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Hello, this is Paul McKenna, and welcome to this special edition of the positivity podcast.

Given the current situation in the world, rather than doing an interview, today I want to bring you techniques to help you at this challenging time.

Many people are saying that because of the uncertainty about the future,

or for whatever reason, they're feeling unmotivated.

Let me share with you some ways to create a more compelling positive future

and to get motivated.

Firstly, let's look at the power of goals.

Research studies consistently show that having goals

make a significant difference in creating success, and the biographies of high achievers

throughout history bear out this research. So if you want to achieve anything worthwhile,

you absolutely have to have goals. But how you design your goals can make all the difference in the world.

Now size really does matter. Your goals have to be big enough to get you out of bed to make you feel

really motivated. Just being a little bit more efficient at work or losing five pounds is really a

big enough target to aim at. You need big goals, goals that will

ignite your passion and get you into action. Then all the things that you do in your daily

life become easier. It's very important as well to write down your goals, describe them in

vivid detail. On the way to achieving your goals and what you will see here and feel when you

achieve them is very, very important. Who cares what you don't want? Far too many people focus on

what it is they don't want. They don't want to be overweight. They don't want to feel like a loser.

The unconscious mind doesn't process the negation. In order not to think about elephants,

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