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168 Conclusion: Starting Your HARD Goal

earlier Cutting in Half exercise? Well, they basically started with
the question, what must I have accomplished today in order to
know that I’m on track to achieve my HARD Goal? And then
they took specifi c issues and made those the questions for their
friend to ask. For example, maybe the friend would ask, “How
many miles did you run today?” or “What was your heart
rate?” or “Describe the quality time you spent with your kids?”
or “What did you do to develop a subordinate?” or “Describe
what you ate.” The questions were specifi c to each person’s
HARD Goal, and because it was their goal, each person could
make up whatever questions he or she wanted.
The point of all this is very simple: keep your HARD Goals
front and center in your mind and use them to crush any mental
roadblocks that might emerge.
As I said at the very beginning of this book, you might have
doubts about achieving big goals, but I don’t have any doubts
about your impending achievements. As soon as you opened this
book, I knew you were after greatness, signifi cance, and mean-
ing. And I know you’ve got the talent and mind-set to achieve
it. Now, having gone through this book together, you’ve got
HARD Goals—goals that are fi nally worthy of your signifi cant
gifts.
That fi rst step is yours to take. And trust me, the fi rst step is
not a doozy. It’s a giant leap to the life you want and deserve.