Additional Resources
In this Time Management series, we’ve covered a lot of ground. I began the discussion by writing about telling our time where to go (instead of wondering where it went). I followed that up by explaining the need to be intentional with our time, which starts with the importance of setting goals. There are goals […]
The Goal Setting Process
I’ve experimented with a lot of different ways to create, establish, implement, and measure goals; on a variety of different time lines. I’ve developed daily goals, weekly goals, monthly goals. For the longest time, monthly goals felt great: instant gratification (except when I’d get a little delusional and develop 10 MAJOR goals to strive for […]
Setting Goals That Don’t Suck
Before we can tell our time where to go, we have to develop a firm sense of how we want to spend it. That’s where goals come in. I think of goals as the roadmap to productivity. In order to reach a desired destination (the goal), we have to develop methods to reach that destination, […]
The Importance of Goal Setting
“The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them.” – Denis Watley In the first entry of this series, Managing Our Time, I talked a lot about my desire to take control of my time: planning my days and intentionally giving my energy to things that I care about: things […]