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On Friday we talked about the importance of measuring the previous month and measuring your progress.

Today, I want to talk about creating your new month. Every new month is such a great opportunity for each of us to create our monthly goals and to meet them, it’s amazing! It’s my best part of the month.

So, few people make monthly goals that could call the process a secret. And, this secret is quite simple.

If you want to have an extra ordinary months, make your plans and make it happen!

Let’s take the second part of that sentence and talk about it.

Notice how I said “Make things Happen”….I didn’t say expect things to happen.

Here’s why….I believe each of us have the ability to make our days the way we want them to be. It’s our CHOICE. Sure circumstances have some say on it but hey, in the end, it’s our life, our emotions and guess who has the control? US!!

And that’s why we’re going to plan our month and come up with our goals so we can make this month an amazing month, because we really have a choice to make it extraordinary.

To do this, you need a piece of paper and pen.

What are the 3 most important things you want to achieve this month?

Be specific!

I want to be rich isn’t a goal, it’s a dream. Instead, I want to make $1000 extra this month is a goal.

Make 3 of these goals; remember to be specific and challenging.

You can shoot for the moon if you want or you can be realistic, it’s up to you. It makes no difference right now, it only makes a difference in your end of the month review which we’ll talk about then.

There’s many more ways to get more specific about that but for now, I think this is a good start. Your job now is to make your dream a reality this month, go do it!