Setting Really Big Goals

Last month when I rode with Phil Keoghan I was really inspired that he is riding across America to raise awareness and money for MS. He doesn’t have MS, he doesn’t have a family member with MS; he just joined the cause. He has ridden on a Bike MS team in California and he gets many, many requests for contributions to all kinds of great causes. He decided to make MS his cause and focus his charitable contributions to this cause. I picked up his book that weekend (NOW – No Opportunity Wasted), and finished reading it that week and passed it on to Steve. He writes about challenging yourself and setting big goals. I have done a lot of reading about goal setting and know that in order to achieve really big things, you have to set really big goals, bigger than you think you’re capable of. I have had great fun setting and achieving my goals in the past; this year I set a really audacious fundraising goal of raising $10,000 for the National MS Society. I have no idea how I’m going to raise this much money. I have no idea where all the money is going to come from. I don’t know exactly how I will get over my reluctance to ask for donations. But I do know that there are people with MS who are challenged just to walk; my only challenge is to raise a few dollars and ride my bike a few miles. And if I meet my goal, we are one step closer to finding a cure for MS …..