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The Daily Motivation

The SECRET to Achieving the IMPOSSIBLE: Set GOALS You Have NO IDEA How to Reach (Yet!) | Bob Proctor EP 614

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8893 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Bob Proctor shares his invaluable insights on setting ambitious goals and navigating the path to success. He emphasizes the importance of pursuing dreams that seem impossible, trusting that the way will be revealed as you take action. Bob draws from his own remarkable journey, from humble beginnings to building a global company, and highlights the transformative power of mentorship and continuous learning. Through his wisdom and infectious enthusiasm, Bob inspires listeners to embrace their full potential and fearlessly chase their wildest aspirations.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi my name is Louis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

0:07.0

Is there a specific area for you that you feel like you need more work on than others?

0:17.0

Well, all of them because my company is nowhere near where I want.

0:21.0

Way back in 1973, I was living in Glenview, Illinois. I had just

0:25.9

left an Angale-Kona Corporation. I worked with Earl Anggill-Moyd Konein for five

0:30.4

years and I sat down and I said I'm going to build a company that operates

0:34.7

all over the world. I've absolutely no idea how it's going to do that but I knew if I could

0:40.4

think I could do it because that's what all the great leaders have agreed on.

0:44.7

They've disagreed in the original day everything else.

0:47.1

We operate today, the Procter Gallagher Institute operates in 88 different countries.

0:51.4

When we stream a program, go into around 115 countries.

0:55.8

Now if you asked me how are you going to do that when I started no idea but I didn't

1:01.8

know this if you set a goal and you know how to do it, the goal probably

1:06.8

isn't any good. It probably isn't any good. Because you know how to do it, you're going

1:11.0

to go sideways to repeat performance. You've got to go after

1:14.4

something you have absolutely no idea how you're going to do it. I've had a good fortune of working

1:19.4

with Edmund Hillary. He was a beekeeper from Auckland, New Zealand. He was the first man to

1:26.0

climb Mount Everest. He went there in 51 and he failed. He went back in 52 and he failed but in 1953 he had 10 saying

1:34.7

Norwich stood on top of the mountain but he couldn't tell you till after he got

1:39.6

there how he was going to do it and nobody could tell him because nobody had ever done it.

1:45.2

So the trick, pick a goal that you really want,

1:50.7

but you have no idea how to do it.

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