LOL @ PPL W/ Goals 4 2010

Jan 6, 2010 by

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.