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The Work Book

Marianne Thorne

Creative

Goal Setting

Created and developed by

Marianne Thorne

© Copyright: Creative Goal Setting 2017

Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 2

Introducing Marianne ................................................................................................... 2

Getting Started .................................................................................................................. 4

Something you can do in the meantime........................................................................ 4

Hints before you begin: ................................................................................................ 5

Adding Value Exercise ..................................................................................................... 6

Who are we talking to? ................................................................................................. 8

The Three Rules of Creative Goal Setting...................................................................... 10

The reasons behind these rules: .................................................................................. 10

My Vision ....................................................................................................................... 11

The Significance of each of the 12 Areas of Creative Goal Setting ............................... 14

Arranging the 12 Areas................................................................................................... 16

Dealing with URGENT issues and creating a FOCUS .............................................. 18

Metaphysical Law ........................................................................................................... 19

Distinctions ..................................................................................................................... 41

The Power of Pictures..................................................................................................... 44

Our Mind ........................................................................................................................ 45

Thank You Letter............................................................................................................ 59

Creative Goal Setting is an ongoing process .................................................................. 61

What makes Creative Goal Setting work? ...................................................................... 63

The Creative Goal Setting Workbook

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Introduction The power of materializing your dreams lies within your own imagination. Creative Goal Setting supports your progress in gaining clarity, self esteem and a sense of purpose with the direction you choose for yourself.

This book is your pro-active motivation … the positive opposite to procrastination … the ‘why’ you would want to be bothered doing Creative

Goal Setting; to consciously author-ise your reality as you REALLY want it!

You can continually create your personalized experience of life consciously.

This may come as a bit of a shock … but … you have always been creating your life experience ~ you just weren’t always aware of this!

You have always been Creating your life both consciously and unconsciously.

This is why you can now choose to consciously take charge of the outcomes and enjoy a lot more satisfaction out of guiding the process more effectively using your Creativity and Intelligence. You can constructively change your mind as often as you want and still end up with accumulated wisdom specific to your personal desires.

The way you think and speak shapes your life experience; your Reality.

You have either heard this before, or it is new to you … quantum physics! The science of understanding HERE and NOW and how we connect with and affect the HERE and NOW via our electromagnetic fields. Oh, and our future!

Introducing Marianne

Firstly, a quick introduction of myself. Marianne Thorne, Attitude Coach.

Home base: Victoria, Australia.

Quite simply; for over 33 years I have immersed myself in understanding how I create my reality from moment to moment, month to month, year to year and decade to decade. I have discovered that if I don’t like what I am creating as my life experience, I can change it!

It took me years to work this out as many of my family and friends were not at all interested in delving into the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of life. I changed my experience of that and how I was affected by their opinions, and got on with the journey of self discovery and self realization.

I am now in my 50’s and a Mum. I have spent over 30 years expanding this wisdom for my benefit. Along the way, many friends and associates have joined this expedition into understanding our “force fields” – electromagnetic fields that radiate from our Mind and all it Creates (therefore, our physical, emotional, and mental realities) and practical day to day Consciousness and Awareness.

My personal growth comes from having the courage to choose what I want.

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Courage … yes, to think and behave differently when I believe it to be appropriate.

To now know when to filter out other peoples’ opinions and be guided by my inspiration with passion and enthusiasm. That took a lot of learning!

This has not always been easy … ever heard of peer pressure? Of course you have.

And how about family and cultural traditions and expectations!

So, how do I make the changes I so desire?

I use my Creative Goal Setting (CGS) Program. I have been using it since 1988. And I am not about to stop!

The simplicity of the CGS Program continues to work for the new and improved version of me. As I evolve, so does the content of my CGS “Goal Folder”.

In truth, I could do all this without the CGS Program … and my life may have ended up looking more or less the same, but because this is the most efficient way of focusing my accumulated wisdom on getting what I really want, I believe it has improved my life experience much more than tenfold on an annual basis. I have read many books and attended many seminars teaching various principles inherent in Creative Goal Setting (some confusing the issue/topic immensely). Along the way I have seen many people also into Personal Development remain the same, doing the same actions (or non-actions), but getting the same old results … not apparently reaping the promised rewards. I think this is because they have not organized their personal values and priorities as simply and effectively as I have.

The Creative Goal Setting Program is my method of putting it all into practice.

Clearly and specifically communicating my desires to my Consciousness (my overall electromagnetic field) is how I get what I want. I always have the intention that my desires be for the highest good of all concerned. In other words, I trust that the Higher Mind/Super Conscious aspect of my Mind can sort out the details of my desires and deliver the outcomes without doing any damage! Another way of saying that: I choose to trust I can have what I desire within the guidelines of my stated Personal Values and Expectations.

The existing electromagnetic energy creating my reality continually moves, constantly rearranging, creating a new and greater Reality. This always includes my latest requests to the extent of my commitment, excitement, enthusiasm, and emotional detachment … positive attitude … toward them. And because I comfortably and assuredly believe my requests to include the highest good of all that may be concerned even beyond my awareness … they do.

Enough, about me … now for You.




Getting Started The best way to do Creative Goal Setting is by using the Creative Goal Setting Program. It lends itself to being used on your personal computer … a Microsoft Publisher template is available from CreativeGoalSetting.com for printing the classical physical Goal Folder (which I use, and highly recommend, along with the computer technology and printing) as my values and priorities continue to evolve over the years.

Over the years many have enjoyed the benefits of additional coaching and support in getting their CGS Folders up and running, but now I am sharing world-wide. So I am giving you the next best thing!

The knowledge to Do-It-Yourself by using the ideas from this Workbook.

To make the most of this opportunity, ideally, you would invest in a folder/binder with 4 x 25mm “D” shaped rings from your local stationer/department store. (A white “Insert Folder/Binder” that has a clear pocket on the front to slide your Creative Goal Setting title page into is best.)

I hope this Workbook provides you with the inspiration to make Creative Goal Setting part of your life as I have … not just another “How To” book you have read!

The steps described in this book link your personal values and priorities to your ideal lifestyle. As with all good ideas; they are really only any good when put into Action. Creative Goal Setting is making this as easy as possible by providing all the tools you require. Your effort is the key to your success, along with a packet of coloured markers. In this case it is easy effort, fun with colours and pictures … the closest I can get you to the effortless Way of the Tao, is through Constructive Thinking ~ this is an ACTION that even the Tao allows.

Something you can do in the meantime

Collect pictures.

One of the main elements of Creative Goal Setting is the cutting and pasting of pictures into the 12 Areas of life inside your Goal Folder. You can draw pictures, use photographs or simply collect pictures from magazines and brochures. Written captions or headings cut from magazines are valuable also; be sure they are in positive present tense for best value. Don’t forget the internet for great images. I have done some “scrapbooking” style decoration in my CGS Folder also.

In each of the 12 Areas of the Goal Folder there are blank pages with only a border and the Creative Goal Setting butterfly logo; these pages are for pasting the pictures onto. Some Areas of your Goal Folder will need extra picture pages. Make these yourself by adding sheets of A4 paper in A4 plastic sleeves.


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Hints before you begin:

You can download the Creative Goal Setting Program with the pages already labeled and looking good from: http://CreativeGoalSetting.com/creative-goal-setting. To be used in conjunction with this CGS Workbook.

Personalize your Goal Folder by decorating its cover with colour, pictures, sparkles, etc.

As you collect pictures and captions for your Goal Folder, use only a small dot of glue on the back of each picture/caption, so you can move them easily as you explore your options and evolve your ideas (change your mind!).

I recommend that you use your own words when writing positive ideas to yourself. Using the Creative Goal Setting rules will teach you how to write positive personal affirmations. The reason for this is explained in the description of Our Mind.






Adding Value Exercise It is Time for you to get to know you! Time to find some positive aspects of yourself that do not need transforming. You are already adding value to your reality, whether you are aware of this or not. The Adding Value Exercise is a guide to understanding aspects of your innate value. Even if you feel the need to rebuild your life from the ground up … there are already some foundational aspects in place; sometimes they just need dusting off.

You are always adding value to those around you, whether you are aware of it or not.

Before you read on and before you write a Vision of what and how you want your life to look and feel like, please have some fun completing the Adding Value Exercise.

Whatever you do, do not procrastinate! Be pro-active. The following exercise only takes a few minutes and will potentially leave you feeling good about yourself! Well worth it!

Here it is:

STEP 1. Using coloured markers (preferably), start on the first of three lists by writing 10 words that describe the favourite characteristics in your personality. You can use words describing your future personality by choosing qualities you aspire to in role models and mentors. (for example: successful, creative, intelligent, etc.)

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It is O.K. to start the 2nd and 3rd lists before finishing the first. As long as they are all finished before proceeding to the next step.

In the second list write 10 words that describe the favourite ways you love expressing yourself - these words must end with “ing”. You can make up words. (for example: musicing, naturing, etc.)

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In the third list write 10 words that describe your idea of a perfect world, include the people and the environment.

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There are some words that do not work well within the subconscious mind; such as: unpolluted, unconditional. The subconscious mind focuses (through word association) on the core of the word. It creates polluted before it can “un” it. Unfortunately, it never gets around to “unning” it, because there is no such thing. You need to replace “negative core words” with words that represent the positive opposite to the negative core, while still saying what you want. For example for ‘polluted’; green, clean, pristine, eco friendly.

Correct any negative core words.

STEP 2. Go over your lists and select (circle) 3 words from each. Keep it light and fun; I suggest that you just select the ones that jump out at you.

Fill in this following sentence with the nine words you have selected.

“I, ……………………….…. NOW KNOW I AM ADDING VALUE AS I USE MY (your name)

………………………..………., …….…..………………….. AND …………….….…………….. (the three words circled in your first list)

BY ………………….……….., …………….……….……… AND ……………………….………. (the three words circled in your second list)

AND AS A RESULT MY WORLD IS MORE …………………...……………, ……………………..…….. AND ………..………….. NOW”

Fix the grammar; especially with the 3 words from the first list as they may need different endings.

STEP 3. Transfer the sentence onto page 8 titled: My Life Plan where you will also notice room for a personal picture of yourself.




There are three purposes for doing the Adding Value Exercise:

Firstly, to get you focusing on yourself - bringing you into Present Time and thinking

about yourself with the Creative Goal Setting technique. Which also makes it good and

Right to Constructively focus on yourself.

Secondly, to point out that you are already contributing to those around you and to the

Planet by happily being truly yourself.

Like a tree. In just being itself and looking after its own needs by absorbing water,

sunlight and other nutrients from the surrounding resources; a tree coincidentally adds

value to the environment. It absorbs carbon dioxide and creates beauty, oxygen, shelter,

and food year after year; and of course, other by-products such as timber. While the

tree’s focus is on survival or receiving nutrients; it spontaneously cooperates in the

bigger scheme of things, whether it is aware of it or not.

So, whether we realize it or not, we are adding value to those around us. Often in ways

we are totally unaware of – also referred to as a Precessional Effect or Higher Purpose;

something we are usually unaware of in Present Time. We are leading by example all

of the time, whether positively or negatively, and therefore others can learn from our

experience too; if they want to.

Who are we talking to?

All the inner conversations we experience, while communicating with ourselves verbally, non-verbally via our actions, comments, thoughts, and written ideas, are Communicating with someone VERY IMPORTANT!! Who? The answer to that is: Your Self, your Super Conscious, Consciousness with a capital ‘C’ … whoever, or whatever you want to call the electromagnetic field we ‘live in’, the Creative Force/Intelligence creating your existence.

After you have done the Adding Value Exercise and written your sentence into the ‘box’ at the bottom of your “My Life Plan” sheet on the next page; get a photo, or draw a picture, a portrait of yourself (alone) and paste it onto the centre ‘box’ on the My Life Plan page.

The purpose of the self portrait is to communicate ownership of your Goal Folder; your

goals and values, to your conscious, subconscious and Super Conscious aspects of your

Mind using an image. A picture being worth a 1000 words…


My Life Plan

Paste a photograph

of yourself, that you

are proud of, here

I, ………………………………………… now know I am adding value as I use my ………….……………………, …………………………….. and ……………….…………… By ………..….……….…..., …………..……….….….… and ……..…………………….. And as a result my World is more ……………….….……….., ………………....…...…… and …………..…………. NOW!



The Three Rules of Creative Goal Setting There are only three rules throughout the whole Creative Goal Setting process:

1. Write with coloured markers, changing colours after every phrase or sentence ~ coloured pencils are OK too.

2. Write everything in positive present tense ~ as if it has happened or is happening now.

3. Write only about yourself.

The reasons behind these rules: 1. Colours: to activate the creative aspect of the Mind. Plus, if you are

feeling down the colours and positivity can help you feel better!

2. Positive Present Tense: the subconscious mind only works in present tense. A memory is like re-living an experience in present tense. For example, when you hear a song on the radio that reminds you of an event years ago, you re-experience (feel) it in present time. And why does it have to be Positive did I hear you ask? Beats being negative … this is explained in detail in Our Mind later in this book. In the meantime, choose your words wisely. Many words are extensions of negative core words; for example: unpolluted, non-judgmental, unconditional, limitless. Use words that are positive while saying the same thing; some examples: the positive opposite to polluted = clean, clear, pristine, etc. the positive opposite to judgmental = accepting, allowing, etc. the positive opposite to conditional = pure, free, etc. the positive opposite to limit = abundant, plentiful, opulent, etc

3. Only about yourself: it is not our right to change others or to expect

others to change. Therefore, for things to change ... first we must change ourselves. We can only write about ourselves in a relationship, or about the relationship itself. That is, write about the concept of two people knowing each other; rather than the people within it. Any goals written or visualized involving others are out of ethics AND, at the same time, demonstrating an emotional attachment to their involvement – emotional attachment to anything shows us when we have subconscious emotions needing to be released to enable our Creative Intelligence to work on our Goals more efficiently.




My Vision Before writing your vision on the My Vision sheets, spend a little time imagining an ideal lifestyle. Yes, it is appropriate to daydream right now!

~ dare to dream your dreams ~

Have the page My Vision (as per the next page) ready with your coloured markers. Then spend a minute or two imagining an ideal lifestyle ~ daring to dream your dreams ~ I will lead with some questions to start your visualization.

Sit back, relax and answer these questions silently to yourself. This will only take a couple of minutes and then you can write your ideas on your My Vision Sheet afterwards.

Be outrageously creative; let go any restrictive thoughts about lack of resources and/or time and get a feeling for what you would ideally love to be doing, being and having, as though you had all the resources and time to do, be and have all that you want. Think in terms of abundance ~ abundant affection, good health, resources, friendship, work, fun, leisure, laughter, purpose, etc.

A Visualization that suggests you Dare to dream your dreams! Get a feeling for what you would ideally love to be doing, being and

seeing as part of your future. Where would you like be? Choose a location on this plane you would

most like to live. ….. Which country? ….. Is it in a country area, town or city? ….. What is the landscape like? ….. Are you living near water, trees, mountains? ….. Is it on an island?

What does your home look like? ….. Is it a unit, a house, a mansion or a tent? ….. Do you share this space with anyone?

What do you have? Do you have a vehicle? ….. Computer? Great clothes? ….. What else?

What are you doing? ….. Are you traveling? ..... Where to? Studying? ..... What at? Working ….. What as? Are you doing all of these things?

And how is your health; both mental and physical? Are you happy and healthy?

Using the My Vision sheet following, and the Three Rules of Creative Goal Setting, begin writing the first draft of your ever evolving Vision. It can be written as a list or in paragraphs, your choice.


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The first copy of your Vision is a draft. Eventually this Vision will reflect the content of your CGS Folder’s 12 Areas of Life. You can add to it later. In Creative Goal Setting you are encouraged to update your Vision (and other work sheets) often. Keep it exciting and include as much detail about the outcomes you are expecting as you can in order to create a clearer picture in your ‘mind’s eye’.

We are not describing the details of how we got there, but the details of the end result. The details of how our life looks in 5 or 10 years’ time ~ except we are not saying it will take 5 or 10 years to materialize it. We are leaving the timing aspect to the “Higher Good of all concerned”; so anytime NOW is ideal. Don’t add anything that you don’t want yet. For example, don’t include babies in the Family Area if now is not a good time for them to show up!! Add them later when it is appropriate to your lifestyle and commitments.

It may take a few re-writes to get it right. And in a year or two you may have changed your mind and need to re-write your entire Vision again. Each time you re-write it, select the good aspects and transfer them into your next version. Rewriting your Vision will continue to motivate you when you are not sure of your direction in life. Exploring your Vision will pull you through times of doubt.

Confirm you have written in present tense and only about yourself. Make any corrections as you go, as these directives are important.

When you read your Vision; it should be motivating ... if it is not, then it needs re-working with more detail and/or with more ‘stretch’, excitement and desire to do what it takes to make it happen. Sometimes this takes a few re-writes.

Stretching your reality out into the ‘unknown’ is safe inside your CGS Folder. In fact, that is one of the benefits of having a Goal Folder. You can explore your hopes and desires safely; building them up with more and more detail. The more excited you get about them, the more positive thought will go into them and the more likely they will materialize just as they have been written/authored; authorized. Sound too good to be true? Read on, take it step by step and ease yourself into it.

Please note: Only write what you are willing to take responsibility for and/or eventually action yourself. Writing goals for others is similar to having expectations of others - not usually very comfortable if you are on the receiving end. So don’t do it. We are here to create our own reality; it is out of integrity to think we can or should create someone else’s reality! Even our children’s or spouse’s. We may have the role/responsibility for creating a happy, healthy and harmonious home environment for them, AND to set our own personal values, expectations and boundaries within our relationship with each of them, but beyond that it is up to them to learn to take responsibility for their own outcomes. By all means discuss this with them, asking them How/What Questions – but don’t write goals/expectations for them in your CGS Program. Hence the 3rd Rule of CGS: “Only write about yourself.”




The Significance of each of the 12 Areas of Creative Goal Setting

Contribution ~ Whatever you most like contributing to the community. For

many people this provides a financial income (but not necessarily). Contribution can involve being a full time parent and/or partner, doing volunteer work, a job, retirement and any other cooperative behaviours that feel Right for you to Share. The Contribution Area also includes any study (school/tertiary) and/or secondary contributions. It is what you want to “care enough to share” with the community. This Area of the CGS Program could have up to 4 Distinctions Sheets, “Job”, “Vocation”, “Study” and/or “Voluntary/Charity Work”.

Consciousness ~ Your relationship with the Super Conscious aspect of your

Mind; your Higher Mind. The [self aware] omnipresent electromagnetic [force] field that is our Creative Intelligent Consciousness.

Family ~ Parents, siblings, partners, children, pets, relatives and any others

that may live with the family; without naming them, or including photos of them, and therefore setting goals for them. (Relationships with friends and/or acquaintances go in the Leisure Area.)

Health ~ Your physical, emotional and mental well-being.

Home ~ The place(s) you live in and/or would like to live in, including a

description of the immediate environment (street frontage, garden, terrain).

Leisure ~ The hobbies, sports and interests you have outside of your

Contribution, including (but not limited to) friendships (without naming them), social life, where you like to travel and what you like to do on your vacations/holidays.

Material Things ~ Everything you would most like to own and/or be

caretaker of. For example: clothing, jewelry, accessories, books, ornaments, cars, boats, bikes, airplanes, furniture, electrical appliances, televisions, computer and office equipment, houses, investment properties, etc.

Personal Development ~ Improvement of your skills, talents, attitude and

intellect (it may cross over with “Study” in the Career Area). This includes Creative Goal Setting, other cognitive behavioural techniques, personal development publications and seminars, learning musical instruments and languages, attending business courses, furthering education, etc.

Relationships ~ Your current and/or proposed primary relationship with

your loving partner(s). If this is not relevant, then it can be used to describe all relationships with people; although these are covered in other Areas. (eg family members in Family, friends in Leisure and co-workers in Contribution.)

Resources ~ Any physical and non-physical attributes found within your

inner and outer (psychological/mental, emotional and physical) environment. Including, but not limited to, money and management thereof. Physical and




intellectual abilities, location, knowledge, experience, contacts; this list could be very long.

Self ~ Describe the relationship you’d like to have between your conscious

mind and your Higher Mind. Make it a happy, healthy and harmonious one including acknowledgment and acceptance of your physical, emotional and mental attributes and resulting self esteem; especially if left alone on your own for a year or more?

The Planet ~ This Earth Plane; its people, animals and plants; its environment.

Some of the Areas over-lap, for example Relationships and Family, Home and Material Things ... complete all Areas making sure each Area complements the others.




Arranging the 12 Areas It’s time to get your thoughts in order. Creating the outcomes you prefer requires order, decisiveness, as well as creativity.

Make yourself 12 cards/slips of paper, with the 12 Area headings: Consciousness, Contribution, Family, Health, Home, Leisure, Material Things, Personal Development, Relationships, Resources, Self, and The Planet. Or use the ones on the next page. These Areas are listed in this CGS Workbook and in the CGS Program pdf file in alphabetical order; it is for you to decide which ones precede the other Areas.

Arranging the Areas of Life is an integral part of the CGS Program and establishes, or at least supports, your personal philosophy about life.

Firstly, compare the 12 Areas to find the most foundational ones. Although the Areas are all valuable and therefore important, some are even more important as they form a foundation for the others. IE: without a physical planet, we would not need a physical body or physical home/shelter. Therefore, The Planet is foundational to anything pertaining to the physical bodies of people and animals such as Self, Health, Relationships, Family, Leisure, and other material things such as Home and Material Things. Even though you may not spend much time thinking of The Planet every day, it still forms a foundation for other physical Areas, thus bringing it forward, closer to but not necessarily at, the front of your Goal Folder.

Now the question for you to answer is: Is there an aspect/Area of life that is foundational to The Planet? And what other Areas go before Health? It is like the chicken and egg question; which came first? These are your decisions, distinctions, to make. And the reason we have a loose leaf binder is because your philosophy may change with further Personal Development.

For a few minutes assume you have mastered life; as though life is ideal and running smoothly as per your Vision! Now sort the twelve Areas into an order of importance that also suits your written Vision. Keep sorting through the Areas; putting the most foundational Areas first demonstrating which ones you think form a foundation for others, the least foundational will be the last. Until you are comfortable with the order of all 12 Areas.

If you notice yourself putting an urgent Area (eg Resources due to financial stress) to the front of your Goal Folder, ask yourself: Would I still have these Areas in this order if my monetary issues were solved? If you are looking for further guidance with your philosophical views, quiz yourself with Why and What if questions. Such as “How do I know this is this more important to me than that?” “What if this aspect/Area of life did not exist, what would happen, if anything?”




Consciousness Contribution Family

Health Home Leisure

Material Things

Personal Development

Relationships

Resources Self The Planet

If you are doing this exercise in this book; you are going to label the following 12 Distinction sheets (starting on page 18) in this book in the order you have just made. But first read on …

Life is full of ups and downs. Imagine the 12 Areas as 12 spokes of a wheel. The ease of the journey through life depends on the even length of the spokes in your wheel of life. To bring them into balance you need to focus positive attention on each Area.

Life often serves up a few obstacles that need to be dealt with urgently. ie financial problems, communication break-downs in relationships, Contribution changes, etc. Creative Goal Setting supports you in dealing with these.




Dealing with URGENT issues and creating a FOCUS

Dealing with what is most urgent is done by leaving this workbook (as you add your pictures and Distinctions to it), or your Goal Folder, open at the Area that with improvement could most benefit you, AND relating feedback you’re your reality to this Area.

This creates a Conscious Focus in your life and sets you up to do Constructive Thinking. Decide which of the 12 Areas is most ‘urgent’ now. Find a place in your home where you will see this book or your Goal Folder daily and leave it open at this Area until the “urgency” is resolved. Even if you have no pictures or words written yet.

Whatever happens in your life while this book (I use my Goal Folder, some also use their computer/phone screen image for this!) is open at this page will be relevant feedback pertaining to this Area. We will be discussing how your subconscious thoughts affect the outcomes in your life in the chapter about Our Mind. Yet suffice to say, having a FOCUS, guides our Communication with our Super Conscious Mind/Consciousness, resulting in what I like to call Constructive Thinking. Instead of feeling adrift in an ocean of emotion we are tapping into our innate Intelligence!

When you have received the outcomes you are looking for, be guided by Inspiration to another one of the 12 Areas and leave it open there.

You may want to re-arrange the order of the Areas as you change your outlook on life. That is easier to do in a Goal Folder … Print the Creative Goal Setting Program as provided at http://CreativeGoalSetting.com/creative-goal-setting rather than printing any of this Workbook.

If your life is running smoothly, with no obstacles, leave your Creative Goal Setting Folder open at the Area you would most like to improve.

With the Creative Goal Setting technique you are changing the way you perceive and create your life; without using your will power to change external elements. You have the opportunity to change your own outcomes with integrity by not focusing on the outcomes of others and therefore leaving others with their own perceptions and creations. They will deal with these in their own way in their own time. This is where you “let go” emotional attachments and let the Super Conscious aspect of your Mind juggle the outcomes “for the highest good of all concerned”.

Go ahead PRINT the CGS Program, or if that is no longer available to you, then print the following Distinctions “worksheets”. Write the 12 Area headings in the Area box at the top of each Distinctions sheet, in the order you have arranged the labels on the next page.

The blank pages are for the pictures you collect and draw relevant to the Area heading you have written on the opposite Distinctions Sheet. These are already labeled in the CGS Program.

The instructions to the Distinctions sheets are on page 41 following the sheets you can PRINT for your own Goal Folder.








Metaphysical Law

There is Order, there is Purpose.

Everything happens in the right order, at the right time,

in the right place, for the right reasons, for the right Beings.

Therefore: I am doing the right thing

always; my Purpose is happening now. I am trusting in what I am doing and where I am going. I have faith in my

Timing and Purpose as I Create my reality Now.

I am enjoying my Progress in materialising my Dreams!


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Distinctions In Creative Goal Setting there are twelve Areas of Life needing your attention. Even though each Area has its unique aspects, sometimes the ideas overlap, in which case we need to confirm they are congruent; that the Areas agree with, and support, each other within our overall Vision rather than be conflicting. Now is your opportunity to discover what outcomes you want in each Area and how you feel about each of these Areas of your life. It is important to put these ideas, decisions, Distinctions, in writing.

These sheets are used to:

a) establish the physical, measurable outcomes you wish to receive in each Area of your life; written on the left under Tangible Expectations, and

b) the feelings and ethics you want to experience in each Area of your life; written as a separate list on the right under Personal Values.

The double line down the centre of the page indicates there is no need to match the ideas written on the right with the ideas on the left; they are separate lists under the one heading/Area.

You can have more than one Distinctions sheet per Area. For example in Contribution you may have separate Distinctions sheets for current job, potential career/vocation, school, study, business and/or voluntary community work. In Resources you may need a second sheet for business finances if you are self employed. This is made easier when using a Goal Folder/4 ring binder … either PRINT spare copies of the blank Distinctions sheets to file in your Goal Folder or download the CGS Program pdf which as spare copies already!

1. Choose an Area of your life to work on, preferably one that requires some fixing.

2. If you are using your Goal Folder; write the Area of your life you are working on in the Area box at the top of the sheet.

Tangible in Creative Goal Setting means touchable and/or measurable. Some different measures used in our society are:

time academic titles job titles

distance school grades volume

speed

weight

clothing sizes

percentages

numbers

monetary

Add to this list: behaviours that can be touched, eg smiling, walking, etc

The word Expectations means goals. It is used to encourage the subconscious mind with an attitude of expectancy/knowingness. It also assists people to build their self-esteem if they have ever experienced others expecting too high or low of them, now they can set the level of their own Expectations!

3. Starting on the left side under the heading “Tangible Expectations” ~ using the 3 rules of Creative Goal Setting (Using coloured markers and changing




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colours after each phrase or sentence, writing in positive present tense and only writing about yourself). Write at least 5 things describing measurable and/or tangible outcomes you want in this Area of your life. Write long and short term goals in present tense as if they are already happening now.

Please note: We do not use dates in Creative Goal Setting because:

The subconscious mind relates best to, and activates, “now” statements. Future dates are stored and ‘forgotten’ in the subconscious mind as surplus information.

dates can set us up for failure when a goal is not received ‘in time’, and

why wait months or years to find out that you have the wording incorrect, when with correct wording, your Expectations can show signs of coming to fruition within a couple of weeks or hours (days for some goals - months for others!).

Using verbs ending in “ing” is most effective when communicating with the Super Conscious aspect of our Mind.

4. On the right hand side, under the heading: Personal Values, write the values you think would be helpful. This list does not need to match with the list on the left hand side. Values are feelings that cannot be measured, yet can be felt in our body as feelings. Over time, as you evolve these Distinction sheets, you may recognize a core group of values that show up on most of your Distinction sheets thus developing as very important, even foundational, to you and used by you to judge the essence of your situations and associations; whether they feel “good” or “bad”, ”yum” or “yuck”, ”Right” or “wrong”, for you.

5. The box at the bottom of the sheet labeled Essential Focus is for the most significant word that you have written in your list of Personal Values. Choose a significant Personal Value, a single word, and write it in the Essential Focus box. A single word helps us FOCUS – a phrase or sentence starts diffusing the electromagnetic Power of an idea. Yes! Words and thoughts, written and/or spoken, have a measurable electromagnetic field attached to them (when communicated with emotion), hence we can FEEL them within our own electromagnetic field (often referred to as our “energy body” which usually seems to be in our physical body – but is not restricted to this location).

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Example Distinctions Tangible Expectations Personal Values

Contribution

Self employed Creativity

Working from home by choice Freedom

Receiving $1000 nett per week Positive Recognition

Working 20 hours per week on average Success with integrity Family

Communicate with parents each week Trust

Finish building cubby house Love and Respect

Exercise and play with our dogs daily Unity and Support

Lead by positive example for the children Sharing and Caring Health

My body creates the nutrients it requires

from the food, air and water

Feeling fit and healthy and respectful of

my body

Walking for 30 minutes every day Proud

Drinking at least 1 litre of water each day Intuitive Relationships

Sharing my life, my dreams, my

achievements, my family relationships, my

experiences and things

Love, Trust and Respect

Communicating with compassion Intimacy and Friendship

Sharing experiences of restauranting,

traveling and socializing

Caring and Sharing

Resources

I have the skills to invest my money wisely Discipline

I have saved 10% of all my income Wealth and abundance

I live on 70% of my income; investing the

rest

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Self

I am a human being living on Planet Earth It is fun being me

I am an adult I love and respect me

I am a woman I treat me with compassion

I am a communicator I appreciate me for who & what I am The Planet

Leading by positive example by looking

after my things and the land I live on by

choosing ecologically sound equipment,

materials and other agents

Healthy and Abundant

Traveling overseas meeting people and

understanding different cultures

Tolerant and Accepting

Driving ecologically sound and well

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The Power of Pictures

Find and/or draw pictures and captions that can fit anywhere in your current and/or future life to paste into your Goal Folder. The pictures and captions are cut and pasted onto the ‘blank’ sheets that have the butterfly logo in the bottom right corner. It is recommended that you use only one dot of glue on the back of each picture, so that they are easy to change later.

Be aware of wording in quotations and captions … you may need to re-word them positively within the 3 Rules of Creative Goal Setting.

Please note: using pictures of friends, family and pets is not recommended as this conflicts with the third rule of Creative Goal Setting.

You can add more plastic sleeves for more pictures in your Goal Folder. But do not have so many pictures that you need a bigger binder – the size of binder is chosen to support our need to FOCUS. Too much clutter simply confuses and diffuses the FOCUSED electromagnetic field we really want to Create.

Use coloured paper to add a bit of zest. Add decoration if you wish.

Keep the picture pages and worksheets together in their relevant Areas; unless you are moving them to Received Goals near the back of your Goal Folder because they are no longer relevant as an ongoing goal.

The power of the subconscious mind is such that the colours of cars, brands of goods, etc, may materialize exactly as pictured in your Goal Folder. So have fun choosing the details carefully!

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Our Mind We can use a model or an analogy to explain our Mind, which is not visible or physical (unlike the brain that is an organ with physical functions), it is an ‘invisible’, but measurable, electromagnetic field.

In Creative Goal Setting we use three icebergs joined at the base below the waterline to illustrate three areas of our Mind.

Our Mind

Iceberg Water level

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This iceberg model is portraying 1-10% of our Mind as conscious. In other words, we are only aware of a small part of our Mind; the part doing the thinking.

The Conscious Mind THINKS.

It judges, decides, discerns, concludes, etc. It does ‘self talk’ or ‘internal dialogue’, this being the thought process you are familiar with.

The conscious aspect of our Mind is the awareness of physical and non-physical surroundings.

Awareness is the interpretation of data from the 5 senses: sight, sound, touch, smell and taste.

The other parts have specific functions also:

The Subconscious Mind STORES.

It has stored every experience you have ever had since conception. And more!

It stores all the data from your 5 senses and all the positive and negative thoughts you have ever had. This includes your peripheral vision/hearing of data and events you are not consciously aware of, yet are happening in your vicinity.

It stores systematically by word and/or experience association. For example: what do you think of when I ask you to think of “cat?” ... some people respond with black, or fluffy, or mat, or even large yellow tractors - depending on what they have associated “cat” with in their past experience.

Our Mind

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The Super Conscious Mind CREATES.

This part of our mind creates our reality. It materializes the outcomes of all thoughts, experiences and associations (including our emotional responses) as stored in the Subconscious Mind.

There are many names given to the Super Conscious part of the Mind; some people call it God, Great Spirit, Higher Self, etc. I call it Consciousness, yet I know it is an ever expanding self aware Intelligent Creative electromagnetic field.

The affect our thoughts have on our day-to-day life are most easily explained with a story of Fred, the cyclist.

While Fred is out cycling, he has an idea ... he thinks a thought.

His thought is “I want to win a gold medal.”

Assume the middle iceberg is Fred’s Mind. It is at the tip of the iceberg, on the conscious level, that this thought first occurs to Fred ~ as indicated by the light bulb and the gold medal.

Our Mind

Introducing Fred’s thought: I want to win a gold medal

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In the same instant Fred has this conscious thought, the thought is stored in the subconscious mind.

The thought is stored through word and/or experience association.

The subconscious mind has already stored every experience and thought that Fred has ever had.

In a flash of an instant the subconscious mind scans its memory-bank looking for any previous thoughts or experiences that Fred has associated with winning, gold, medal, and indirectly, cycling.

Our Mind

Fred’s thought is automatically & instantly stored in his Subconscious

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In Fred’s subconscious mind is a forgotten memory of an experience that happened when he was about four years old. Fred’s father had entered him in a children’s running race.

Fred has the whole experience “filed,” as ‘he saw it’ as a four year old, in his subconscious mind.

This experience starts with him nervously standing in a line with other children. He was not sure what was expected of him, but he could tell from his father’s eagerness that it was important that he “win”. He was not sure how to “win”, so decided to follow the other children.

The starting gun went off; making him jump with fright. The other children started running ... so Fred did too. There was lots of laughter and encouragement from the parents. However, Fred heard his father yell: “Stop Fred, stop ... you are running in the wrong direction.”

Fred, confused stopped running. His father came to him and laughingly said, “You silly little thing, you can’t win when you are running in the wrong direction!” Fred felt he had failed. He felt miserable. He didn’t understand why, after all, he had just followed the other children!

Fred’s subconscious mind recorded the whole event, including his father’s words, based on his emotions (underlined above) as a negative experience. The words “can’t win”, loaded with all those feelings of failure and confusion became associated with “racing” events /situations in Fred’s subconscious mind.

In Creative Goal Setting we call these negative thoughts and emotions distractions. Later, these negative emotions tend to distract us (keep us) from

Our Mind

Fred’s thought changes when it is stored with an old belief to: I can’t win a gold medal

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receiving our goals. We all have many distractions in our subconscious mind, sabotaging our ideas and efforts from time to time.

When a new idea, such as “I want to win a gold medal” is recorded, the subconscious mind associates it with data already stored. In Fred’s case, with negative out-of-date distracting data and emotions from his childhood which have since ‘developed’ with plenty of additional emotion compounding the issue.

The ‘new’ thought now evolves. In Fred’s subconscious mind it is now stored as “I can’t win a gold medal”, along with all the sabotaging/distracting emotion that is attached to the memory.

The subconscious version of the composite thought; “I can’t win a gold medal” is picked up by the Super Conscious aspect of Fred’s Mind in the same instant. In fact, this whole process is happening in the same instant of time that Fred is having the original thought of “I want to win a gold medal!”

Our Super Conscious Mind Creates the outcomes to all the thoughts it finds in the subconscious mind.

It does not judge and/or change the messages it receives as judgment only happens on the conscious level.

Our Super Conscious is the part of us that can connect us to all else in our Reality; as shown by the bottom section of the three icebergs where they are joined at the base. Unfortunately, this iceberg model cannot illustrate the

Our Mind

The Super Conscious receives the message: I can’t win a gold medal

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omnipresence of this Creative electromagnetic Force; but like the air and water in the sea, sky and ice, it is everywhere.

The Super Conscious Creates (materializes) the stored version of all thoughts in the subconscious mind as outcomes on the conscious level.

Remember, what we think of consciously may not be the same as what is stored in the subconscious part of our Mind.

The way we consciously perceive and experience the outcomes in our life is known as our REALITY.

Back to Fred ... he has the subconscious (composite) thought “I can’t win a gold medal.” The Super Conscious can materialize this as an outcome in many ways. For many people it would appear on the conscious level as “I am not fit enough”.

Now, it just so happens that Fred is physically fit; he is passionate about long distance cycling and cycles a lot. But he still has the negative subconscious thought “I can’t win” operating in his subconscious mind.

The Super Conscious is creating outcomes based on this negative message in Fred’s subconscious mind. As a result, each time he enters a cycling race he gets a puncture, or takes a wrong turn, or is disqualified for not complying with the rules, or crashes, or is sick and cannot compete, or the event is scheduled at a time when his family has an important occasion he must attend, or at a place that he cannot get to, or he hasn’t enough money to pay his starting fee ... the

Our Mind

The Super Conscious creates Fred’s reality based on: I can’t win a gold medal

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list goes on … all of which leaves him feeling confused and unable to control the outcomes in his life; quite apathetic.

Fred is being distracted, or sabotaged, by his own long-forgotten memories tucked away in his subconscious mind since he was a small boy. The confusion and apathy he feels needs to be recognized and handled.

These outcomes are FEEDBACK for Fred.

If he won more cycling races, he would have the feedback that his subconscious mind is clear of, as in not clogged up with, any distractions on this subject. Unfortunately, this is not the case for Fred.

Fred has now lost many cycling races due to varying physical reasons.

Our Mind

Fred’s reality provides feedback on the message his Subconscious is sending.

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With this sort of negative feedback, many people would give up and/or start a destructive cycle of self-talk. This self talk would most likely start with “Why me?” Whenever we ask “Why me?” we are setting ourselves into the potential trap of being a ‘victim of our circumstances’.

The answers to “why me” bounce back from the conscious level in the form of excuses, reasons and justifications, with people and situations to blame.

Asking WHY only gets answers from the conscious level. If Fred asked WHY, he would come up with reasons for not winning; reasons for taking wrong turns, getting punctures, etc ... which he would be able to do nothing, or very little about. He would conclude that other people and/or elements were involved and that it was their fault. Even if there were no other people or elements involved, he would blame himself and justify the events with excuses. Blaming and justifying will not change the outcome!

There will always (well, nearly always) be physical and/or psychological reasons for the outcomes we experience. Many of these reasons will appear to be out of our control. Yet our ability to use our awareness to change our emotional attachment to issue, assures us of emotional freedom in the present.

Some people give up; walking away feeling like they have failed, dropping into despondency or apathy. Others use their will power to force a change in the situation, by ‘taking control’. For example, using will power to push their body beyond its capability; such as cycling with a damaged knee beyond its endurance. And there are people who direct their will power at others; like school yard bullies, cheating cyclists and other domineering personalities.

Fred does not fit either of these two categories, ‘failure’ or ‘bully,’ yet he wants to create the change in his REALITY that he needs while taking care of the

Our Mind

When Fred asks questions that start with why, he gets excuses (blame & justification).

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Highest Good of all concerned. In other words, success without forcing or bullying anyone or anything.

Fred knows that all the outcomes in his life are the result of the way he thinks and feels, so chooses to re-program his subconscious mind. He knows that he needs to change what his subconscious mind is storing if he wants to change the results in his life (in his reality).

Fred changes the programming by creating Awareness of the FEEDBACK within his REALITY.

He asks questions. The answer to “WHO?” is ME ... only I can program my subconscious with what I specifically want.

The answer to “WHEN?” is always NOW! The subconscious mind only works in present tense/time. It stores all data in present tense at the time it happens and keeps it that way until it is up-dated. So avoidance, or procrastination, will not change anything!

It is best to keep it simple, by asking only one “HOW?” or “WHAT?” question at a time, and then Action its Answer. This does not require lengthy soul-searching processes; we can keep this super easy by simply writing the positive opposite to the negative outcomes we are Aware of into the relevant Areas of our Creative Goal Setting Program.

After another failed event Fred asks: “What do I need to know to win cycling events?” Fred’s conscious REALITY provides a hint (because he created the

Our Mind

As Fred wants to change his reality; he asks questions that include how or what.

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When? = Now

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FOCUS with his “What” question) that leads to his Answer while in a conversation with his father. One of the topics mentioned was about Fred’s sister winning a 100 metre sprint. A vision flashed across the “screen” of Fred’s mind. A vision of when he was a small child and in that disappointing running race (he hadn’t thought of it since he was four!). Through word and experience association his memory was triggered. He recalled lining up with the other children, getting a fright from the starter gun, and then running until his father’s words: “Stop Fred, stop. You are running in the wrong direction”.

He now understood how he had associated “winning a gold medal” with “You silly little thing, you can’t win by running in the wrong direction”. His father’s words.

Fred was able to use this insight in his personal Goal Folder. He opened it to the relevant Area and wrote with coloured makers in the Tangible Expectations column of his Distinctions sheet : “I am winning all cycling events I enter” and “I am a winner” in the Personal Values column.

As this was very important to Fred, he also wrote a detailed Thank You Letter thanking his Super Conscious in advance for the best possible outcome he could imagine.

Just pumping in positive thoughts or affirmations suggested by other people can miss the mark and only superficially effect the outcome; like painting over the rust in an old car. It is important to write our own affirmations / positive

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Fred reprograms his Subconscious with I can win.

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thoughts Constructively/specifically dealing with our own issues as we take personal responsibility for the programming our own subconscious mind.

Fred has written a positive statement that is the positive opposite to the feedback from his REALITY (he didn’t need to wait for his flashback – the statement would have been the same if he’d simply written the positive opposite to his ‘negative’ outcomes). He has actively evolved the original thought and/or emotional decision that was distracting his outcomes and has now turned the distraction into an opportunity for great things to appear in his Reality/life.

There are already many existing opportunities in the subconscious mind. The more opportunities in our subconscious mind, created by dealing with the emotional distractions, the more positive our attitude. The lower our emotions on any topic, the higher our Intelligence!

As a result of Fred taking responsibility for his outcomes in his life, by making the necessary changes to his way of thinking, the results in his physical reality (conscious level of his Mind) change.

By observing his outcomes and continuing to deal with and change any negative results/feedback or distractions into positive opposite ideas in his Goal Folder, Fred is able to reprogram his Reality for more positive outcomes.

Even during a race he can activate immediate inspiration by asking “What can I do to win this event?” Or “How should I take this corner?” Or “What can I do to get past this next cyclist?”

Our Mind

The Super Conscious creates Fred’s reality based on I can win.

Conscious

Thinks

Subconscious

Stores

Super Conscious

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Who? = Me

When? = Now

What?

How?

Why?

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With this skill Fred started winning cycling events.

In Australia, if you win each event, you can eventually win a gold medal.

Fred did by asking questions!

Asking “HOW” or “WHAT” questions is the key to unlocking the secrets of the subconscious mind. Acting on the answers to “HOW” or “WHAT” questions achieves goals. Writing the answers to “HOW” or “WHAT” questions in the Goal Folder accumulates personal wisdom.

Our subconscious and Super Conscious minds are creating all the outcomes in our life. The subconscious mind is either working for us offering opportunities, or against us offering distractions, for the Super Conscious mind to materialize. Distractions temporarily stop you from having what you want in life until you change them.

Have a look at your relationship with your body and Mind (your Self), with other people, money, etc. If there are any negative outcomes in any of your relationships you now have the tools to change the negatives into positives.

As an example: school grades, like other achievements, are the result of students’ subconscious thoughts. If they think they cannot do better at school ... they are absolutely right because they are programming themselves for less success! This, in turn, can cause less study, understanding, attention, interest, focus, attendance, etc. School grades suffer from subconscious distractions happening in other Areas of life also. Changing negative situations and/or associations into opportunities in one Area of life can have an affect on other Areas, including study.

If you believe there is a possibility you can achieve something, and you program your subconscious mind positively, by auctioning the Answers to

Our Mind

This is how thought is processed in all areas of Fred’s life.

Conscious

Thinks

Subconscious

Stores

Super Conscious

Creates

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Who? = Me

When? = Now

What?

How?

Why?

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your “how” or “what” questions ... you will achieve it. Ask yourself: “How do I change ...?” Or “What do I need to do to get ...?” Or “What do I need to know to receive ...?” Or any similar questions with how or what in them. Wait for the answer. It could come in any form; often as simple as the positive opposite to our current reality. The answer may be an immediate intuitive thought or come as an inspirational thought triggered by a conversation, an event, an omen, somebody’s behaviour, ... anything. Children, animals, trees, traffic, etc, all become guides, mirrors, a link with your subconscious mind.

Asking “why” questions only guide us to reflect on and/or research the cause of a situation. Asking “how” or “what” questions guide us to solutions.

And remember; the good things happening in our life are also the result of our subconscious and Super Conscious Mind. Remember to appreciate your blessings, your wins, and your achievements, as this reinforces the positive programming of your subconscious mind.

Both the conscious and the subconscious minds are our human aspects connecting us to our Super Conscious; our Consciousness. The more we clear our subconscious mind of emotional distractions, the more we feel in touch with our own Higher Intelligence, our Super Conscious. With this knowledge we can make the most of our experience here on Earth.



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Thank You Letter There is one more worksheet; the Thank You Letter. In this book I am inserting one on the next page. You can write more on plain paper, or print extra copies.

When using a Goal Folder, written Thank You Letters are filed in the relevant Area.

This sheet has two purposes:

it is used for clarifying a goal, or goals, in one Area by asking for what you want in more detail, and/or

it is used for conflict resolution by creating positive outcomes for internal confusion or external upsets in situations and/or associations.

The Thank You Letter is written with relevance to only one Area of the Goal Folder at a time. The Vision encompasses all of the Areas.

It combines Tangible Expectations and Personal Values.

This sheet is optional. A Thank You Letter does not need to be written for every Area.

When you have a particular problem or goal in mind

1. Decide which Area of your Goal Folder the problem/goal is most relevant to and write this in the Area box at the top of the Thank You Letter. Write today’s date.

2. Address it to the Super Conscious aspect of the Mind. Call this whatever you like; for example: Consciousness, Higher Self, Super Consciousness, etc ~ as long as you do not write the letter to another person.

3. Before writing the body of the letter, imagine an ideal outcome. Then using the Three Creative Goal Setting Rules (using coloured markers and changing colours after every phrase or sentence, writing in positive present tense and only writing about yourself), write it as if it is already happening. You are writing a letter of appreciation in advance. Refer to your Distinctions sheet in this Area for ideas. You can only write goals for yourself and how you want to relate to others; but not how they would relate to you as this is setting a goal for another. You can generalize, using the words: partners, children, parents, students, friends, employers, co-workers, etc, but not their name. Only write what you are willing to take responsibility for and/or action yourself.

4. Read the statement at the bottom. Sign it.

Review the Thank You Letter from time to time until you receive the outcome you are looking for. Check your wording. If it is not coming to fruition in a reasonable time, look more closely at the wording … are any of the words ambiguous (have hidden meanings/agendas). And take a closer look at your own motivation … do you really want what you are asking for, or does the current situation provide your ego with more entertainment (usually in the



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form of emotional drama) than your solution would? Maybe my blog posts at http://www.creativegoalsetting.com will be of assistance because I love delving into the ongoing mischief created by the human mind … for which we have solutions of course. Re-read Our Mind for hints into what you can do about this. You may just need to add another sentence or two to your Thank You Letter to clear a distraction or two with a positive opposite Opportunity.

By the way, worry and anxiety is negative goal setting! Whenever you catch yourself worrying, think of the positive opposite thought, write it into the relevant Area of your Goal Folder and let go the behavior of worrying. For example: if you are worrying about how to deal with a situation; write the ideal outcome onto a Thank You Letter and file it in a plastic sleeve in the relevant Area of your Goal Folder. If it can be covered in one short phrase, then add it to the relevant Distinctions sheet.

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This or something better is now materialising for me for the highest good of all concerned,

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Creative Goal Setting is an ongoing process Put your name on the dotted line on the next page (sheet in your Goal Folder) that says: May this or something better now materialize for me,................ for the highest good of all concerned.

As your Expectations materialize move the pictures to the Received Goals at the back of your Goal Folder ~ you must have decided to make one by now! You can write lists of your favourite outcomes, including achievements before you had this Goal Folder. If the goal is ongoing, keep it in the Area along with all the other things your want to experience in that Area of your life.

Creative Goal Setting tips:

Add colour and creativity to your Goal Folder. This helps you focus on your Personal Expectations in a receptive way and gives them more time to sink in to your subconscious mind for future recall.

The Goal Folder is for positive ideas only ... great reading for when you are

feeling “blue” or overwhelmed.

Check the order you have your 12 Areas in from time to time. Does the order reflect what you believe is the correct way for you to experience your life. The way you look at life will vary over the years, and will often vary from the way others demonstrate life. Be an Individual and decide for your Self what your philosophy is, lead your own Way!

Re-write the Distinctions as often as you can, until you are happy that they describe your ideal lifestyle; encompassing all aspects of your life.

Up-date your Vision so that it generally reflects your Distinctions.

Remember to keep your Goal Folder open at the Area you are choosing to improve, or in need of urgent attention.

Keep your Goal Folder in a place where you can view it daily.

Keep on adding (and removing) pictures so they reflect your ideal lifestyle.

Just because it is written ... does not mean you have to do it! You can always

change your mind and up-date your Goal Folder accordingly. Although, action is

confirmation of your intention and draws the energy you need to do, be and have

all that you ask for.

When you have a conflict or crisis that needs attention: 1. decide which Area it is most relevant to, 2. update your Distinctions sheet with a positive opposite to the issue, 3. write a Thank You Letter if you feel it needs more clarification 4. leave your Goal Folder open at the most urgent Area.

Study & workplace tricks: use coloured markers in notes and positive wording in assignments.

Study & work attitude: remember, dare to dream your dreams. If these include “A” grades and/or excellence then go for it! As we do not use dates in Creative Goal Setting you will receive your Expectations, or something better, eventually, for the Highest Good of all concerned.

These goals or

something better are

now materializing

for me,

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for the highest good

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What makes Creative Goal Setting work? Following is an explanation of how Creative Goal Setting works and how you can improve your chances of getting exactly what you write in your Goal Folder. It also explains why you haven’t always received what you have asked for in the past.

Your life is driven by your Mind. The use of an analogy will explain this better.

Imagine a ship at sea. It has a Captain and Crew. In this analogy, the ship represents a human body. The Captain represents the brain in the body. The crew represents the electromagnetic impulses/messages sent from the brain.

The Captain is responsible for getting the ship from A to B. As the Captain shouts orders through the intercom, the crew respond; turning the ship and speeding it up as required.

But who is responsible for deciding the destination of the ship in the first place? The ship is owned by a Company on the mainland who wants its cargo delivered. The Company represents the Mind; the cargo represents the purpose.

When you write a Vision you are giving your ship (your body) a destination. As you write Tangible Expectations (goals) you are giving it cargo (purpose). Your Personal Values are the ethics by which the Captain and Crew will live by; how they will behave. If you have no Personal Values you run the risk of mutiny from the Crew, or Piracy from the Captain!

The Company (your Mind) needs to communicate all these values and expectations clearly to the Captain (the physical brain). No confusion or “hidden agendas”. This is where Creative Goal Setting comes to your aid. As you will probably discover you do have “hidden agendas” that sabotage your outcomes. In this analogy, it would appear that the Company accidentally sends the ship, Captain and Crew to the wrong destination with incorrect information. The Captain and Crew become confused and aimless while waiting for correct information.

If you want to organize your life like a well organized shipping company that manages to get its ship to the correct port, with all the cargo on board, you will benefit from organizing yourself effectively and being responsible for the outcomes in your life. You need to understand that you are the Mind being described. We all have access to our Mind working in the same way. The fact that we are Individual in our approach to life is because when we store information in our Mind we associate it differently than the person next to us.

How the Mind works as a self aware Creative Intelligent electromagnetic Force Field is of paramount importance to understanding your ability to Create the outcomes you want in life. You have read about Fred the teenager, with his goal of winning a Gold Medal for cycling, well here is another example when Fred is an adult ... another example of Our Mind at work:



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A story of Fred who has an idea; a thought. His conscious thought is “I want a red Ferrari sports car”.

It is on the conscious level, that this thought first occurs to Fred. That Fred is first aware of the thought.

In the same instant that Fred has this thought consciously, it is stored in the subconscious aspect of his Mind. It is stored through word and/or experience association. The subconscious mind has already stored every experience and thought that Fred has ever had. It scans its memory looking for subconscious thoughts associated with red sports cars.

In Fred’s subconscious mind is a forgotten memory of an experience. It happened one day when he was five; he was a passenger in the back seat of his father’s car while out driving. Fred’s subconscious mind has the whole experience ‘filed’ as he saw it at the time.

A fast red car suddenly overtakes Fred’s father’s slower car. Fred is fascinated and while he watches the red sports car quickly disappear into the distance his subconscious mind notes his father’s reaction.

His father’s reaction is a negative “don’t deserve”; expressed mainly with body language. His bottom lip sticks out and his shoulders slump as he grumbles under his breath “he doesn’t deserve that flash car.” In Fred’s five year’s of life he has seen and heard his father do this, or something similar, many times. Fred’s subconscious mind has a section, a file, labeled “don’t deserve”.

In Creative Goal Setting we call this old negative thought a distraction. It distracts us from our original purpose and/or direction. When new data, such as “I want a red Ferrari sports car” is recorded, the subconscious mind associates it with the old data. Subsequently changing the outcome to “I don’t deserve a red Ferrari sports car”.

The new subconscious composite version of the thought; “I don’t deserve a red Ferrari sports car” is picked up by the Super Conscious Mind in the same instant. In fact this whole process is happening in the same instant of time that Fred is having the original thought!

The Super Conscious Mind creates the outcomes to all thoughts. It effectively says “YES”, without judgment (judgment happens on the conscious level) to all the messages it receives.

We can all connect at the deepest level of the mind ~ Super Consciousness. The Super Conscious Mind materializes all thought as outcomes on the conscious level; attracting, like a magnet, the relevant people, things, conditions, etc to us. Creating the outcome of all people’s thoughts combined. The way we see life, what we experience as life, is known as Reality Created by our Super Consciousness.

Back to Fred ... he has the subconscious thought “I don’t deserve a red Ferrari sports car.” Super Conscious Mind can materialize this many ways. For many people it would appear on the conscious level as “I can’t afford a Ferrari and its upkeep”.



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Now, it just so happens that Fred is a millionaire and can afford many sports cars. But he still has a negative subconscious “don’t deserve” thought running his reality. Creating an undesired outcome. Fred bought, but crashed, his Ferrari on the way home. It was insured and repaired. It had only been in Fred’s garage a week and it was stolen! He had it replaced. He had only had his second Ferrari two weeks when it was vandalized at the local shopping centre. He had it repaired. So far, Fred was more often without his red Ferrari, than in possession of it!

These outcomes are Feedback for Fred. If he received the red Ferrari without any distractions, he would have the Feedback that his subconscious mind is clear on this subject. Unfortunately, this is not the case for Fred.

Fred has lost a few Ferraris due to varying physical reasons. Luckily, he knows that all outcomes in his life are the result of the clarity or confusion within his subconscious mind. Fred has a Creative Goal Setting Program remember! He knows that he needs to change the programming of his subconscious mind to change the results in his conscious reality.

Fred knows he has to do some ‘soul searching’; some investigating of what is in his subconscious mind causing the negative outcomes in his life. He does this by asking questions.

Fred knows the only questions to ask are HOW? or WHAT? Asking Why? only gets answers from the conscious level. If Fred asked “why, he would come up with reasons for crashing his car, reasons for it being stolen and vandalized. All of which he would be able to do nothing, or very little, about because he would also conclude that other people were involved and that it was their fault. Even if there were no other people involved, he would blame himself or justify the events. Blaming and justifying will not change the outcome!

To change the outcomes, he needs to change the thoughts residing in his subconscious mind. To change the thoughts, he first needs to be aware of them. Just pumping in positive thoughts or affirmations written or suggested by other people can miss the mark and only superficially affect the outcome. That is like painting over the rust in an old car body.

The answer to When is always now! The subconscious mind only works in present tense. It stores all data in present tense at the time it happened and leaves it that way.

Fred knows the most simple and effective way to search the subconscious mind is to firstly look at his Reality and decipher the Feedback; as this is a direct outcome of what is recorded in his subconscious mind. He knows he can ask questions of his Super Conscious Mind also, starting with How or What. Asking one question at a time and waiting for its answer. Fred knows to give it at least 30 seconds or so. Sometimes a day or two.

Fred asked the question: “What do I need to know to change my reality about owning a red Ferrari sports car?” Sometimes we don’t hear the answers … but if we keep on focusing on the question, our Super Conscious aspect of the Mind will find a way to communicate an Answer for us to ACTION.



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Fred asked “What do I need to know to understand my issue with owing a red Ferrari? A couple of hours later Fred received a telephone call from his father. His father chatted about various topics and happened to mention Fred’s mother saying she didn’t feel she deserved all the praise she was receiving for her charity work ...

Deserved! Through word association, Fred’s mind flashed a vision across the ‘screen of his mind’ of when he was five and a passenger in the back seat of his father’s car. He remembered the fast red sports car overtaking his father’s car and he also recalled from his peripheral vision of his father’s reaction. He was easily able to understand how he had associated red sports cars to not deserving.

Needless to say, Fred didn’t stay chatting with his father for much longer. He said his farewells, hung up the phone and raced off to his Creative Goal Setting Program. He opened it to Material Things and wrote with a coloured marker:

I deserve in the Personal Values column of his Distinctions sheet. As this

was very important to Fred ... he could now see how it affected ownership of other material things, he also wrote a Thank You Letter thanking his Super Conscious Mind for the best possible outcome he could imagine.

Fred has written a positive statement very specifically meeting his needs. This clears the original thought that was distracting his outcomes and turns it into an opportunity for more great things to appear in his life.

As a result of Fred taking responsibility for his outcomes and making the necessary changes to his way of thinking; his results in his physical reality, conscious level of his mind, changed. He managed to get and keep a red Ferrari.

Our subconscious and Super Conscious Mind is creating all the outcomes we have in our life. It is either working for us, creating opportunities, or against us, creating distractions. The distractions give you an opportunity to clear your subconscious mind and have what you really want in each Area of life.

Have a look at your relationships with other people and yourself. If there are any negative outcomes in any of your relationships you now have the tools to change the negatives to positives. And not by changing other people either!

Ask yourself “How do I change … specific outcome… ?”, or “What do I need to do to change … specific outcome …?”, or “What is in the way of me receiving the … specific outcome I want?”, or “What do I need to know to change my reality around this … specific outcome… ?” Or similar questions.

Then wait for the answer. It could come in any form. The answer may appear as an intuitive thought straight away (give it at least 30 seconds); or come as an inspirational thought triggered by a conversation, an event, an omen, somebody’s behaviour, ... anything. Small children, animals, trees, traffic, etc. all become your teachers, your mirrors, your link with your subconscious mind.



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Whatever you do, don’t waste your time asking “why”; it will leave you being a victim of circumstances, apparently out of your control, until you change your question!

And remember; the good things happening in your life are also the result of

your subconscious and Super Conscious Mind. Remember to appreciate your

blessings, your wins, your achievements, as this reinforces the positive programming of your subconscious mind.

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