Goals Galore!
Our lives, personal and business are made up of a series of
goals. We want to be successful, happy, earn a good living, have
a family and so on. But how do we achieve these goals?
Hopefully, in our personal life, we meet the right person to
help us make our personal goals happen. For some of us, this
happens right away and for some it may take a lot of years. When
it does happen, all of your personal goals can become reality.
Our business goals on the other hand, may take more work to make
them happen.
When you are deciding on your business goals, one thing you can
do is divide your one main goal into several smaller goals that
will make your main goal seem more attainable. Instead of your
goal being to make a million dollars a year, you can divide this
into yearly, monthly, weekly and also daily goals.
For example: If you are an ezine publisher and your goal is
100,000 subscribers, your first year goal could be set at 1000.
You make your goals into attainable steps and follow those steps
to success. You will accomplish more and not be so easily
discouraged by working your business this way.
When you first decide you want to start your own business, what
you should do is write down your plan for your business and also
what you want your main goal to be. Put all this in an outline.
Then you decide on smaller monthly, weekly and yearly goals to
work for in order to achieve your main goal.
Another good idea is to organize each day by what you want to
achieve for that day. Organize your time each day into blocks
and write down what is to get done in each time block. Example:
6:00-7:00 Breakfast and kids to school. 7:00-8:00am Read and
answer all emails. 8:00-10:00am Domestic Chores 10:00-12:00am
Promotion & Site Maintenance 12:00-1:00 Lunch Break 1:00- 2:00
Answer Emails 2:00-4:00 Work on Ebook and/or Website 4:00-6:00
Cook & Eat Supper & Do Dishes 6:00-8:00 Work on ezine &
articles. 8:00-10:00 Break 10:00-11:00 Answer Emails
You can also put down in more detail what has to be done in each
time block.
This is a typical day of mine, however all of our schedules are
different. You have to organize your daily goals to best fit
your schedule. This can help you get more work done and be less
overwhelmed. I used to start my day knowing I had to do this and
that and then some more and I wouldn't know where to start and I
just felt lost. Writing down and scheduling my daily goals has
really helped me get more work done.
You should also write down your weekly and monthly goals in the
same manner. Check on these periodically to see if you are doing
what needs to be done. One word of advice, use these as a guide
and do not beat yourself up if you do not make them exactly as
you have written. Some goals may take a little longer to attain
than what you think. Organization is the key to getting more
work done and feeling more in control of your goals.
For more information on attaining your goals and organizing your
time visit these sites:
http://www.win-winresourcecenter.com/lookherfordi1.html
http://www.topachievement.com/
http://www.mindtools.com/pggoalef.html
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/scheduling.htm
http://www.findyourdream.com/Network_Marketing/settinggoals.htm
http://www.organizing-solutions.net/
With a little time and organization, you can reach all your
goals!