Goals are fine, but promise yourself success .

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Making a promise to yourself is much more effective than setting a goal.

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Can you live with breaking a promise to yourself?

FORBES: No More Goals! Make Promises Instead

And if you secure benefits for yourself through it, I promise not to ask of them for myself.

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He watches discount broker TV ads that promise you can direct your investments by yourself, without paying an advisor.

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Every single one of you have made that promise not just to your constituents but to yourself.

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And pretty soon, young people just like yourself -- full of hope and promise -- end up becoming exactly what they fought against.

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