A Worthy Ideal – by Earl Nightingale #287

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Brian Buffini

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🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

“The establishing of a clearly defined goal is just about the most important step we can possibly take.” – Earl Nightingale

If you have a clear goal in mind, you can overcome any obstacle and achieve outstanding success in your life. In this episode, Brian introduces the first in a series of unheard recordings by personal growth legend Earl Nightingale. Earl explains why, once you set a goal, life becomes easier, more fun and incalculably more rewarding.

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YOU WILL LEARN:

Why success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.
How to establish a clearly defined goal.
Why we become what we think about.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Episode 61, The Strangest Secret – by Earl Nightingale

“Think and Grow Rich,” by Napoleon Hill

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:

“Any person with a dream in his mind and heart which he has established as a worthy goal is successful.” – Earl Nightingale

“Unless you can say in one concise, well-defined sentence what your goal happens to be, the chances are good that you have never really clearly defined your goal.” – Earl Nightingale

“The captain of a ship cannot see his destination for fully 99% of his journey, but he knows what it is, where it is and that he'll reach it if he keeps doing certain things a certain way every day.” – Earl Nightingale

“Progressing successfully through a lifetime should be a matter of progressively setting and achieving goals, one after another, each a little better than the former.” – Earl Nightingale

“In 99 times out of 100, our goal can be accomplished in the work in which we are now engaged.” – Earl Nightingale

“Once we know where we're going, we know why we get out of bed in the morning. We know why we're working and why it's important to do the very best work of which we're capable.” – Earl Nightingale

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0:00.0	Music
0:14.0	Welcome to the Brian Bafini Show, where we explore the mindsets, motivation and methodologies of success.
0:20.0	Here's your coach, Brian Bafini.
0:23.0	Music
0:40.0	Top of the morning, and welcome to the Brian Bafini Show.
0:44.0	Boy, do I have a special treat for all of you guys today?
0:48.0	About four years ago, episode 61 of the Brian Bafini Show to be precise, we re-released the recording of Earl Nightingale's The Strangest Secret.
0:58.0	And it is still one of our most listened to podcasts.
1:01.0	And if you haven't done so yet, I encourage you to take the time to listen to episode 61, you will be blessed.
1:09.0	Now, Earl had a phenomenal story. He was born in Long Beach in 1921, and as a 10-year-old, his dad abandoned he and his mother at the height of the Great Depression, and they had to fend for themselves.
1:21.0	Earl actually joined the Marine Corps at 17, and was on the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1:28.0	He was one of only 15 surviving Marines aboard that day.
1:32.0	During the fall of 1949, he read the book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, and it just struck him like a bolt of lightning.
1:39.0	When he read that we become what we think about all day, he realized he'd been reading the same truth over and over again since he was a child from the New Testament all the way to the works of Emerson, as you so, so shall you reap.
1:54.0	In 1956, he produced a spoken word record, The Strangest Secret, which went on to sell a million copies, a remarkable achievement when you consider there were only about 20 million record players in the country at that time.
2:07.0	Well, he went on then to have a radio broadcast called Our Changing World, which actually became the most syndicated radio program ever.
2:17.0	Earl passed away in 1989, but left a rich legacy of all his life's work.
2:22.0	Past few years, I've had the privilege of building a friendship with Earl's widow, Diana.
2:27.0	In fact, the studio I'm recording in today is the Nightingale studio.
2:32.0	I love to name parts of our headquarters around here, Puffini Company, after mentors and people have influenced me.
2:38.0	And actually, when we had the ribbon-cutting ceremony for this studio, Diana flew in and cut the ribbon. It was a great time.
2:45.0	Well, recently, Diana surprised me with a gift. She presented me with a treasure trove of Earl's recordings that had never been listened to before, never been broadcast, never been produced.
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