GOALS VS PRIORITIES

GOALS VS PRIORITIES

Prioritizing means deciding in advance what is important to you so you can utilize your time wisely. Goals and prioritizing go hand and hand. Once you have established your goals, you know your priorities.

TIMELY THOUGHT

A plan without action is like a car without a driver, it goes nowhere.

TIMELY QUOTE

"Keep the big picture in mind while attending to the daily details."
- Donald Trump in his book, How to Get Rich.
 

CELL PHONES AND DRIVING

A study by the AAA Foundation back in 1992 showed that holding a complex conversation via cellular increases the chance that you'll be distracted by 30 percent.

ORGANIZERS WON'T NECESSARILY GET YOU ORGANIZED

According to Lucy Hedrick, author of Five Days To An Organized Life (Dell Publishing, 1990) there were at that time over 300 organizers or personal planning aids on the market, with sales expected to exceed $200 million. Yet many people are still disorganized. Organizers are of little use if the person using them lacks the self-discipline to make then work.

MAKE COMMITMENTS TO GET THINGS DONE

You cannot postpone a commitment, you can only cancel it. If you postpone it, it's no longer a commitment.

A PLANNER IS A CONSTANT REFERENCE TOOL

Your planner should contain scheduled activities and events, lists of things to do, follow-ups required and projects due. Check it every morning - and throughout the day.

TIMELY QUOTE

"When you make a goal, you're building a bridge between who you are now and who you want to be in the future."   - Amy Dean, Author of Life Goals