Suppose you learn skills or discover tools that let you become faster. Now, if you don’t know where you are going or what you want, it is likely that you will be going fast in a direction that will not necessarily benefit you. Our lives are getting more complex every day. Anyone who wants to succeed and compete must learn how to manage time effectively and become more productive. One of the most important tools in time management is to understand what you really want. It seems that knowing your goals can significantly help you to avoid wasting time and become enormously more productive.
Our lives are getting more complex every day. Anyone who wants to succeed and compete must learn how to manage time effectively and become more productive. One of the most important tools in time management is to understand what you really want. Suppose you learn skills or discover tools that let you become faster. Now, if you don’t know where you are going or what you want, it is likely that you will be going fast in a direction that will not necessarily benefit you. It seems that knowing your goals can significantly help you to avoid wasting time and become enormously more productive.
Extensive research in this area shows that people who have goals, especially strong goals in the earlier parts of their lives, can become significantly more successful in life.
Goal setting is a skill and like all skills it must be mastered by practice and persistence. Consider the following goal; “I want to become rich”. There are several problems with this goal. What does it mean to be rich? When do you want to become rich? At what point would you declare yourself rich? What happens then?
Just about everyone likes to be rich or richer. However, history shows that those who go on to become rich are those who set themselves very defined and specific goals that was nothing like “I want to get rich”. In fact successful people usually have some other goal and they get rich only indirectly as a result of getting to their goals (obviously we are ignoring getting rich randomly such as winning lottery).
To set appropriate goals and improve your time management, you need to follow five golden rules:
Rule 1: Define SMART Goals
SMART is a handy acronym that beautifully captures the essence of goal setting. It stands for the following:
Rule 2: Define Motivating Goals
Make sure your goals inspire you. If you are passionate about something, you will put more energy into it. This in turn allows you to work harder, longer and faster which will enormously increase your productivity and improve your time management.
In contrast if you set yourself goals that you “must” do, then it is likely that you may not feel that enthusiastic which can lead to procrastination and failure. If you have goals that must be done, think of something positive in it and bring this positivity out. A good trick to use here is to ask yourself, “If I wanted to give this goal to someone else, how would I state it so that they are encouraged to do it”. You can use your own answer to this question to formulate your goal.
Rule 3: Write Your Goals
Goals that are not written down can be easily forgotten or morphed into something else. A simple time management trick that can help you a lot to achieve your goal is to set yourself periodic reminders to look at your written goal. Every time you get reminded of your goal, you may consciously or unconsciously take steps to get closer to it.
Rule 4: Work Backwards
Once you have identified your goals, you need to know what to do to get there. Just like finding a solution to a maze, start from your goal and work backwards to your current situation. This allows you to see where you should be at each stage and set a number of mini-goals.
Rule 5: Be Persistent
Goal setting is not a fire-and-forge activity. You need to stick with it, get back to your goals, review them, update them, even modify them as you progress in your life. Remember, you must set new goals as you approach previously set goals so you know what to do next when you get to your goals. The process never finishes and you certainly don’t want to find yourself aimless or bored due to lack of goals. People who suffer from mid-life crisis usually do so because they finally achieve the goals they set themselves when they were in their 20s. Lack of new goals suddenly makes life and living pointless. Make sure you always have some.
Body Language of Lying
There has been a lot of research within the field of body language since historically people seem to be extremely interested in either being deceptive, or catching those might be lying. This guide explores the body language of lying.Traditionally there are certain signs that are associated with lying and deception.
Top 6 Mistakes Made When Reading Body Language
Unfortunately many seem to make mistakes when using body language and non-verbal signals to the extent that their attempt in reading actually reduces the quality of the communication. In this article you will explore a number of common mistakes made when people read body language.
Essential Roles of Hands in Body Language and Non-Verbal Communication
Body language of hands works both ways. The way people hold their hands, place their hands, use their hands or show their hands can tell you a lot about them. Some of their gestures may not be intentional and you can use this as a clue to their emotions. In this article you will be introduced to a number of hand expressions and their meanings.
