To make a goal effective, you’ve got to test its outer-limits. Push it out as far as you can. Only once you make your goal impossible will you stop operating based on your current assumptions and knowledge.

How have you grown as a person over the past three years? What are the biggest things you’ve learned in the past 12 months? What are 10 important things you’ve accomplished in the past 12 months? What meaningful experiences have you had in the past 90 days? How are you clearer on your goals and vision than you were 90 days ago? In what ways is your life different and better than it was 30 days ago? What important progress have you made the past seven days? What progress have you made in the past 24 hours?

If you focus on what you lack, you lose what you have. If you focus on what you have, you gain what you lack.