9. The Law of Direction

Successful people have a clear sense of purpose and direction in every area of their lives.

Lloyd Conant, founder of Nightingale Conant Corporation of Chicago, the biggest producer and distributor of audio programs on success and achievement in the world, worked with and studied successful people for more than fifty years. He came to the conclusion that “Success is goals, and all else is commentary.”

Your ability to set clear, specific goals for yourself in every area of your life will do more to guarantee you higher levels of success and achievement than any other single skill or quality. Absolute clarity about what you want is the starting point of all great accomplishment.

The more definite and focused you are, the ...

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