We live in a fast paced world, where distractions surround
us at every turn. I was recently in Las
Vegas attending a conference and there were advertisements literally inside the
men’s urinals. They were not
advertisements above the urinals, they were advertisements encased in plastic
that were mounted inside the urinals…but I digress.
I personally have lived a distracted life and been a “jack
of all trades, but master of none.” I have accumulated goals and divvied up my
focus between them. In 2014, my goal is one goal. I know it sounds funny, but my goal is to
find one goal. It’s often difficult
since many of us have so many different goals. But the bottom line is that you are
going to be the most effective when all of your energy is built around one goal
that is your consistent focus. If you
had 5 or more goals, your focus and your effectiveness will be spread out. In a
perfect world, you would then reach all five goals. But we all live in this world and not a
perfect one. If you have just one goal,
then your attention and energy will be fully invested and your goal will be
that much closer.
There’s many different classes of goals. Yours may be related to your career, your
physical body or even a hobby. The key
is to choose your goal and implement a time frame for it. Shorter term goals tend to be less than a
year. Intermediate tend to be 1-5 years and long term goals are greater than 5
years. Keep your focus on it and remind yourself with a sticky note on the
fridge or better yet, make it the background screen on your cell phone that you
are spending most of your time looking at, when you should be working on your goal already.
Wishing You Success!
Alex
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