{"id":25,"date":"2010-12-17T16:01:15","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T16:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/?p=25"},"modified":"2010-12-17T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T16:30:17","slug":"eye-on-the-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2010\/12\/eye-on-the-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye on the Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script> <fb:like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fjoe-mangum.com%2F2010%2F12%2Feye-on-the-prize%2F\" show_faces=\"false\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 15px 0px; clear:both;\"><\/fb:like><div><a href=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Eyes-on-the-Prize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72\" title=\"Eyes-on-the-Prize\" src=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Eyes-on-the-Prize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Eyes-on-the-Prize.jpg 373w, http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Eyes-on-the-Prize-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a>I think the cause of a lot of people (including myself) not succeeding in a given endeavor is due to a lack of vision and the correct amount of discipline to maintain that vision. In their book <a href=\"http:\/\/conquerthechaosbook.com\/\">Conquer the Chaos<\/a>, <strong>Clate Mask <\/strong>and <strong>Scott Martineau<\/strong> talk about the importance of defining what success means for you or your business. They mention that, \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to us how many people don\u2019t do this. They\u2019re toiling away, day after day, without really knowing what they\u2019re working toward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t know what it is you want to achieve to make you happy, then how will you ever know when to rejoice? It may seem silly, but it\u2019s true. I meet a lot of people who simply say that they just aren\u2019t happy. However, deep down inside, most of them have never really taken a chance to sincerely ponder about what it is they think will make them happy.<\/p>\n<p>By taking a few moments to think about what you\u2019re after, you will be amazed at the progress you can make. I like to set goals for almost everything I do. Once I define an achievement, I write it down and then review it daily. When I was in high school I wrote down my goals on a piece of paper and taped it above my light switch. That way, it was the first thing I saw when I woke up and the last thing I saw before I went to bed.<\/p>\n<p>It is often said that nothing can withstand human persistence. I believe that the persistence we need comes as a result of having a clearly defined goal to reach our own idea of success.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2010\/12\/eye-on-the-prize\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script> <fb:like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fjoe-mangum.com%2F2010%2F12%2Feye-on-the-prize%2F\" show_faces=\"false\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 15px 0px; clear:both;\"><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think the cause of a lot of people (including myself) not succeeding in a given endeavor is due to a lack of vision and the correct amount of discipline to maintain that vision. In their book Conquer the Chaos, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2010\/12\/eye-on-the-prize\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}