From Rachel Thompson of MindTools.com
Editor: “Design Your Life”

Dear Future Life Designer

As editor of “Design Your Life” and a convert to using the “Design Your Life” system in my own life, I’m here to tell you something about Mind Tools and why we choose the “Design Your Life” system for your goal-setting and success motivation.

In my seventeen years career as a business consultant and management development expert, I have seen too many talented and intelligent people fail to reach their full potential simply through lack of focus and direction. So when I started my second career with Mind Tools, I was excited at the possibility of helping people (perhaps like you) who are searching for focus and direction, and simply need the right help.

The Importance of Finding the Right Expertise

As the Internet’s most visited career skills and management training resource, Mind Tools' mission is to help you quickly and painlessly learn the "essential skills for an excellent career." With goal-setting ranking among the most important of these essential skills, it was very important for us to offer the right system. I am therefore very proud to recommend “Design Your Life”.

We set about searching for right expertise well over a year ago. After much looking, we encountered goal-setting expert and life strategist Rod Moore. When I first spoke to Rod (and in fact every time I’ve spoken to him since!) I was inspired by his passion for helping people succeed. He is a natural motivator, an engaging speaker and a pleasure to work with in the Mind Tools team. (You will hear from Rod for yourself with the audios included with “Design Your Life”.)

Let me tell you a bit more about Rod.

Several years ago, he was searching for a goal-setting approach that would make a real difference in his own life. Like you, he was searching for the right tools and techniques. He freely admits he found it quite a struggle to plan his goals well and even more difficult to sustain them.

The Better Approach to Goal Setting...

He felt sure there was a better approach! An approach that would be more manageable and sustain his focus and energy from one week to the next…

So, guess what? He decided to develop his own system for goal setting and motivating success.

He researched and studied as much as he could about goal-setting and motivation. He looked carefully at the lives of successful people: how they plan, how they stay focused, how they challenge themselves to ever-greater achievement. He studied business people and sports stars alike, to learn secrets of their success.

Rod’s original goal was to create an approach that guided his own success. Today he has developed and honed his system of goal-setting and success motivation and has already helped more than 10,000 people around the world. And Rod’s own success story speaks for itself: He is highly successful, highly focused and motivated and he lives his life by design – with a clear vision for a very successful future.

How I Became Successful and More Focused...

In the past eight months, the system has become part of my life too. Since I designed my life, I too have become more focused and successful. Until this year, I was an “annual goal-setter.” You guessed it: I sat down every January, and wrote down some goals – along with a few New Year resolutions for good measure. And, I have to admit, I hardly ever looked at them again. My successes were somewhat independent of my goal-setting!

In contrast, I now have a clear vision of my future and a clear plan for achieving the major goals in my life. And I am achieving much more, as you too will find when you use the “Design Your Life” system. When I need a little motivation, I simply review my “Design Your Life” workbook where I have written my vision statements and goals. Because I have used this system and its powerful techniques, I am motivated and energized by my vision and goals themselves, every time I read them.

Enjoy “Design Your Life” and have a very successful future!

With best wishes,

 Rachel

Rachel Thompson

MindTools.com