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The Magic Lamp: Goal Setting for People Who Hate Setting Goals Paperback – June 30, 1998
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Do you have trouble setting goals? Would you like to have greater focus, stronger follow-through, and achieve dramatically better results? Would you like to learn how to get anything you want from life--more money, a new home, a promotion, better relationships, a greater sense of fulfillment, or anything else you can imagine?
If so, then read The Magic Lamp. This remarkable book describes a simple yet unforgettable process for how to obtain whatever you want from both your personal life and your career.
What's the Secret?
The Magic Lamp is the first goal-setting guide for people who hate setting goals. Goals can take you anywhere you want to go, but they rarely give you the inspiration you need to get there. Wishes are different. They have emotional impact. They give you the freedom to dream and the power to make your dreams come true.
The Magic Lamp transforms the process of setting goals from a dull routine into an exciting adventure because it's the first book to combine the methods of goal setting with the magic of making your wishes come true.
If so, then read The Magic Lamp. This remarkable book describes a simple yet unforgettable process for how to obtain whatever you want from both your personal life and your career.
What's the Secret?
The Magic Lamp is the first goal-setting guide for people who hate setting goals. Goals can take you anywhere you want to go, but they rarely give you the inspiration you need to get there. Wishes are different. They have emotional impact. They give you the freedom to dream and the power to make your dreams come true.
The Magic Lamp transforms the process of setting goals from a dull routine into an exciting adventure because it's the first book to combine the methods of goal setting with the magic of making your wishes come true.
From the Back Cover
"The first new thinking about goal setting in decades."
--Rick Butts, author of The Safari Chronicles
"Bravo! The Magic Lamp does nothing less than reinvent the age-old process of goal setting, making it more appealing and far less intimidating than ever before. If you aren't getting everything you want from life, this should be the book you read next."
--Ed McComas, Regional Manager, Perot Systems
--Rick Butts, author of The Safari Chronicles
"Bravo! The Magic Lamp does nothing less than reinvent the age-old process of goal setting, making it more appealing and far less intimidating than ever before. If you aren't getting everything you want from life, this should be the book you read next."
--Ed McComas, Regional Manager, Perot Systems
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65 of 67 people found the following review helpful
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on March 30, 1999
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IN the 'self-help' category, The Magic Lamp stands out - It REALLY HELPS YOU SET GOALS AND ACHIEVE THEM! It is not only a thoroughly good 'read' but a practical, straight forward way to focus in on the areas YOU dream of improving, rather than trying to convince you that you need to do/be/becoome many of the things OTHERS want you to become. Since reading this book, I've started exercising reguarly, getting up 30 minutes earlier to work on my dream (remember, that's the most important thing you do all day!) and generally stop beating myself up in the process about all the "shoulds" and "could-have's" in my life. When distracted by the white noise of my day, I can now pause to remind myself of what is important - working on my dream rather than trudging along. A GREAT book!
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106 of 114 people found the following review helpful
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David G. Stokes
on November 29, 1999
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This book is different. It avoids all the cliches used in so many other books. I have already started implementing many of the ideas from this book in my daily life. Alot of self-help books get me excited as I read them, but when I finish them I put them back on the shelf and forget about them. Not this one. It will never be too far out of reach. It's funny, but all self-help authors seem very egotistical, thinking that their book is the answer to the worlds problems. This author shows no pretense, but portrays a consise, easy to understand method of setting goals. Changing ourselves is not easy. No matter what methods we us, or who tells us of an easier way to do it. This book is better than most at putting the message across.
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65 of 72 people found the following review helpful
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on August 14, 1999
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This is a nicely written book; it is a "good read." Its strong suit is in showing how to implement goals once they are down on paper in front of you. But that is 95% of the book. The process of determining what your goals are, or setting them, gets short shrift.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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Paul J. Mazzoni
on May 8, 2003
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When you see a book has over 200 pages and it's on a subject like goals, you know it might get repititive. It's not that the last chapters were not important, but they seemed to be reiterating the same idea. After all, having to read too much is keeping you from realizing your goals! The author talks a lot about "wishes" in the beginning and it seems contrary to what we typically call wishes, but after that, he really lays out a plan on how to realize goals that are sound.
I say it is "unique" because the writer is not one of those people who always knew what he wanted to do and did it. I could relate to him, unlike many of the authors of these type of books. Plus, the book was not anecdote after anecdote, which I really liked. If you take one thing away from this book, it should be not to worry about how you didn't accomplish what you wanted previous to reading the book....realize that it's never too late.
I say it is "unique" because the writer is not one of those people who always knew what he wanted to do and did it. I could relate to him, unlike many of the authors of these type of books. Plus, the book was not anecdote after anecdote, which I really liked. If you take one thing away from this book, it should be not to worry about how you didn't accomplish what you wanted previous to reading the book....realize that it's never too late.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Sarah Luciani
on April 16, 2005
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I say this because this is the best book I have ever read on setting goals. Most books that are written on the subject of procrastination and goal setting are usually written in a very dry formulary way of how to set out tasks and a list of things to do, and when you don't fullfill them you think once again I have failed, I will never achieve my goals.
This book is different. This book was written by a man that didn't know how to fullfill his goals. He spent years avoiding them,not even thinking about them, but he taught himself ways that he could achieve them. Some people don't even know what there goals are, but he gives you techniques on how to find them. He shows you really effective ways to find more time. He points out the importance of not trying to work on too many goals at once. And the most beneficial thing I got out of the book was the wake up call that goals take TIME. Sometimes a long time. I have always been a procrastinator, and I realized it was because if I couldn't see a difference with little steps I took , I gave up. He makes you see that it is the long term picture when you see results. It may take months, years a lifetime, but the baby steps count. I see that now! I loved this book and I hope you will too!
This book is different. This book was written by a man that didn't know how to fullfill his goals. He spent years avoiding them,not even thinking about them, but he taught himself ways that he could achieve them. Some people don't even know what there goals are, but he gives you techniques on how to find them. He shows you really effective ways to find more time. He points out the importance of not trying to work on too many goals at once. And the most beneficial thing I got out of the book was the wake up call that goals take TIME. Sometimes a long time. I have always been a procrastinator, and I realized it was because if I couldn't see a difference with little steps I took , I gave up. He makes you see that it is the long term picture when you see results. It may take months, years a lifetime, but the baby steps count. I see that now! I loved this book and I hope you will too!
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Allan B.
on March 5, 2006
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"The Magic Lamp" is a very good book to learn how to define your goals, how to do something every day towards your goals, and how to manage your progress.
Things I learned from it:
- the 11 steps to define your goal; I especially like step #7 (Begin your goals with "I choose...") and step #8 (Make it emotional)
- the 7 steps to create an action plan
- to focus on one or maximum two goals at a time
- to schedule a weekly progress report to manage the progress of your goals
- the 30-day plan to create a new habit
- the preference question (e.g. What is more important to me right now? Eat that chocolate cake or loose weight?)
- the FAQ-section at the back of the book
- how to finish what you start
The style of this book is also very different from the success boys like Robbins, Tracy, etc. who promise that you'll double your income, be more successful, blah, blah by setting goals.
If you want only 1 book about goal setting: buy this book. However, I think it is good to compare it with a more traditional goal setting book to appreciate "The Magic Lamp" even more. (e.g. buy also Brian Tracy's book or audio book "Eat That Frog")
Things I learned from it:
- the 11 steps to define your goal; I especially like step #7 (Begin your goals with "I choose...") and step #8 (Make it emotional)
- the 7 steps to create an action plan
- to focus on one or maximum two goals at a time
- to schedule a weekly progress report to manage the progress of your goals
- the 30-day plan to create a new habit
- the preference question (e.g. What is more important to me right now? Eat that chocolate cake or loose weight?)
- the FAQ-section at the back of the book
- how to finish what you start
The style of this book is also very different from the success boys like Robbins, Tracy, etc. who promise that you'll double your income, be more successful, blah, blah by setting goals.
If you want only 1 book about goal setting: buy this book. However, I think it is good to compare it with a more traditional goal setting book to appreciate "The Magic Lamp" even more. (e.g. buy also Brian Tracy's book or audio book "Eat That Frog")
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