Setting Goals

Congratulations! You have just created your first honest-to-goodness wish list. At this point in your wishing career, it’s a good idea to work on only one wish at a time, so you need to decide which item on your list you want to work on first. Here’s how to go about it.

The first thing you do is to number the items on your list. Then look at items 1 and 2. Which is more important to you? In your mind, label that item the Current Choice. Then move to the next item on your list - number 3 - and compare it with your Current Choice. Which of them is more important to you? The one you prefer then becomes your Current Choice. Now move on to the next item on your list - number 4 - and compare that with your Current Choice. The one you prefer becomes your Current Choice.

Repeat this process for each item on your list, comparing one with whatever your Current Choice happens to be at that moment. Continue until you’ve gone through your entire list.

When you come to the end of your list, the Current Choice that remains is the single most important item on your list. It has become your First Choice. You have compared it directly or indirectly with every other item and preferred it every time. Now write a big “#1” beside it. It’s the first wish you’re going to make come true, and the wish you’re going to work on for the rest of this book.