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Goal Achievement and Unanticipated Consequences

Wayne Rivers
By Wayne Rivers
11 minutes

We’ve been saying for years that goal setting for your business is critical to your long term success. Because he is an authentic example, Dennis set a very specific goal in 2023: to become the #1 tennis player in the USA in his age group. That’s a BHAG: a big, hairy, audacious goal indeed! Did he nail it, and what lessons did he take away?

Please tune in this week as Dennis does the big reveal: did he become #1? How did he do? His big takeaway and a great lesson for all of us is this: the JOURNEY is more important than the outcomes. Dennis will relate five reasons why this is the case. What is your experience? Please share with us in the comments.

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