#rebirthleadership #1000SOULSINME

“I practised Brian Tracy’s goal-setting advice, and it brought me real results,” a successful business leader once told me. “So I flew to meet him in person.”

Back then, I was just starting my career in human development, and I could already see the heart of this industry: bringing value to people before they ever meet you. This business leader had flown to Canada to see Brian.

And I asked: after meeting him, what changed?

“Nothing new, really. He had already given everything in his books and his videos online. It was the energy of meeting the source of those ideas that made a bigger impact on my energy and my dedication to action. Practically, I had doubled my business before. After going to Canada, I tripled it. The most important part, I think, is that I became less of a jerk as a leader, and a better person for myself, my team and my family.”

It was the first time I had met someone in person who told me about Brian’s impact on their life, even though I had heard about it many times before. And he is one of millions around the world.

Yesterday, the news came that Brian Tracy has passed away, at 82. For decades, he taught people around the world to write down their goals, manage their time and take action. Many of us became better at our work and our lives because someone first told us: decide what you want, write it down, and start today.

GOALS HAVE ALSO EVOLVED.

It brings me back to something I shared in the video about goal setting in 2022:

The goal is not the goal.

The goal is the person we become while walking toward it.

A doorway. A rhythm. A quiet teacher.

Jen in 2022 saw the goal as what trained our discipline.

Jen in 2026 sees something more: the goal also reveals our coherence, whether what we PURSUE, what we value and how we live still belong to A COLLECTIVE LIFE. THIS IS ALSO THE ESSENCE OF 1000 SOULS IN ME.

This is what I call rebirth goal setting. We still set goals. We still write them down and take action, as Brian taught. And we let the results grow from who we are becoming: present, responsible, alive.

OUR GOAL EACH DAY IS TO BE TRUER, MORE WHOLE, AND THE BEST OF WHO WE CAN BE.

Thank you, Brian, for every book, every seminar, and every person who wrote down a goal because of you and then got up and started, LIKE THE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS LEADER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE BETTER HUMAN BEING, WHO ONCE SHARED HIS STORY WITH ME.

OUR REFLECTION:

Which goal in your life has shaped who you have become?

Love and gratitude from Jen