21 Days to Discipline - Part II
Day 16
I know I said that I would comment on my progress every week or so but I found it more helpful to go through the motions before commenting. Here is what has happened so far:
I have missed a few goals.
During the last couple of weeks I have found that I CANNOT do everything. In my previous posts I said that I would do ten personal goals a day and three business goals a day. I would say on average I have done 98% of what I wrote in my planner. This is superb as far as I am concerned. Writing down ten things a day and getting eight of them done is a great job. Here are a few things that have made it a little easier for me to complete my daily goal list:
1.) Do not feel bad if you miss one or two goals during the day. You have to put this into perspective though. If you only have three goals a day you cannot blow two of them off, but you can do so if you have ten. This is something I have applied because I realize life happens. Sometimes there are things that get in the way and this is the reason I have made this rule for myself.
2.) If you miss a goal from the list you have today, apply it to tomorrow’s list. Just be aware that if you push a goal from today to tomorrow’s list, you have to complete it. You can no longer move it forward. It has been put off for a day already, do not procrastinate on it any longer. Off to step three.
3.) Make a letter system for your most important goals. For example, for your most important goal put an “A” in front of it, for the second a “B” and so on. Only do this A-C though. The reason for this is because once you add an A,B, or C to a goal you HAVE to complete it. This does not count for the one or two goals you can give up a day. Just remember that if it has a letter next to it, COMPLETE it. No if’s, and’s or but’s about it.
These three steps became more realistic to me once I practiced my own 21 days to discipline. I assure you that if you add these three rules to your 21 days of discipline, you will become a more productive disciplined person. Good Luck!
August 9th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
This seems to be a lonely blog, but, from the preliminary posts I think I might like the topics. What is the specific aim of this blog???
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August 10th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
We are mainly aimed at self help topics. We want our readers to learn from thing we have encountered so that they might imporve themselves. Hope this answers your question. Thank you for the comment.