Goals are a bitch. Over the years of doing research on being more productive or achieving what you really want, I've found goals to be a very powerful force. When a goal is defined in writing, it's tangible. That's why I believe so many people don't achieve what they want these days. Everyone is either too busy to write the goals down or they don't know how. I love examples and they really express what is being taught through application. So to help everyone out, here are some real goals that I made for myself when I first started consulting last year:
* Have 1 customer for atleast 3 months of work
* Atleast 10,000 in the business checking account for 1 quarter
* Not have to bill more than 30 hours a week
That was it, those 3 goals. And 1 of them was severely underestimated while the other two I blew out of the water. You can guess. Had I not written these down, I would have had nothing to shoot for. Lately my life has been filled with other things I really want to do or obtain and those have been turned into goals as well. As of late, the goals that I had last year also included completing a Sprint and Olympic triathlon, which is what I did as well.
The moral of the story is, write it down -- don't open Notepad or Things, use good ole fashioned paper and pencil and write them down on a little notecard and throw it in your sock drawer. I'm not going to tell you to look at it everyday, you'll look at it everyday just because your mind will drive you to look at it since they are things you want.
By doing this, you'll accomplish what you want. You have to want to write them down first though.
