September 27, 2009
Goal Setting
To make sure you achieve your goals:
Set aside time to work towards goals
Schedule a specific time each day to work on a goal. Make yourself inaccessible during that period so you can concentrate fully on the goal in front of you.
Set up a reminder system
Break each goal down into specific steps, each with a completion date. Write these dates down on separate pieces of paper and file them in chronological order. Each morning you can look in this reminder file and note the approaching deadlines. You can then set aside an appropriate period to work on each activity.
Establish priorities
Put your most important goals high on your priority list. Give busy work a low priority and only work on it when time permits.
Long range plans
Recognise that it may take you years to reach your ultimate goal. To get where you want to go you need long range plans. These plans will give direction to all the day-to-day activities you must perform to achieve the higher goals. If you don’t have some long range plans you’ll be tempted to focus on short-term gains, at the expense of greater but more distant achievements.
Filed under INSPIRATION, Time Management
