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John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success
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John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success

by John Adair
April 2011
Beginner
213 pages
2h 45m
English
Capstone
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Idea 9: Setting aims and objectives

The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly complete.

Henry Moore, sculptor

A sculptor like Henry Moore lived with a demanding task-like purpose for his whole life, but he broke it down into a host of small, finite tasks – his sculptures. What is the equivalent process in your field?

We all need an equivalent ability to break down the general into the particular. Purpose and aims have to be solidified into tangible tasks: goals, objectives and targets that can be planned, executed, delivered, and measured or otherwise ...

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