I’ve got to admit it is hard to practise all the laws together. But just because it is difficult, does not mean that we do not work towards the ideal state.

Detachment is something you find is pretty much what Buddhism recommends. Although The Buddha talked about letting go, he also said that the first responsibility that lay people (other than monks) have would be to the needs of their family.

Read here for further insight http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/various/wheel294.html

Religion aside, it does not matter whether you are Buddhist or not as many of the great thinkers will probably share the same ideas.

Yet at the same time, your passion is what fuels you. Is there a way that you can find ways to creatively express and yet earn an income at the same time? This exercise may also require thinking out of the box. If you cannot find a way, then the alternative is to express yourself in art in your spare time yet holding on to a dream.

A friend I have had a dream to become an online entrepreneur. He worked in the night for 4-5 years, while working in a sales job that he hated. He had a young family to feed. Whatever spare cash he had in his day time, he channelled to making his dream work. It was tough for him, having to work late into the night and to wake up early in the morning to report for work for 5 ardous years. He failed often. But he was motivated by his dream. Today, he has quit his job and is into his millions, living his dream.

If you have the intent, let The Universe know what you desire. Be grateful for your family. You also want to send out the right positive signals, so that your desires can manifest.

Take care,
Evelyn

As you can see, I am quite confused as to how to apply the “Law of Detachment” to my situation. I understand I fear the result of the outcome for each choice. But this is quite an interesting dilemna.

Shalini

Hence, it is the same with business goals. There must be an intent in the direction of the business. Deepak also mentioned this in his teachings; specifically under the Law Of Intent and Desire.

He brought in the Law Of Detachment because the problem is not the goals, but the ATTACHMENT. It has been found that many people IN GENERAL get too caught up with the results of their desires and when they start to develop anxiety and fear, they are sending out the wrong signals to the Universe.

There is a subtle difference. It is not even easy to achieve what Deepak is proposing. But therein seperates the poor from the truly wealthy. You can be finanically rich but yet poor in consciousness. It is far better to be wealthy in every sense of the word.

Of course, if you do not fall into the general group of people, then by all means, set a financial target.

Evelyn

Deepak Chopra has his own opinion about what it means when someone sets a goal. I am not saying he is wrong but I can’t agree with that statement. Our goal is our compass, our life direction. Without a goal, we will be complacent with what we have and stay at the same level. Some people are at this stage.

When we doing different things we have a different goal. for example, I quote your statement “I intend that my newsletter touch the lives of more than 10,000 subscribers every month”. The goal is not for monetary gain but to touch people lives. Therefore setting a financial target for this is irrelevant.

However if you are doing business, I believe setting a financial target is valid target. No one is willing to do business that is not making money or only break even. Setting a financial target will drive a person to find ways to achieve that target. How he does it, whether good or bad, that’s another story.

I’m suggesting reframing the goal to get round this problem. Example, instead of saying that the aim is to earn X dollars per month, the aim is reframed to “everytime I conducts a workshop class, the class will be filled” or “I intend that my newsletter touch the lives of more than 10,000 subscribers every month”.

This is not to say that if an aim to earn “X dollars per month” is wrong or that it will never work. But as Deepek Chopra points out, such a goal is synonymous with poverty consciousness.

True wealth consciousness has to embody a spiritual element. This is when you will feel truly abundant and thoroughly fulfilled.

Evelyn

Reasons why some people did not achieve their goals is paradoxical that although goals in different stages of life are dynamic, you don’t give up until you’ve achieved them…

Then you move on to your next goal.

the velocity at goals are achieved are determined by your value, beliefs, confidence, determination and commitment.

That will cascade in to the strategies you formulate towards achieving your goals.

However, whatever masterplan or strategies you had in mind, Life will play it’s part and add an unexpected twist, depth and flavour.

Results: You may arrived at the destination via a totally different journey from what you had in mind. (if you began and follow through the journey at all…)

My two cents: enjoy the journey and welcome the destination.

A financial target is like a game of darts. Our goal is to reduce our points from 301 to 0. Zero being our target to win. We know we need to achieve that figure in the back of our mind. what is important is focusing on tactics and strategies to reach zero.

How fast we reach our goals depends on the tactics and strategies we adopt.

Are we using the right tactics and strategies?

cheers