Living Your Best Year Ever

L i v i ng You r best year ever

Copyright © Darren Hardy 2011. Published by SUCCESS Books, an imprint of SUCCESS Media.

The Compound Effect: Multiplying Your Success. One Simple Step at a Time.

also by Darren HarDy

Copyright © Darren Hardy 2011. Published by SUCCESS Books, an imprint of SUCCESS Media.

L i v i ng You r best year ever
A Proven System for Achieving Big goALS byDarren Hardy
Bestselling Author of The Compound Effect, Design Your Best Year Ever and Publisher of SUCCESS magazine

Copyright © Darren Hardy 2011. Published by SUCCESS Books, an imprint of SUCCESS Media.

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Contents
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ACKnoWLEDgMEnTS PrEFACE inTroDuCTion STEP onE STEP TWo
Year in Review— • Taking Inventory

The WHY is More Important Than the HOW

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STEP THrEE STEP Four






Foundation of Abundance— • The Creation Process Formula Your Balance Sheet— • Creating a Balanced Life• Guidelines for Designing Your Goals The Grand Design— • Goals Check: Are They ‘SMART’? • Goals Check: Are They Balanced? The Magic Factor to Achieving Your Goals The Magic Factor Call to Action



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STEP FivE




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STEP Six

STEP SEvEn STEP EigHT

WorKSHEETS




Commitment Pledge Goal Designing Worksheets Weekly MonthlyQuarterly

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Your ACHiEvEMEnT MAnAgEMEnT SYSTEM

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rESourCES ABouT THE AuTHor
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“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.”
—Johann Wolfgang von goethe

Copyright © Darren Hardy 2011. Published by SUCCESS Books, an imprint of SUCCESS Media.

viiaCknowleDgments

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irst, i have to give thanks to my personal-development mentor, the late Jim rohn. You will see his influence throughout this program. Many of the big goals i have accomplished in my life are attributed to the inspiration and great instruction in my apprenticeship with this incredible man.
next, i must give thanks to the entire team at SUCCESS magazine and SuCCESS Media. While thewords and ideas found in this program are the result of a process and system i have followed to accomplish my personal goals for two decades, they helped me formalize it into the beautifully designed book you have in your hands. Special thanks to the editing talent of K. Shelby Skrhak, SuCCESS.com editor, and the design wizardry of Carl Waters, SUCCESS creative director, and Tim Kuck, graphic...