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The art of goal-setting is correctly said to be the key to life-long success. At the same time, it is admitted that those who set goals often fail to follow through. Yes, they may be more likely to succeed than those who set no goals whatsoever. However, how can you …

Within the next hour, you are going to get out of the chair and write yourself a fistful of goals. Here's how: On a single side of plain paper, write a list of ten things you would like to achieve in your life; five long term, five short term. The first goal should be something which you cannot complete in your lifetime. This makes you think carefully. It makes you realize what is important to you, and why you are here. The long-range goals stop you being frustrated by short-term setbacks.

The older I get the more I wonder what it is we're all so afraid of. Like you, I travel the world and see or hear about real problems; murder, torture, death, disease and starvation. Then I return to this gray, stuffy country to witness intelligent and privileged people wasting their lives down the pub or propped in front of the TV screen for, on average, four hours each night.