Hello all,
I am hoping you are enjoying the weekend! Personally I am going to enjoy the entire weekend with yard work, house work and writing!
One of my goals is to get published, in both fiction and non-fiction. So now you know a long term goal of mine.
My question for you is: What is your long term goal. I want you to write me with your goals so get busy writing down things you want to accomplish. Write down the short term and the long term. Send me your emails to denise@progressiveorganizingsolutions.com
Remember though that even one goal, whether small or large is the first step to achieving the goal. You have to recognize the goal, write it down to make it solid in your mind (something that is achievable ) and then the second step is to write down the steps to achieve that goal.
1. Write down your goals
2. Write down the steps that it will take to achieve your goals. (start with one)
So why is this the topic of my blog to you today?
BECAUSE! No, really because can be a justifiable reason (as a parent its as good as Because I said so)
Here’s the real reason: For all the bigwigs out there that are making tons of money off of “you” for telling you how to do things, how to achieve great wealth, how to get to the next level, THEY ALL SAY the same thing.
What Brian Tracy, and all the others out there tell us to do is to recognize a goal by writing it down. They then tell us to write down how to do the things (steps) that will make that “dream” or goal come true. They all recognize that none of us get anywhere by sitting on our tush, just thinking about what comes next to make us better at our careers. They also all write their goals down and sometimes, just by doing so set into motion the method for achieving what they think they want.
So for the next question. How does this apply to organizing. Come on now, think hard! If you can think of a goal, if you can write it down, if you can think of a progressive method of achieving it, do you not think that you have achieved an organized method for achieving that goal?
Of course, I might be wrong! But being organized is thinking a problem through (whether that problem is getting organized in your home, your office or somewhere else). We face our “messy” desks every day always thinking there has to be a better system out there.
What if I told you that the best system is one where you build into your schedule the time it takes to put away the things you are working on. Do you think that would be impossible?
A few weeks ago I visited a new client and found that the simplest change in the way they approached a problem, solved the problem. If it were that easy wouldn’t you want to do the same?
My challenge to you this week(end) is to recognize a goal (email it to me or email your list to me) and then take the time to write out a couple of steps that would help you to achieve that goal. If you email me I definitely will email you back! Let’s track it and see how it goes!
For now, have a great weekend and I look forward to your emails.
Denise
Christoph Dollis said,
December 13, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Goal-orientation is extremely important. All successful people are.
However, written goals is overrated and in many cases harmful.
Understand that seeming (but non) paradox and you’ll understand much.
Denise said,
December 15, 2008 at 5:48 pm
What Christoph says here “Goal-orientation is extremely important” is so huge that I want you to take a minute to consider this. As he says all successful people are goal oriented. What is missing is that they are also focused on those goals. Always checking back to see if they are on track, breaking down the goals into parts and not losing the focus that helps them to achieve their goals is an important part of being goal oriented. I do not agree that having written goals is over rated. You see, not everyone can maintain without having written reminders of what the end goal is supposed to look like. If you can, then you are among a minority. Thanks for chiming in Christoph. It’s always great to hear another side.