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Design Your Best Year Ever: A Proven Formula For Achieving Big Goals
DESIGN. Your Best Year Ever. A Proven Formula For Achieving BIG GOALS. By Darren Hardy. Publisher, SUCCESS Magazine. [Paperback] Darren Hardy
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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Darren Hardy
36 books1,105 followersDarren Hardy is today’s preeminent Success Mentor having been a central business leader in the personal growth and success industry now for more than 20 years. He has led three success television networks producing over 1,000 TV shows featuring most every influential thought leader of our times. And for eight years Darren led the rebirth of SUCCESS Magazine as its publisher and founding editor.
These positions have given Darren unprecedented access to interview, investigate and publish the stories of the most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders in the world, including Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Howard Schultz, Steve Wynn, Jack Welch and many more.
Through this special access Darren has been able to uncover the strategies and methods that have powered the most successful people in the world, mixing in lessons and discoveries from his successful entrepreneurial journey and he now distills these coveted insights to mentor and empower millions of achievers globally.
Darren is also a highly sought-after keynote speaker, media contributor and the New York Times bestselling author of The Compound Effect and Living Your Best Year Ever and his The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster--Why Now is the Time to #JoinTheRide
Darren’s mission is to Positively Influence Influencers… and to be a guide for those who choose to… Be The Exception."
These positions have given Darren unprecedented access to interview, investigate and publish the stories of the most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders in the world, including Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Howard Schultz, Steve Wynn, Jack Welch and many more.
Through this special access Darren has been able to uncover the strategies and methods that have powered the most successful people in the world, mixing in lessons and discoveries from his successful entrepreneurial journey and he now distills these coveted insights to mentor and empower millions of achievers globally.
Darren is also a highly sought-after keynote speaker, media contributor and the New York Times bestselling author of The Compound Effect and Living Your Best Year Ever and his The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster--Why Now is the Time to #JoinTheRide
Darren’s mission is to Positively Influence Influencers… and to be a guide for those who choose to… Be The Exception."
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August 30, 2018
Absolutely essential reading for the year-end or start.
This is actually a workbook that one of my favorite mentors designed himself, so use it!
Don't miss his book and film suggestions at the end...
HIS QUOTES :
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"If you operate from what you lack, you will continue to produce outcomes to match it."
"To set your creative power in motion, you have to operate from an attitude of abundance, not scarcity. "
"Focusing solely on what you don’t have turns your creative power against you."
"Some goals aren’t worth going for. Every promise has a price."
"The same thinking that has led you to where you are is not going to get you to where you want to go."
"When detailing your goals, I have found that you cannot WANT to do something or HAVE anything; you can only BECOME what is necessary to attract what you desire."
"You are what needs to be worked on, not your goal. It will only be as great as you are. If you work on you, it will rise to the level of the new you."
"The world (and your goals) will meet you where you are. Focus on improving you — your attitudes, skills, and philosophies - and everything will improve for you."
"The time to begin is when the emotion is high and intentions are strong."
"Realize how you will be living out the remaining years of your life reflecting on what you might have done. The fear of failure is often a more powerful emotion than the desire for progress."
"I set all sorts of rewards along the way— quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily, and sometimes throughout the day."
"Share your goals and your plan with someone and ask them to hold you accountable."
"I often play out a situation in my head before I do it in real life. Every time I do, I discover something I can do to improve my performance."
"Begin to act now as you will act when your goal is reached."
"Do not procrastinate one more minute. Seize the amazing potential that has been dormant inside you; dust off the dreams that have been given to you as your purpose."
"Don’t let a million dollars of consumed and disposed-of goods be the only evidence that you were here. From this day forward, your life shall be one of movement toward greatness and extraordinary accomplishment."
OTHERS' QUOTES
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“It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles.” - Charles Bristol
“You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor.” - Jim Rohn
“Your imagination is your preview to life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Do the thing and you will have the power.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
“The price of success must be paid in full, in advance.” - Brian Tracy
“Nothing will work unless you do.” ~ John Wooden
“Tell me what you say you want, show me one week of your life, and I will tell you if you will get it.” ~ Patricia Fripp
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve everything to do, and you’ve done it.” ~ Margaret Thatcher
“If you are clear about what you want, the world responds with clarity.” ~ Loretta Staples
“Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It’s up to you to choose which you will be.” ~ Harvey Mackay
“Make a strong and permanent commitment to invest your talents only in pursuits that deserve your best efforts.” ~ Nido Qubein
“Always do more than is required of you.” ~ George S. Patton
“You will become as small as your controlling desire, or as great as your dominant aspiration.” ~ James Allen
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” ~ John Quincy Adams
“The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.” ~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
“Vision is the spectacular that inspires us to carry out the mundane.” ~ Chris Widener
“Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.” ~ Herbert Hoover
“Whatever your talent is, you should craft it, nourish it and build on it. It is the ‘niche talent’ that will take you to the top of your field.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen
“For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.” ~ Winston Churchill
“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.” ~ Madame Marie Curie
“When every physical and mental resource is focused, one’s power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.” - Norman Vincent Peale
“Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.” ~ Paul J. Meyer
“The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there. When you work, work. When you play, play. Don’t mix the two.” ~ Jim Rohn
“Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” ~ Socrates
“If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow.” ~ Denis Waitley
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in making new landscapes but in having new eyes.”~ Marcel Proust
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.” ~ Vincent T. Lombardi
“The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.” - Barbara Pletcher
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” ~ Og Mandino
“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.” ~ Bruce Barton
“We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?” ~ Jimmy Johnson
“All our dreams can come true… if we have the courage to pursue them.” ~ Walt Disney
"If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.” ~ President James A. Garfield
“Live your beliefs, and you can turn the world around.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” ~ Lao Tzu
.
This is actually a workbook that one of my favorite mentors designed himself, so use it!
Don't miss his book and film suggestions at the end...
HIS QUOTES :
------------
"If you operate from what you lack, you will continue to produce outcomes to match it."
"To set your creative power in motion, you have to operate from an attitude of abundance, not scarcity. "
"Focusing solely on what you don’t have turns your creative power against you."
"Some goals aren’t worth going for. Every promise has a price."
"The same thinking that has led you to where you are is not going to get you to where you want to go."
"When detailing your goals, I have found that you cannot WANT to do something or HAVE anything; you can only BECOME what is necessary to attract what you desire."
"You are what needs to be worked on, not your goal. It will only be as great as you are. If you work on you, it will rise to the level of the new you."
"The world (and your goals) will meet you where you are. Focus on improving you — your attitudes, skills, and philosophies - and everything will improve for you."
"The time to begin is when the emotion is high and intentions are strong."
"Realize how you will be living out the remaining years of your life reflecting on what you might have done. The fear of failure is often a more powerful emotion than the desire for progress."
"I set all sorts of rewards along the way— quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily, and sometimes throughout the day."
"Share your goals and your plan with someone and ask them to hold you accountable."
"I often play out a situation in my head before I do it in real life. Every time I do, I discover something I can do to improve my performance."
"Begin to act now as you will act when your goal is reached."
"Do not procrastinate one more minute. Seize the amazing potential that has been dormant inside you; dust off the dreams that have been given to you as your purpose."
"Don’t let a million dollars of consumed and disposed-of goods be the only evidence that you were here. From this day forward, your life shall be one of movement toward greatness and extraordinary accomplishment."
OTHERS' QUOTES
--------------
“It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles.” - Charles Bristol
“You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor.” - Jim Rohn
“Your imagination is your preview to life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Do the thing and you will have the power.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
“The price of success must be paid in full, in advance.” - Brian Tracy
“Nothing will work unless you do.” ~ John Wooden
“Tell me what you say you want, show me one week of your life, and I will tell you if you will get it.” ~ Patricia Fripp
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve everything to do, and you’ve done it.” ~ Margaret Thatcher
“If you are clear about what you want, the world responds with clarity.” ~ Loretta Staples
“Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It’s up to you to choose which you will be.” ~ Harvey Mackay
“Make a strong and permanent commitment to invest your talents only in pursuits that deserve your best efforts.” ~ Nido Qubein
“Always do more than is required of you.” ~ George S. Patton
“You will become as small as your controlling desire, or as great as your dominant aspiration.” ~ James Allen
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” ~ John Quincy Adams
“The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.” ~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
“Vision is the spectacular that inspires us to carry out the mundane.” ~ Chris Widener
“Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.” ~ Herbert Hoover
“Whatever your talent is, you should craft it, nourish it and build on it. It is the ‘niche talent’ that will take you to the top of your field.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen
“For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.” ~ Winston Churchill
“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.” ~ Madame Marie Curie
“When every physical and mental resource is focused, one’s power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.” - Norman Vincent Peale
“Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.” ~ Paul J. Meyer
“The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there. When you work, work. When you play, play. Don’t mix the two.” ~ Jim Rohn
“Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” ~ Socrates
“If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow.” ~ Denis Waitley
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in making new landscapes but in having new eyes.”~ Marcel Proust
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.” ~ Vincent T. Lombardi
“The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.” - Barbara Pletcher
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” ~ Og Mandino
“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.” ~ Bruce Barton
“We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?” ~ Jimmy Johnson
“All our dreams can come true… if we have the courage to pursue them.” ~ Walt Disney
"If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.” ~ President James A. Garfield
“Live your beliefs, and you can turn the world around.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” ~ Lao Tzu
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December 31, 2021
Excellent one! I wish I can make this year fantastic. Feeling myself lucky to have found this at the exact new year's moment.
"The great tragedy of life is not poverty or hunger or even death. The great tragedy is that we could, but we don’t; we should, but we won’t." - Daren Hardy (Design Your Best Year Ever)
Thanks Author.
"The great tragedy of life is not poverty or hunger or even death. The great tragedy is that we could, but we don’t; we should, but we won’t." - Daren Hardy (Design Your Best Year Ever)
Thanks Author.
September 3, 2019
Requires a lot of hard work, time and thinking but really powerful. I'm a big fan of Darren Hardy. If you're committed to putti g in the effort I'd highly recommend this. I've hit 2 of the 3 goals I set and am working towards the last one.
June 9, 2019
A great workbook that helps you lay out your best year ever. Highly recommend you get one!
January 15, 2018
I read this wonderful book during Christmas period. I was helpful to make my new year plan.
February 6, 2019
An amazing step by step plan on how to set goals and then go about finishing them. It gives you the tools in which to see where you are and how to improve. I highly recommend this book.
March 11, 2021
Absolutely amazing book! Actionable, simple and to the point!
February 11, 2022
Great guide in designing your success. Great workbook that will help you work your goals.
June 28, 2022
this book should be read every year, literally every year !!
October 5, 2023
I used this book to develop dreams and make them all true. It works
August 31, 2016
I actually started and finished this book today, and I think the timing could not have been more perfect!
I am a former and future subscriber to Success Magazine, and am reading through The Compound Effect a second time in a personal development book club, and am HUGE fans of both!
Since it is not even noon, and I read this book today, it is clearly not a LONG or difficult book, but I do not think that should even remotely take away from its value.
I do want to add that I read it today as an overview, but that I fully plan to work through the workbook parts later or tomorrow, and to use the guide throughout 2014, which is going to be my BEST YEAR EVER!
Hardy describes this book as the summative work of thousands of dollars spent on his own personal development, and I must agree. Most of what I read, I've seen in other sources (either his, his mentors', or his colleagues), and I am excited to have it in a simple, easy-to-work-through format just in time to use it as a blueprint for the new year. I strongly recommend it!
I am a former and future subscriber to Success Magazine, and am reading through The Compound Effect a second time in a personal development book club, and am HUGE fans of both!
Since it is not even noon, and I read this book today, it is clearly not a LONG or difficult book, but I do not think that should even remotely take away from its value.
I do want to add that I read it today as an overview, but that I fully plan to work through the workbook parts later or tomorrow, and to use the guide throughout 2014, which is going to be my BEST YEAR EVER!
Hardy describes this book as the summative work of thousands of dollars spent on his own personal development, and I must agree. Most of what I read, I've seen in other sources (either his, his mentors', or his colleagues), and I am excited to have it in a simple, easy-to-work-through format just in time to use it as a blueprint for the new year. I strongly recommend it!
January 3, 2017
Got a chance to read (and finish) this book on the drive home from our family vacation. It's a quick read and the last half of the book is space for you to actually design your best year ever. The information in this book is so valuable and I can't wait to see where this year, along with what I've learned from Darren Hardy, takes me.
January 5, 2014
A good way to organize goals and learn how to set measurable, attainable goals.
January 3, 2015
An absolutely fabulous resource to setting goals and creating a successful year.
July 24, 2018
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