I know your thinking...Okay John, 5+5 does not equal 5 so let me please explain. Let’s start with a question. How many times have you heard that you need to have a “long term” goal and be focused for entire length of that “long term”? In this article, I am going to focus on a 5 year goal and explain how you will know if you are truly on track to achieve your 5 year goal in life. In equation, answer 5 is your five-year goal and 5+5 is underlying secret to attaining that goal.

As I speak with numerous people on a daily basis, I hear their frustration about their goals that they’ve set and lack of progress that they have made. As I say, “A mountain is built one pebble at a time and climbed one step at a time.”

The first “5” in equation represents 5 people that you call your friends, associates, etc. I suggest that you make a list of 5 people that you associate with on a regular basis, and then take a good look at it to see if they either have goals similar to yours or are progressing towards achievement of a goal similar to your 5-year vision. A major key to unlock secret to your future is to be 110% conscious of fact that you will ultimately become who you associate with. For example, if you have dreams of becoming healthy and wealthy and your associates are overweight smokers that complain about working one-minute overtime, then I can predict odds of you being healthy and wealthy are slim to none. Millions of people never attain their dreams, because their “friends” serve as “cement shoes” as they walk towards their goals in life. As I set my goals, I surround myself with people who are on same path in life that I am on. If you truly internalize this same mindset, then you can achieve your goals in life.