Getting any task, chore or project finished on time takes good time management. The same holds true for achieving goals. Achieving goals takes a step-by-step plan of action and a commitment to working that plan on a consistent basis.
Here are some tips for staying on track and managing your goal achieving time wisely:
1. Write your goal out carefully – know exactly what you are aiming toward.
Give yourself something viable and tangible to aim toward. Have a specific beginning and completion date for achieving this goal.
2. Write out a month-to-month, week-to-week and day-to-day list of activities that will take you positively toward your goal.
Achieving what you want within a certain time frame means being organized. Organization begins with mapping out a timely and doable plan – a plan that will keep you going forward day-by-day. I use wall calendars and other visuals to chart out my plan. Find a system that works for you and then faithfully work that system.
3. Break each activity into bite-sized pieces.
Take each activity and break it down into doable chunks. Achieving a goal means doing the “quality” activities that keep you going positively toward your desired outcome.
4. Commit time to working on each bite-sized piece.
Good intentions alone won’t make goals reality. It’s creating a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual commitment to making goals reality that can be the difference between wishing for things to happen and making things happen.
5. Keep track of your progress.
It’s vital to goal achievement that you know what’s working and what’s not. If you’re doing the same activities over and over and not getting the results you want, it’s time to change your strategy. I write a daily “accomplishment” report so I can physically see exactly how I am spending my time and whether or not those activities are producing the desired results. At the end of the week I see if I’ve actually achieved my weekly goals.
Time management is a great life skill. Not only will it help you achieve goals, it’ll make life easier and less stressful. As you see, using your time wisely is vital to achieving goals – how have you been using your time lately?
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For over twenty years Sharon Michaels has been writing, speaking and empowering women to achieve greater personal and professional success. Sharon mentors/coaches women entrepreneurs about learning to recognize the things they’re doing that may be keeping them from the things they want.
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