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Goals are Dreams With a Deadline

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Goals are dreams with a deadline. Everything you want in life can be more quickly achieved with the use of goals. You maY want to write them down in a notebook and review them weekly. Your short-term goals should be connected to your long-term goals.

You may want to use an action board. This can be a large bulletin board (I use 22x34 and I have 4 of them). My bulletin boards also have copies of paintings, nature, and the ocean along with my goals.

You may use 3x5 cards on your bulletin board under 4-5 goal headings. Be sure to include the estimated deadline for each goal. You may use general headings: such as, goals-dreams-problems-solutions. You may choose to add post-it notes to your index cards. I use dressmakers' pins which are long straight pins. I use these because they make smaller holes in my pictures and they work great on the bulletin. You may want to save the old index cards to watch your progress. By using multi-colored cards you can easily track your progress with a glance.

If you have the room, you may choose to cover the entire wall with corkboard to have a large area for your planning.

In a large office setting with meeting room capabilities for large groups, the walls may be lined with dry eraser boards to use for brain-storming sessions which may be a weekly event.

Remember to be specific with planned completion dates. Some sample goals may be:

  • Personal development

Develop a support group of 3-5 people during the next month.

Join a volunteer group; for example. Teach someone to read by joining a literary group. 

Sign up for computer class at a local college. 

Arrange to take some tests that show your interests and/or abilities.

  • Family development

Set aside one weekend per month to arrange special dates with your spouse.

Schedule separate quality time with each of your children.

  • Spiritual growth

Set aside 15-20 minutes each day to practice meditation.

Choose a topic about spirituality and study everything about it.

Using a steno pad or similar notebook, find a topic for study in a concordance of the Bible or other spiritual literature and record the verses you find for the topic you've chosen. 

On 3x5 index cards, record valuable quotations for spiritual qualitites you want to work on. 

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Top 20 Motivation Hacks: (From Zen Habits)

1. Always think positive. Squash all negative thoughts.
2. Make a big public commitment. Be fully committed.
3. Create a friendly, mutually-supportive competition.
4. Keep a daily journal of your goal.
5. Visualize your goal clearly, on a daily basis, for at least 5-10 seconds.
6. Make it a rule never to skip two days in a row.
7. Become aware of your urges to quit, and be prepared for them.
8. Have powerful reasons. Write them down.
9. Get a coach or take a class.
10. Find inspiration on a daily basis.
11. Reward yourself. Often.
12. Break it into smaller, mini goals.
13. Give it time, be patient.
14. Make it a pleasure.
15. Just get started.
16. Get a workout partner or goal buddy.
17. Post a picture of your goal someplace visible-near your desk or on your refrigerator, for example.
18. Join an online (or off-Line) group to help keep you focused and motivated.
19. Hold yourself back.
20. Chart your progress.
zen habits | Achieving Goals and Simple Productivity through Daily Habits
How to be a Great Dad - 12 Awesome Tips Every Sunday is Family Day on Zen Habits.
I'm often asked about raising six kids, and being productive and achieving goals and changing habits in the midst of raising so many kids. But heres the thing: I do all the other stuff, the productivity, because of my kids.

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I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What

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Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It

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Goals! How to Get Everything You Want--Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible

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Goals : Setting And Achieving Them On Schedule

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Getting Things Done definition by Wikipedia 

"Getting Things Done, commonly abbreviated as GTD, is an action management method, and the title of a book by David Allen.

Unlike other time management experts, Allen does not start his emphasis on setting priorities. Instead he advocates creating lists of tasks that are specific to a context, for example, having a list of telephone calls to make or errands to do downtown. He also suggests that any new task which can be completed in less than two minutes should be done immediately.

The psychology of GTD is based on making it easy to store, track and retrieve all the information related to the things you need to get done. Allen suggests that many of the mental blocks we encounter in regard to doing certain activities are caused by insufficient 'front-end' planning (i.e., for any project we need to clarify what is to be achieved and what specific actions are needed to achieve it). It is most practical, according to Allen, to do this thinking in advance, generating a series of actions which we can later undertake without any further planning.

Allen also contends that our mental "reminder system" is rather inefficient and seldom reminds us of what we need to do at the time and place that we can do it. Consequently, the "next actions" stored by context in the "trusted system" act as an external support which ensures that we are presented with the right reminders at the right time. There are many associated personal management tips and tricks detailed in Getting Things Done which can be useful for implementing the workflow described by Allen.

A capsule description of GTD from Allen's book Ready for Anything:

"Get everything out of your head. Make decisions about actions required on stuff when it shows up - not when it blows up. Organize reminders of your projects and the next actions on them in appropriate categories. Keep your system current, complete, and reviewed sufficiently to trust your intuitive choices about what you're doing (and not doing) at any time." "

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Getting Things Done Books From Amazon 

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 10/11/2008)

Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge

Amazon Price: $17.59 (as of 10/11/2008)

The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done

Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 10/11/2008)

Getting Things Done - Successful Women Speak

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