WATCH OUT FOR THE POTHOLES
by Bert Oliva
My team often says jokingly that I have “ADD,” as in Attention Deficit Disorder, because I often have so many topics and ideas to talk to them about. I like to think that it’s because I’m so creative. However, in today’s world of email, text messaging, social media, and everything else, we all suffer from ADD, at least to some extent. How can we not when everything is changing in a blink of an eye?
Everyone one of us has at least one goal set for ourselves – even if it is as simple as getting up on time tomorrow. More than likely, most of us have numerous goals set for ourselves. However, in order for any of us to be successful, we must choose one goal and work toward that goal until we achieve it.
FOCUS stands for Follow One Course Until Successful. Think of your goal as your destination and your course to get to it as a straight line on a map. If you do not stay on your chosen course; for instance, if you decide to change your destination midway through, get discouraged by roadblocks, or get lost on the side streets, your arrival at your destination, at your goal, will be greatly delayed. In fact, you may never reach any of your goals by the end of your lifetime.
So, no matter what circumstances pop up, stay focused on your goal. Keep your eye on your destination and you will get there in no time. Then you can set your eyes on your next journey.
PowerTools™
1) List all of your goals, big or small.
2) Choose the goal that is most important to you from the list, and break it into smaller, easily achievable milestones. (For instance, my goal is to change the lives of over 100 million persons in a positive way in my lifetime. This goal can be almost infinitely broken down into smaller milestones, such as working on changing the life of one person.)
3) Take the first milestone, set a deadline for yourself, and go complete it. Then go back to your list of milestones and tackle the next one, and so forth, until your until goal is achieved.
Live Life,
Bert Oliva
JAN