Why is Goal Setting important? I will be honest with you, sometimes it is just good to go with the flow and let events take you where they will. However if you really want to achieve something in life, you do need to have goals. Continue reading “Is Goal Setting Important”
Work flow mastery. These are actually three different concepts here (Work, flow and mastery) which conjure up images of success. To be successful, we need to work or receive the fruits of other’s work. Work also needs to flow.
It all starts with Vision. Victor Frankl, in his book Man’s Search For Meaning advises us not to ask what the meaning of life is, but what is the meaning of our lives. What is your purpose? Continue reading “Vision”
Should you ever quit? If you read self-help, business, or history books, you will almost certainly have read Winston Churchill’s quote – “Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never.” Churchill spoke these words in his second address to Harrow School in 1941. It certainly is an inspiring quote and one I have printed off and framed in a little plaque on my desk. If ever I am flagging, I just look down at this quote and the bulldog features of Britain’s finest stare back at me. I somehow find the resolve I need to follow through with whatever endeavour I am struggling.
If prioritising is deciding what to do, then scheduling is deciding when to do it. Planning to fail is failing to plan, as the old saying goes. Continue reading “Scheduling”
You don’t need to rush this goal setting process. It is not something you do once and leave. It will form a living, document that will evolve over the weeks, months and years. Continue reading “Goal Setting Templates”
It is important to have a set time for a new habit. Linked to that is the practice of rituals. These can be regular little actions that you repeat every day. On their own they are probably insignificant but taken together they can be very powerful. Continue reading “Rituals”
Having read The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande, I am a convert to using checklists. I like to take the thinking out of repetitive tasks.
Using a checklist makes them an automatic habit, saving time and makes sure that they are consistent. Take for instance, my daily morning checklist Continue reading “Checklists and Daily Lists”