Chapter Six. Don’t have any goals

A good friend of mine, Phil, has achieved lots of goals. He’s done things he’s always dreamed of doing. But that wasn’t always the case. Phil, for as long as he can remember, had a deep desire to visit New Zealand. That’s because when he was very young his aunt and uncle emigrated there and, after an emotional goodbye, Phil thought, “I must visit them one day.” But just like with the vast majority of the population, that’s all that it remained—a one-day wish.

Then two things happened. First, Phil was shown a way of ...

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