Life is about making choices, and the choice to act means knowing what you think is important, how you want to make a significant impact, and how you will make ideas happen. To make a choice: generate ideas, evaluate them,…
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Making Goals SMART
Science has shown that goals should be SMART, which often (but not always) stands for: Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time Bound Download a free SMART goals printable worksheet to make your goal SMART: Specific – Use a helpful formula at How to…
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Time Frames and Target Dates
Long and short range goals Some goals are big and ambitious and will take a long time to accomplish. One of the first steps in the process of setting a goal is to break it down into specific action steps.…
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Rewards
All these incentives can shape behavior: positive outcomes are desirable and attractive, while negative outcomes are undesirable and avoided. Quadrant I Positive Intrinsic (internal) – affirmations, meaning, progress, competence, mastery, wisdom Quadrant II Positive Extrinsic (external) – recognition, belonging, autonomy,…
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Evaluate Goals
Once you’ve generated ideas for goals, take a closer look at the ideas to select the best ones. Dreams become goals and ideas become projects when you decide to take action on them. Go for the goals that are the…
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Design Your Ideal Workspace
When it is time to generate ideas, focus, be productive, and get creative, you need a workspace that will help. Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay A great workspace inspires you and is designed for the way that…
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Discovery of the Day
I can’t think of enough superlatives that are adequate to desribe Scott H Young‘s site. His name is synonymous with lots of great content about goal setting, time management and personal development. Trust me. Go there. You won’t be sorry.
Idea Generation and Capture
Ideas are wild creatures Entice them Actively pursue a creative environment that will attract ideas. Feed and water ideas so they will grow and multiply. To track them down, get out of your comfort zone, try creative arts, and mingle…
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Action Steps
I’ve always struggled with breaking goals down into specific action steps. Instead I often have a general idea and just keep “working on it.” The key breakthrough for me was when I read a book called “Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda” by…
My Ideal Time Management System
I’ve been so impressed by the forms generated by David Seah on his Printable CEO blog. With his wonderful imagination he brings fun and a sense of play to time management. His concrete goals tracker is geared to his field,…
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