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By all means, plan and plot and set goals. Such is eminently salutary. But don’t skimp on the “how.” Develop your own list of behavioral maxims that govern the way you’ll tackle your goals and circumvent your obstacles.
Few activities prompt vicious self-recriminations as readily as reading about the myriad successes of some hot young entrepreneur who’s made his first million by the age of 25 and remains happy, healthy and content as he trots the globe with a hottie draped on one arm and the boarding pass to his private jet clutched by the other. For an oh-so-recent example: Inc. Magazine’s November 2011 cover profile of Jared Heyman, the 33-year-old CEO of Infosurv who left for a year to amble around the world while others ran his business (Inc. helpfully provided several photos of Heyman’s chiseled shirtless torso, just to rub salt in the wound). Meanwhile, the 30- or 40-somethings among us, who sometimes worry whether we’ll be able to pay the rent at the end of the month, read these modern-day hagiographies and say: There, but for the indifference of God, should have gone I.
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