Comments on: Knowing when to focus on short-term and long-term is key to project success http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2008/11/28/knowing-when-to-focus-on-short-term-and-long-term-is-key-to-project-success/ The views and musings of me, myself and I Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:21:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kristjan http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2008/11/28/knowing-when-to-focus-on-short-term-and-long-term-is-key-to-project-success/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Kristjan Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:20:13 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=132#comment-68 That's why I've been trying to do in my personal life, too. This summer, I realized I needed a time management plan and I sat down to put my thoughts on paper. On of them was goal setting. As always, writing something down helps one clear one's head. I realized that breaking bigger goals into smaller, more realistic ones, is the way to go. Of course, we all know it, but we just need to be reminded of that. That's why I'm telling you this. Let's take an example goal: the road to being a millionaire doesn't start with the first million, it starts with the first grand or even the first ten quid depending on your cash flow. The next step is to double the money again and again until you've reached the goal. The same goes to blogging or any other goal. If your goal is to have a popular blog with tens of thousands of daily visitors, the first goal should be to have at least 10 or 50 daily visitors (depending on your advertising budget, of course). I think that not breaking big goals into smaller ones is the main reason people, organisations and governments fail to meet their goals. Besides, setting smaller and easier goals lets you reevaluate what you've done up until now. Anyway, thanks for mentioning this. I needed to be reminded of that. That’s why I’ve been trying to do in my personal life, too. This summer, I realized I needed a time management plan and I sat down to put my thoughts on paper. On of them was goal setting. As always, writing something down helps one clear one’s head. I realized that breaking bigger goals into smaller, more realistic ones, is the way to go. Of course, we all know it, but we just need to be reminded of that. That’s why I’m telling you this. Let’s take an example goal: the road to being a millionaire doesn’t start with the first million, it starts with the first grand or even the first ten quid depending on your cash flow. The next step is to double the money again and again until you’ve reached the goal. The same goes to blogging or any other goal. If your goal is to have a popular blog with tens of thousands of daily visitors, the first goal should be to have at least 10 or 50 daily visitors (depending on your advertising budget, of course). I think that not breaking big goals into smaller ones is the main reason people, organisations and governments fail to meet their goals. Besides, setting smaller and easier goals lets you reevaluate what you’ve done up until now.

Anyway, thanks for mentioning this. I needed to be reminded of that.

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