9 steps to effective achievement

Highly motivated people keep lists of written goals.
An unwritten goal is still little more than a dream.
Here are the nine I use to set and achieve my goals.
They work every time, time after time, without fail.
1. Think what you want to achieve. Only you can do it.
2. Write in the first person, present tense.
"I feel great about meeting five sales prospects today.
"Their names and contact information . . ."
3. Make them brief. See 14-word goal above.
4. Make them specific. "Five sales prospects."
5. Use feeling words. "I feel great . . ."
6. Stay focused. Block out distractions and time bandits.
You know who the time bandits are. More on that later.
7. Set realistic deadlines on every project.
8. Hold yourself accountable to make those deadlines.
9. Reward yourself for achieving each goal.
Yes, reward yourself. It increases your motivation.
We’ll talk about time and productivity Thursday.
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Success Strategy: Play to win

You can’t improve what you don’t measure.
How else do you know if you achieved your goals?
Would you play a game whose rules are unclear?
You can’t win unless you know how points are scored.
Are you playing to win this year?
You say you are. Then try this.
1. List four major objectives to achieve this year.
That’s only one per quarter. You can do that.
2. Break the first quarter objective into action steps.
3. Assign a deadline to each action step.
4. Do the same with your other three objectives.
5. Post a copy of this list where you’ll see it every day.
6. Check off the steps as you accomplish them.
For more Playing to Win strategies, go to
http://www.jerrybellune.com/success-strategies.htm
Scroll down to #46, "Playing to Win".
For questions, write me at Jerry@JerryBellune.com