A lot of people are blogging there goals for 2010 and then looking back at 2009 to see how those goals worked out. A lot of the same people figure out that they failed a lot of 2009′s goals. Wonder why? Its because short term goals work better then long term goals. I have always made very very short term goals, along with having long term goals. I have a to-do list that I make every 3-4 days, on the to-do list I have tasks such as “redo social bookmarking sales letter”, “update writers interface”, “do link building for X website” plus much more. I usually write 2 to-do lists a week, depending on the size of the work.
I find that a lot of people are blogging about there 2010 goals and how they are going to accomplish them. I guarantee that 80% of people that set goals like that will not be on the right track to accomplishing there goals by April.
I have been working for myself since 2006 (I must be doing something right) and during that time I have learned a lot about making goals. I plan my goals in 2 ways;
1. Long Term Goal: I set a long term goal, but I do not attach a date or time frame to it. An example of one of my long term goals is to hire someone for customer support and sales (it actually has been for 2+ year now haha).
2. To-Do Lists: I use to-do lists to set my short term goals (in other words, to get shit done). I believe that I should work smart and not hard, to do so I sit back before I work and think what exactly I should devote my time to. An example; instead of spending 3 hours a day to reply to 50 support emails a day, I rather spend 15 hours one time creating a system that will make it so I would only need to spend 30 mins a day replying to those 50 support emails. That is working smart and not hard. An example of one of my to-do list jobs is to finish updating the order editing system (which is a step I need to take to hire a customer support person)
Having a weekly to-do list will make sure you are on the correct track to accomplishing your long term goal. Instead of spending the time to make detailed long term goals, the energy is better spent in planning short term goals.
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As weird as it sounds, having a daily to do list with all the same shit on I have to do EVERY day actually makes me way more efficient.
I know I have to do the accounts, emails ‘n’ stuff every day so why the hell do I need a list to make me do it?!
You make a list to tell yourself to do support work everyday? haha that is awesome.
Do you make a new list every day or do you keep using the same list?
Heh yeah. I tend to procrastinate in between jobs much less then. When you’re looking at the list to remove the last item, the next one is staring you in the face.
A new list every day.
I kind of use a combination of both, call it tiered.
I have 1, 5, 10 and ‘when the kid goes to college’ goals – but then I have shorter term goals (1-3 months, 3-6 months, etc) that I use to get to the 1 year goal. Then the one year goal is the first of a few to get to the 5 year goal, building to the 10, 15 and longer terms.
I agree man with you on the short-term accomplishing all of the long-term goals.
-wes
Thanks Waraas, I totally agree with u especially on working smart but not harder this year.
Thanks Waraas,I kind of use a combination of both, call it tiered.
I hope to find new job and start taking things seriously about my blog. This is the year that should give me some breakthrough and I feel that I need to get it fast!
I think i need to start making to-do lists. I end up going on other sites and browsing. Need to stay focused!
TODo Lists always work for me , I cant stand writing notes on my pc instead I use a little notebook I keep with me. Good Luck with your goals this year.