Showing posts with label Action plan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Action plan. Show all posts

Friday, September 19, 2008

Personal Achievement System – the only Magic Bullet

You need System in place – not bursts of rash actions. Bunch of bold rash actions may get you by but achievement of your long term goals requires you to take lot of small planned steps. It is here where the greatness lies. It is here where we can unlock our human potential.

Most people have a tendency to charge hard only when they are pressed against the wall. When you are in such an unfortunate situation, you have to do what you have to do. But to make sure you don’t end up in these situations, you need to have a system. A system ensures that you have your goals established and roles clearly in focus. It helps you take small steps towards achieving whatever you have been dreaming about all your life.

True legendary greatness comes through planning and discipline in everything you do. It is important to know that once you have laid out the path to achieving your goal, you may tweak and adjust and do course correction along the way. It is hardly ever that you follow your plans to the tee. It is like Brian Tracy explains in his book “Flight plan” that planes have a pre-determined flight path but they continuously deviate because of air pressures and wind conditions and what not. But the important thing is that the plane arrives at the planned destination on-time.

A System that enables you to achieve your goals and allows you to correct course along the way and keeps you focused is a POWERFUL force. Large corporations and businesses spend millions if not billions of dollars to develop a system like this that provide clarity and focus.

You should be no different. For such a system can catapult you in your personal quest to financial freedom or achievement of a worthy goal.

How do you set one up? It will be matter of time to develop a super efficient functioning system for your specific needs. You can start by clearing your vision for your future. Set goals that are in line with your vision. Break down goals into mini-milestones. Set intermediate deadlines. Track yourself along the way.

One important thing about creating Systems is that it needs to be such that it keeps you interested and charges with enthusiasm otherwise you risk stopping in the middle and abandoning any progress you have made towards you goals.

At www.TimeGoals.com, we have developed such a system. It can save you countless hours of developing your own and guides you to pitfalls of not having one. And the best thing is it is customizable to your needs. So let us get started, take your first step now.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Power of Written Word

Joe’s boss called on him and asked him to join an ongoing meeting. Joe steps in. There are directives discussed and plan of action agreed upon. Joe makes mental notes as to what he has been assigned. Two days later, Joe seems to have forgotten couple of key points made in the meeting.

Katie is working on a project and a problem has gotten the whole team stuck. Driving down the freeway, she thinks of an idea. She reminds herself to try this to get the team un-stuck. While back in her cubicle, she cannot seem to remember the entire solution.

Sammy takes quick notes on a small yellow sticky. He is off to meet a client on a lunch meeting. He comes back and while on the phone needs to see the information on the sticky note. He cannot find it. He cannot seem to remember where he kept that piece of paper.

Joe, Katie and Sammy have a problem – A time management problem.

Here are the Time management basics for beginners:

Write Things Down – Have a place to record the happenings of your day. Write down things and make a record. Writing things down allows you to get back to them and re-think the idea and tweak it into something powerful. Get into a habit to write things will allow you to capture your time that you may be wasting away. Get a planner or create a 3-ring binder that keeps your notes.

Take Action – You are in charge of your life. Whatever happens, at end of the day you are but your actions. So take action. Decide what you have to do and then create a massive laser like focus and get the first thing in your list done and then the next and then the next until you get your goal.

Break Things Down – Break larger goals into small bite size tasks. Lot of times when confronted with a large task or formidable goal, we seize to do anything. This leads to laziness and procrastination. Don’t despair – you are not going to be asked to lower your goals. Instead, subdivide your goals into intermediate milestones. Create a sequence of tasks and follow the sequence. Move Mountain - one shovel at a time.

Visit http://www.timegoals.com/ to get the tools you need for best use of your time.