Goals
If you are like most people you set some New Year's Resolutions or set some goals. That is good.
I can't find the reference anymore but I remember a study done by USA Today about that. It found that while most people set goals only 3% wrote them down, but of those who wrote them down 90% achieved their goals that year.
I have written down many goals and some of them I achieve but an even better way is to review them often. Something I am now trying is to limit myself to four goals but keep them in mind most of the time.
To do this I am only focusing on Health, Wealth, Wisdom and Spirituality. You can pick four of your own. Actually there is a fifth one, and while obvious might be too obvious to see, Work. Work is in our face all the time and sometimes we forget the goals we have for it.
So how to keep these goals in mind? I am now putting them at the top of my to-do list. This reminds me everyday where I am trying to get to. This also puts the To-Do's in perspective. Rather then just having a big pile of to-do's to get through, I can prioritize what needs to be done before other things relative to my goals. I can also decide what I need to do what could be delegated and what needs to wait for a better time.
Giving each to-do item an approximate duration also allows me to see how things can fit into my day if I end up having a few minutes to spare here and there.
I try to get at least one big thing done in the first part of the day. The first part of the day is fairly quiet and so I can make a lot more progress on it then later when most of the interruptions happen. Interruptions break my concentration so it is much harder to get things accomplished quickly. With too many interruptions you can't get in flow and apply the full power of your mind to the problem/project.
I can't find the reference anymore but I remember a study done by USA Today about that. It found that while most people set goals only 3% wrote them down, but of those who wrote them down 90% achieved their goals that year.
I have written down many goals and some of them I achieve but an even better way is to review them often. Something I am now trying is to limit myself to four goals but keep them in mind most of the time.
To do this I am only focusing on Health, Wealth, Wisdom and Spirituality. You can pick four of your own. Actually there is a fifth one, and while obvious might be too obvious to see, Work. Work is in our face all the time and sometimes we forget the goals we have for it.
So how to keep these goals in mind? I am now putting them at the top of my to-do list. This reminds me everyday where I am trying to get to. This also puts the To-Do's in perspective. Rather then just having a big pile of to-do's to get through, I can prioritize what needs to be done before other things relative to my goals. I can also decide what I need to do what could be delegated and what needs to wait for a better time.
Giving each to-do item an approximate duration also allows me to see how things can fit into my day if I end up having a few minutes to spare here and there.
I try to get at least one big thing done in the first part of the day. The first part of the day is fairly quiet and so I can make a lot more progress on it then later when most of the interruptions happen. Interruptions break my concentration so it is much harder to get things accomplished quickly. With too many interruptions you can't get in flow and apply the full power of your mind to the problem/project.
posted by Stephan at 9:15 AM
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