Achieving Personal Goals

Goals and Clarity

Mike Warren — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:33:44 +0000

Clarity

The clearer we are about the goals and objectives we set for ourselves in life, the more efficient, and effective, we will be in achieving them. Clarity has as much or more to do with success and happiness as hard work, because once we’re clear about exactly what needs to [read more]

The Multi-Tasking Myth

Mike Warren — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:19:58 +0000

Several months ago, I wrote this post about the fallacy of trying to do two, or even worse three things at once. I’m well familiar with the hazards of this, as I have to be reminded frequently that I can’t do it (at least not effectively).

All this to [read more]

5 Tips to Sustain Your Effort

Mike Warren — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:35:31 +0000

The challenge for many of our true, ‘make a difference’ aspirations in life is to sustain our level of effort and focus, day and and day out. Most people aren’t able to do that, but that creates an opportunity for someone who’s serious about achieving something and is [read more]

Measuring my activity

Mike Warren — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:34:11 +0000

I bought a new audiobook this week that I’ve really been enjoying, “The 4 Laws of Financial Prosperity” by Blaine Harris, that’s been a great reminder of the importance of proper financial management in our lives. More importantly though, it’s also motivated me to start tracking my time on [read more]

5 Sacrifices to Reach Your Goals

Mike Warren — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:44:48 +0000

We know that a critical part of achieving a goal is to take regular action each and every day to move closer to it. Making time for those activities generally requires that we make some sacrifices.

The following is my list of the top 5 sacrifices that, [read more]

Examples of Goals

Mike Warren — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:24:35 +0000

If you’re like me, it helps when starting something new to look at examples. Using examples of goals others have written to guide your goal definition and creating your action plan is always a good idea. In an effort to help you along, I’ve included a [read more]

Getting Our Head Right

Mike Warren — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:42:45 +0000

A lot of this website is devoted to the mechanics of setting and achieving goals. Things like selecting the right goal, being clear and specific about what your goal is and why you want to achieve it, providing you with forms for writing a good plan, how to [read more]

Think About This When Selecting Goals

Mike Warren — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:50:21 +0000

Setting goals is essential for top performance, that’s no secret. Every Olympic athlete, market leading business or worker interested in retiring before age 90 understands that it helps to set a goal and have a plan for how to get there.

This post is about how to approach your goals. [read more]

Setting A Goal Is An Obligation

Mike Warren — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:35:35 +0000

Today I’m just updating an prior post (1/2/10).

I just read an interesting post by Seth Godin on his blog today, where he is referencing a post he made 10 years ago. Below is an excerpt from that post. It’s about taking [read more]

What’s the Purpose of a Goal?

Mike Warren — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:34:59 +0000

What’s the point of goal setting? We know we want some outcome, some change in the results in an area of our lives. For example we may want to look better, be more successful, be financially secure, free of debt, etc.

But how exactly do goals [read more]