Fewer Goals, Smaller To Do Lists – More Success!
I was on a teleconference last week and I asked about my goals for 2006. I had some overall goals for the entire year and I mapped out in great detail my goals for the first 6 months of January. As I said them out loud, I realized that a couple years ago, I would have tried to cram the 6 months’ worth of goals into 1 month.
So what’s the deal? I was getting more work done when I had more goals…right? Perhaps I’m a little lazy in my old age? 
NO. A couple years ago, I was doing a mediocre job of achieving my goals. Now that I’ve given myself time to really work on each goal, I am able to do a better job on each one, have less stress and my family really appreciates the extra time I have with them.
So, if you have a goal list for this year…take a second look. Rome wasn’t built in a day and your online business doesn’t have to be either. Take the time to perfect (or at least nearly perfect!) each aspect of your online business before you move onto the next thing. Besides, there are so many more important things to concentrate on in life!
About: Alice Seba
Alice Seba earns a full-time online income as an entrepreneur and loves to help others achieve the same. With a focus on using content to create relationships, loyalty and results from the written word, she co-owns both a ghostwriting service and a private label content business. To get more tips for your content marketing, visit Contentrix.com - your free resource with plenty of tips and strategies.Freebies
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Nell
I agree. I’ve done that before – overloading on the goals and then nothing gets done.
This time my main goals were to automate and outsource certain aspects of my business more and I’ve done good at sticking with them.
I don’t know why I didn’t take advantage of the automation of blogs and newsletter before now!
Carrie Lauth
Maybe that’s why I’ve always hated goals. My goals never came to fruition, so I started focusing on activity versus outcome. In other words, I did what I could control…my daily activity standard.
This is great advice. Now I’m spending one month working on some aspect of my business (list building, copywriting, content, etc) before focusing on something else. It’s working great so far.
Kelly
Fewer goals… I don’t think I’m doing too good on that point right now. LOL! I’ve got more pots on the stove than I can keep track of right now… but I’m working diligently at outsourcing more and more. So hopefully I can start shrinking those darn to do lists!
Carlos Scarpero
That’s great advice. Thanks for sharing.