Let's face it, unless you're naturally gifted, making a success of anything involves a whole lot of hard work. A lot of time, work we're faced with is often boring and monotonous. Wouldn't it be great if it were fun? Ding, dong! Are lights starting to flash, and bells starting to sound inside your head yet?

I'm tempted to carry on rambling at this stage, but I know your just itching to find out what a GOOBI is. Am I right?

Well I'll put you out of your misery right now! GOOBI is simply a mnemonic for Get Out Of Bed Inducer. It's that thing that gets you out of bed in morning and puts a spring in your step. It's also been described elsewhere, as your "Friday night essence". Think about it, what would you happily spend Friday night working on instead of dining with friends or watching a movie?

I was reminded of GOOBI concept recently, whilst watching a film. The title of film escapes me, which is probably best because it was rubbish. If I was to tell you title you'd only go watch it, and then you'd be saying why did he mention that film it was rubbish.

Anyway, at one point in film, leading character made a statement that struck a chord with me. He said "The secret to success is to find something you love doing, and do it for rest of your life!" Of course, he was talking about finding your GOOBI.

Was he right? Well you tell me, proof is right in front of you! Take a look around, right now, this very moment. Everything you see before you, consumer goods, furnishings, decoration, they all began as a flicker of an idea in someone's imagination.

The truth is, you can achieve absolutely anything you want to. But you have to be realistic here, you have to take account of your own physical limitations. I mean, if you're currently enjoying autumn of your life, I'm sorry to have to tell you, you ain't going to win an Olympic gold medal in 100 metres sprint. And if you throw yourself off top of a hundred storey building, flap your arms as much as you like, but rather than soar with birds you'll still make a nasty mess on pavement.

If you're still with me, you'll appreciate that there's an absolute limit to your potential that I'll call your "real ceiling". Now unless you're pretty peculiar, chances are that you're currently living under a "false ceiling" that you've created and installed all by yourself. Didn't know you were a craftsman did you?

This "false ceiling" is severely restricting your growth. It's so low, you're banging your head on it every time you try to stand up straight. Your banging your head so much, trying to achieve anything is a constant headache. Ouch! There you go again!

A lot of people have made a big mistake, they've built their "false ceiling" no more than three or four feet from floor. They can't even sit up straight without banging their heads. Are you one of them?

So how high is your "real ceiling" then? Imagine you're standing in an atrium, or even a cathedral, where ceiling towers above you by as much as 100 ft or more. There's your "real ceiling"! Look up, how high is that? You'll get a stiff neck just looking.

This "real ceiling" is limit of what you can realistically and absolutely achieve in your life. But here's where it gets interesting.