The key to satisfaction in life is achieving what you set out to do. Set goals, and work hard to reach them. Sounds simple, right?
It can be, if you keep a couple things in mind:
1. Dream big, but keep your goals realistic. What can you manage to accomplish in a day, given all the responsibilities you shoulder? Set goals that will challenge you, but which can be met with hard work and motivation.
2. Track your goals. Write them down or create an electronic file where what you 'planned to do' and what you 'did do' are logged. It is amazing how concrete your progress become when it is "official" and documented.
3. Turn off FaceBook and Twitter while you work towards your goals. How can you put 100% of your effort into a task when TweetDeck is chiming a new tweet every 15 to 30 seconds? Each time your eye strays to the FaceBook tab and you see parenthesis signaling a notification, you disengage from your primary task. Cell phone and land line should be silenced too.
Working toward your goals means budgeting your time and concentrating all your effort on the task at hand. Factor in your downtime, when you will check in with your social media and visit blogs. Remember to eat and exercise -- those things are important too!
And when you achieve your goals, the sense of satisfaction is immense. You feel like you're in the driver's seat of your life, in charge, going to that place where you've always pictured yourself.
Go on. Become that person you dream about. Get those goals!
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Have a wonderful weekend!
