Second you should have an action plan, a list of tasks that you have to carry out to achieve an objective and focus on a single goal. Wherever you would like to achieve something, draw up an action plan that allows you to concentrate on the stages of that achievement and monitor your progress towards it. To draw up an action plan simply list the tasks that you need to carry out to achieve your goal.
Thirdly you should have a to do list that lists all the tasks that you need to carry out , it coordinates all the jobs that you have to do into one place. You can prioritize these tasks into order of importance, this allows you to tackle the most important ones first. To do lists are essential when carrying out a number of different tasks or when you have made a number of commitments, especially if you find you are often caught forgetting to do something. To do lists are very simple and extremely powerful both as a method of organizing yourself and as away of reducing stress, often problems may seem overwhelming or you may have a huge number of demands on your time that leaves you feeling out of control and overburdened with work.
When preparing a to do list you should write down the tasks that you face, if they are large break them down into their component elements, do this until you have listed everything that you have to do, once you have done this, run through these jobs allocating priorities from A (very important) to F (unimportant), if too many tasks have a high priority, run through the list again and demote the less important ones, once you have completed this, rewrite the list in priority order.
Now that you have a precise plan you can eliminate the problems you face and tackle them in order of importance, this list allows you to separate important jobs from the many time-consuming trivial ones.
Using your to do list in different situations: if you are in a sales type role, a good way of motivating yourself is to keep your list relatively short and aim to complete it every day. In an operational role it may be better to keep one list and chip away at it.
Fourthly you should set personal goals or planning on a routine basis and decide what you want to achieve, and then move step by step towards the achievement of these goals. The process of setting goals and targets allows you to choose where you want to go in life, by knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know what you have to concentrate on
to do it.
Goal setting is a standard technique used by top level athletes, successful business people and achievers in all fields. It gives you long term vision and shirt term motivation; it focuses your acquisition of knowledge and helps you to organize your resources. By setting sharp, clearly defined goals you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals, you can see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind. By setting goals, you will also raise your self confidence, as you recognize your ability and competence in achieving the goals that you have set. The process of achieving goals and seeing this achievement gives you confidence that you will be able to achieve higher and more difficult goals.
Goals are set on a number of different levels: first you decide what you want to do with your life and what large scale goals you want to achieve. Second you break these down into smaller and smaller targets that you must hit so that you reach your lifetime goals. Finally once you have your plan, you start working towards achieving it.
