Goal Setting for 2011

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Goal Setting for 2011

Last evening I attended a short seminar of “Goal Setting”. It was attended by other small business owners. Each had a different kind of approach to their work and life. It was an interesting group to sit in on.

I took the time to be there with the idea that I should be setting new goals for my business. Others were there for the same reason.

The sharp contrast was the other part of the group needed help with setting goals to stop smoking or quitting other nasty habits – with business thrown in on the side. At least that is what I saw.

We were a mishmash of personalities to say the least.

I think I heard the leaders say something of value for all of us… or for me.

He stated that our Goals that we set should include 6 important areas or considerations. These are…
1. Family and Friends
2. Financial and Career
3. Spiritual
4. Physical
5. Social and Cultural
6. Mental and Educational

In others words, if I am to set a new goal this year to make an additional $20,000 I will need to make sure that I consider the 6 important areas in my life as I launch into the Goal. If I do not consider these areas the action that I take to achieve the goal of $20,000 that I have set may just mess one or more of these areas up. Then I could be in even bigger trouble!

Or did he say that I should have a Goal in all six areas? That is not a bad idea either. Then life would be balanced. It would be a balanced life.

Last evening for me was another example of how one person is saying one thing and the people listening may be in a totally different world at the moment, enjoying a thought life all of their own.

My brain does that to me all too often.

Back to Goals…
The lady that I was ‘paired up’ with was a super, nice individual. When we were asked to turn to someone that we didn’t come with and share the goals that we had… she was clear and concise in the direction that she was about to take for this year.

Then it was my turn. Oh boy…

I was trying quickly to sort out one Goal that I could talk about and sound as good as my partner did. After all we had a cool two and half minutes to share what we were planning to do for next year.

It was at that moment that I came to the realization that I needed more prep for this mini seminar.

I have way too many goals and am doing way too many things to tell anybody about ‘me’. I am a totally wired and weird bag of mixed tricks that seriously needs a super, fantastic, well planned out and steady individual that will keep me on track to get things done. I need a business manager to say the least. I need bookkeeper and CEO and production manager and … about fifteen other people to get done what I have morphed into in the past two years.

I am doing very well with contacts and promotion – but no so well in some other areas.

Oh I know you are sitting on the edge of your seat as you read this, waiting to hear the stuff in my life that might be juicy to hear.

Sorry I stopped doing that kind of confession a while ago. Look in the mirror and see what you face… and then you will know me as well.

Sorting it all out…
Today between the stuff that needs to be done, the ideas that are swirling, and the direction that needs to be taken… I think I will sort through this stuff.

I think last night helped me… I think it did.

I never set any big goals. And nope, the $20,000 Goal didn’t make any sense.

But I did see that I need to set a Goal that will level life a bit better, sort through the many opportunities and the keep up the production with only one person – ME.

Thanks Winston for making me think. Thanks Sharla for inviting me. And thanks ‘partner’ that I didn’t come with – for listening to my scattered thoughts.

Gotta run… have some more that has to be done by the end of the day!

~ Murray Lincoln ~
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