When trying to plan life goals it's often difficult to see where the road eventually leads to as it seems so far away. This article takes a look at a way of helping to deal with this often-encountered problem and overcoming it.

I find that it often helps to create a mental image - in terms I can relate to - of any given problem. So for really big projects it pays to have a big image! One I use for visualising life goals is that of a mountain. You are stood there at the foot...

A 7th century Arabian genius once said, "Success is the result of foresight and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning, and the most important factor of planning is to keep your secrets to yourself". The name of this genius was Ali Ibn Abi Thalib, one of the most illustrious, noblest and brilliant leaders of the continent-sweeping Islamic civilisation that was left behind by the Prophet Muhammad.

However, it is not the object of this article...

I was coming out of my house taking my two wheeler at 11 am to buy vegetables from the market.
A group of five or six women sitting on the sand under the shade of a tree which was planted by me few years ago, sipping the hot tea from the plastic cups and biting the crispy vadas.
They were the construction workers in a house under construction in front of my house.
These women were asking each other 'whether the woman went to space has returned or not?'
I heard their...

When your life is moving so fast, it may be difficult to pursue your dreams. Slow down, take a breath and get back to focusing on your dreams. We all have dreams that we needed to put on hold for the right time. Now is your time. Trust me on this- there is no better time than now to take the steps to make your dreams come true. Here are two stories of two little girl and boy who made their dreams a reality.

A sweatshop worker, sewing pants and blouses for a living, dreamt of...

You make up your mind to take up a certain goal, but worry about the time constraints. It will take years to profit, if I venture into a new business now, It will take years to get back to reality, if break off my unfulfilling relationship or other thoughts similar to these are clearly discouraging and plummet ones motivation level down a bottomless pit. You should set a goal and make fruitful attempts to keep focused.

Time and goal setting

We value time and so...

In my most recent columns weve covered issues about improving your business and marketing, but today lets start right at the beginning.

Youre really getting tired of the 9 to 5 rat race and are thinking about chucking it for your own business. All your friends keep telling you that you could do for yourself just what youre doing now for your boss. Why shouldnt you profit from your ideas instead of him?

You keep thinking about it because you know that youll never be...

Are you content with your life? Can you honestly sit back, and say that you have achieved everything that you ever set out to achieve? Can you honestly say that you are likely to achieve your goals and dreams in the future? Many people begin their lives with hope, aspirations, ideas and goals. As life progresses, they slowly come detached from these, and one day, they come to a realization that they probably won't achieve their goals. So they give up all together, and stop dreaming,...

Setting New Years Resolutions does little good for most people. We both know that right? So let's be realistic. But doesn't saying 'let's be realistic' sound almost crushing? As if our dreams and hopes for 2007 are not 'realistic', not likely to happen!

Well consider that Lenin was told his plans for taking over the country were not realistic. And he said 'so much the worse for reality'.

He had conviction. He had emotional dedication. So could emotional conviction...

If you've been affirming, visualizing and using manifesting techniques for years now and managed to manifest some of the things you've wanted, but still find that there are a few goals that you just can't seem to manifest, why does it seem to work some of the time but not all of the time? Maybe you don't deserve it!

I mean, truthfully, do you deserve what you want? Do you really deserve the dreams and goals that you've set your sights on?

Before you return with a scathing...

Every successful entrepreneur has at one time or another spent time setting goals. Goal-setting is one of the most valuable activities anyone can do. People without goals don't know where they are going and they don't know how close or how far away they are from their desired destination. Would you attempt to drive from New York to California without a map? Not likely, unless you don't mind occasionally ending up in Louisiana. Goal-setting is nothing more than laying out the map of how...