Chances are if you’re stressed, at least part of your problem is due to incompatible goals. Work / life balance is a perennial issue in most of our lives. We can’t seem to manage all the important things we need to all the time. There seem to be many conflicting and incompatible goals. Identifying and reflecting upon these incompatible goals can often be a platform for improved life balance, hope and enjoyment.
Posts Tagged ‘Important Things’
Create Focus – Use SMART Goals to Fence Yourself In
Saturday, June 20th, 2009We create focus when we fence ourselves in. And the best tool for building those fences are SMART goals – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant / Realistic and Time specific. How often have you had ten different things you could be doing – each one with value, each one requiring time and concentration, and the result is you find yourself thinking about what else you could be doing rather than focusing on what you are doing? And you’re tempted to put down what you’re doing and rush into what you feel – at this moment – is a more important thing. Creating fences with SMART goals results in working on the really important things – without having to constantly argue with yourself about what you should be or could be doing.
Create Focus – Use SMART Goals to Fence Yourself In
Friday, June 12th, 2009We create focus when we fence ourselves in. And the best tool for building those fences are SMART goals – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant / Realistic and Time specific. How often have you had ten different things you could be doing – each one with value, each one requiring time and concentration, and the result is you find yourself thinking about what else you could be doing rather than focusing on what you are doing? And you’re tempted to put down what you’re doing and rush into what you feel – at this moment – is a more important thing. Creating fences with SMART goals results in working on the really important things – without having to constantly argue with yourself about what you should be or could be doing.
Value Driven Life
Monday, June 1st, 2009Bill Montgomery once said that one of the most important things in life is to decide what is the most important thing? That is sound advice. How many people consider what really matters or take the time to give it any thought? Many of the difficulties we face in life are because we have not taken the time to decide what is really important to us and what we value. Therefore, we do not know what our values are and our life reflects the disconnect.
Start Taking Steps to Build Your Self Esteem
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009One of the most important things you can do for yourself is to start taking steps to improve your self esteem. Low self esteem can hold you back from so many wonderful things in life. It can keep you stuck in a rut with your career, finances, personal relationships, family and just about every other aspect of your life.
