Jim Rohn has a talk where he tells the story of his teacher encouraging him to have a goal to become a millionaire. This seems like a common goal – who doesn’t want to be a millionaire? What was less common was the reason why. It wasn’t because of what a million dollars would do for him, but rather who he would have to become to earn the million.

Jim goes on to say he achieved the goal, becoming a millionaire at age 30, 5 years after he set the goal at 25. By 33 he was broke again, but subsequently regained his wealth using the skills that he had learned along his journey.

It’s great to have goals of what we want to achieve, but in order to be the type of person that could achieve those goals, we may need to grow into a newer, better, version of ourselves. Having a model in our minds of the type of person who could achieve our goals and live up to our standards is a great start. It can be a personal mentor, public figure we look up to, or clear vision of a future version of ourselves. Enjoy the journey of becoming the best version of yourself. Become the type of person who could live the life of your dreams.