What are your goals?

08/02/10 11:38 Filed in: Self-management | Goals
You want to achieve your mission. So, you get out of the office and take time to identify 5 key goals. Good. When you return to the office, you focus on achieving your goals all week. Good.
 
And then things head downhill:
  • In week #2, you notice that you’re not quite as focused on your goals.
  • In week #3, you have a crazy week where you can’t work on your goals.
  • By week #4, you can’t remember 2 of your goals. Not good.
 
Question: What’s the problem?
 
Answer: You didn’t document your goals.
 
This means…
  • You can’t easily review your goals.
  • You can’t easily use your goals to schedule your next action steps.
  • You can’t easily find out what your goals are when you can’t remember them (something which happens to everyone).
Tip: Document your goals. Today.