WHERE YOU AT?

Hi Guys. Hmm what can i say? It is the 15th day of April. I think this year is taking a 440. ah ah Kilode (WHAT IS IT?). Am sure we started the year with a lot of TO-Dos, I will take coke just once a year, i will exercise 30 minutes a day, I will start a blog .. and the list goes on and on. How many of these have been achieved so far? The first quarter of 2016 is GONE FOREVER In case you have not noticed. That is not to say however that you cannot achieve the things on your set goals if you put your mind to it.

Identify Your Goals

Before you go running off to measure your goals, take a minute to determine whether you can actually articulate what your goals are. I have covered this before, but your goals need to be sufficiently defined so that assigning measurable units to them has actual significance. The goal that’s been on my mind most recently is to keep my house clean. Sounds noble and hygienic, right? But there’s a reason that the “have a clean house” goal has been ever-elusive in my life — it’s not clearly articulated. What does a clean house mean? The bed made every day? All dishes always off the counter? No visible scuffs on the kitchen floor? You see what I mean.

Assign Each Goal a Measurable Unit

This might seem obvious, but it’s impossible to measure your goals if they aren’t framed in terms of a measurable unit. Every goal needs to be assigned both a measurable unit (to quantify success) and a unit of time (against which you’ll measure your success). Units of time can be terminal (a “one-time deal”), or they can be recurring. An example of a recurring unit of time goal might be helpful here. Take my clean house example, for instance — I’d first define what a clean house means to me. I might say, perchance, that a clean house is one that is dusted, vacuumed, and mopped. I would make a “chore chart” with all the key chores I felt amounted to a clean house. Then, I would assign a unit of time. I’m not overly zealous here, so let’s go with two weeks. I would know that hitting each of the tasks on my list (or 75% of them, or whatever I deemed a success) in the two-week time period would mean that I’d reached my goal. Two weeks later, I’d measure again.

Keep Up With Them

It is easier said than done. So its easy to quickly forget those goals especially if they are not written down. It is advisable to get back to them from time to time and tick off the achieved. Nobody is saying you must achieve all. As the Bible says, Many are the plans in a man's heart but it is only the counsel of the Lord that shall stand Prov 19:21. 


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