This was sent to me by a friend today and I wanted to share...

By the mile it's a trial, by the yard it's hard; by the inch it's a cinch!

What if you were presented with the challenge of losing 10 pounds?  Or
perhaps you were challenged to develop a strategic business plan for a new
company, or learn a foreign language?  You would receive no monetary reward
for accomplishing this goal, but you would experience the satisfaction of
accomplishing something you had always wanted to do.


Now suppose in order to help you lose 10 pounds you were locked in a health
and fitness club for 13 days with the most advanced exercise equipment and
three balanced meals each day.  To help  you draft your business plan you
would be locked in the library for 13 days with the most current business
books and periodicals.  And to help you learn a new language you would be
locked in a comfortable, isolated room for 13 days with the best
instructional video and audio tapes.  No doubt you could accomplish all of
these goals under such extreme circumstances.

As much as the latest exercise equipment, business materials and
instructional tapes would help you successfully reach these goals, probably
the most important element is the difference 13 uninterrupted days would
make.

Of course, most of us do not have 13 days we can devote to accomplishing our
goals, but we could devote one hour a day, six days a week.  While an hour
may not seem like much time, six hours per week multiplied by 52 weeks
equals 312 hours.  Three hundred and twelve hours equals 13 days.

I have a personal goal of reading 25 books per year.  Instead of
sporadically trying to accomplish this goal, I try to dedicate an hour each
night too reading.,  That way my goal of 25 books broken down into daily
doses becomes much easier to achieve.

There are few goals you cannot accomplish by dedicating 312 annual hours to
them.  If you want to realize your dreams, spend an hour or two a day
working on them.  You'll be surprised at the results that consistent daily
effort will produce.

Remember:  If you reach for your goals one hour at time, they'll soon be
within your grasp.