Lou Riley  

Hello everyone. It's Lou Riley coming at you live from Nashville, TN. I was in the mood to toa little writing today. I could not think of a better place toshare my thoughts with than here with you.

No time to waste. I will get right to the point. My business mentorand partner, Val Smyth said these words on a call: "Goal settingis for loosers!" "People set goals because they are used tofailing!" Yeah, just like you I was shocked the first time Iheard it. So was everyone else on the line. This went right pastnew info and into new mindset.

He explained and challenged that no where in any religious text (Bible, Torah,Qur'an etc...) will you find the concept of goal setting. Well, that wasenough for me to hear. My mind began taking over. Raised in theBible Belt, I had my full dose of the King James Version of the Holy Bibleduring my formative years. When my mental motor started running itstarted making perfect sense to me.

Think about it. When God created the Heavens and the Earth, he didn'tmake a list and begin checking things off. I could imagine God in hisworkshop wearing a set of coveralls and a baseball cap with a pencil stuck inthe side. "hmm....let's see....I think I'llllll make..uhhh.....holdon.......o.k......Man! Let's see about 4 ft. no..no..no 5 ft. 10 inches,maybe some facial hair, maybe not......(I could go on for days with this one!)

No. God said be and it was . Just thatsimple. All matter had to stop what it was doing at the moment to lenditself useful to his command. Now add that to the belief that man/womanwas made in his image, then you begin to realize that this power was placed ineach of us. We just forgot how to use it.

Let me take you to my picture at the top of this post. This was me at theage of maybe 4. I was a superhero. I had superpower. I couldfly. I did not plan these things. It is what I chose to be.When I put that shirt around my neck and said be....I was. I always knewI was supposed to be something special. My purpose is to do many greatthings. I think I lost track of that when I started setting goals andstopped being what I was.

Maybe that's why its so important to maintain some of our childhood traits aswe become adults. Just maybe those goals we were taught to set areactually assurances for the unstable, insecure parts of our subconcious thatconstantly needs a pat on the back for doing what we always had the power todo. Sometimes we forget who we really are. The child's mind skips right pastlimitations and goes right to being. Somehow we enter adulthood and learnto focus on becoming.

Just be and watch all that you want fall into place.

Dreams mean work,

Lou Riley
President
Lou Riley Inc.

"Live your life off the wall!"

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