how you think! What can you do to think differently? It is time to think outside of the box and succeed with passionate, yet reachable goals.

To begin, if you haven’t, you...