We all have 24 hours in the day. Why is it that some people manage to achieve their goals and dreams and yet some seem to never have enough time? Lorraine Pirihi, Productivity Coach has some great ideas on how to get more done by (amongst other things) writing down your goals both business and personal in Expect more from 2008 (page 20).

At the start of each month, I document my goals under four categories (business, personal, physical and spiritual). To carry these through I also document what it will look like when I achieve the goal, what I’ll remember when lacking motivation, my reward for achieving the goal and the steps I have taken to achieve the goal. This approach is a combination of Lorraine’s suggestion and a focus chart from Michelle Hext from Glow Womens Fitness.

This strategy has been very helpful in giving priority to exercise to improve my physical health and ensure I can keep going for the long haul in small business. Previously there was “never enough time for exercise”. The true was I was giving priority to other things and to rectify the situation I needed to set and monitor goals to achieve what is important.

What is important to you? Do you write down your goals and the steps to achieving them? Do you never have enough time to achieve what you really want? Maybe it is time to start writing down your goals and taking steps to steal back the time and use the 24 hours each day that we’ve all been given.

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