Archives for the 'Goal Setting' Category
Goal Setting Mistakes: 3. Not Quantifying Enough [How to be an Original]
This month I learned some goal setting lessons…the hard way! I’ve been working with setting goals and blogging about it for a couple of months now. And I made some mistakes. Preventable mistakes? Maybe, but honest mistakes anyway. This is a series of posts about those mistakes.
Mistake 3: Not Quantifying Enough
Goals represent things that [...]
Goal Setting Mistakes: 2. Colliding Deadlines [How to be an Original]
This month I learned some goal setting lessons…the hard way! I’ve been working with setting goals and blogging about it for a couple of months now. And I made some mistakes. Preventable mistakes? Maybe, but honest mistakes anyway. This is a series of posts about those mistakes.
Mistake 2: Colliding deadlines
As a deadline comes close, [...]
Goal Setting Mistakes: 1. Too Many Goals [How to be an Original]
This month I learned some goal setting lessons…the hard way!
I’ve been working with setting goals and blogging about it for a couple of months now. And I made some mistakes. Preventable mistakes? Maybe, but honest mistakes anyway.
It feels kind of stupid. I blog about goal setting and related topics and investigate my subject, learning [...]
Achievable Deadlines [FruitfulTime Blog]
“Aim high son. That way you make sure that you will be successful.” - Myth!
As from a young age we were brought up with this philosophy which I think is flawed. I think that aiming high does not have an affect on how much you achieve. It’s how much you work which has a direct [...]
ACE Your Way to Success, Pt. 3 [HD BizBlog 1.2]
Today’s guest post is by Al at 7P Productions.
This is the conclusion of the ACE series, where I compare it with SMART and EASIER.
Part 1 of the series introduced ACE (Assess, Commit, Execute) which can be used for both simple and large tasks and goals, and part 2 of the series explained in more details [...]
ACE Your Way to Success, Pt. 2 [HD BizBlog 1.2]
Today’s post is by Al at 7P Productions.
In Part 1 of this series, I introduced the A-C-E system (Assess, Commit, Execute) that I created for myself to help sort out what’s needed to get done. It’s self-explanatory for simple everyday tasks, but A-C-E can also be really helpful for more complex tasks.
A - ASSESS
What [...]
ACE Your Way to Success, Pt. 1 [HD BizBlog 1.2]
Today’s post is by Al at 7P Productions.
When I was an undergrad engineering student, I recall being overwhelmed with the amount of work I had. I was having difficulties with managing my goals, so I created a simple acronym to help me. I still use this acronym to this day and it’s called A-C-E, which [...]
How to sabotage goals with 47 simple words [How to be an Original]
Don’t you just hate it when you have to set goals to get things done? They are an evil way of making sure you have to put in those extra -often unpaid- hours, to accomplish more than you’re hired for. And if you fail, that’s a reason to withhold your bonus, or even your yearly [...]
Building Confidence in Children [Productivity @ Home]
Every Tuesday, I share my thoughts on Family Life.
Thank you to John Bishop of Teaching Moments for sharing today’s posting. I always find John’s recommendations to be so helpful, not only for children but also for myself. My father frequently implemented this philosophy with us and I find myself subconsciously doing this with my own [...]
SMART Quarterly Objectives [HD BizBlog 1.2]
I have been sitting on this link to Genuine Curiosity for a while, waiting to complete my own Quarterly Review and goal-setting. Dwayne Melancon has written a concise and very useful post on utilizing the principles of Management by Objective for setting quarterly objectives. Melancon describes the five steps in the SMART analysis:
Specific - make [...]