Plan your work and work your plan

Sounds like common sense, doesn't it?

Lay out what you plan to do.

Lay out what you expect your actions to accomplish.

Do it!

Amazing how people get so busy that they don't accomplish a thing, so here are a few guidelines to help you move in the right direction.

If you are a goal setter narrow your goals down to the top 3. (Before you ask, no - you can't have any more!)

I don't care how many stories you've heard about Lou Holtz who, reportedly, at a young age, wrote down about 105 things that he wanted to accomplish in his lifetime, including dinner at the White House and coaching Notre Dame.

I guarantee you that at any given time he was not concentrating on more than three goals at a time - and more often than not he was concentrating on ONE.

If more got accomplished then it was because there was a cascading effect and the priority lead to the others (Dinner at the white house because he was coaching at Notre Dame).

Now - take your goal and break it down to the next 90 days.

Now break it down to the next 30 days and determine what needs to happen in each 30 day time frame to get you where you want to go.

Finally, break that down to minimum daily activities that you have to accomplish in order to hit your targets.

Most people set goals and then put their heads down for the next 90 or 180 days, bull forward and when they finally pop their heads out - it doesn't matter if they read the things 14 times a day - they are surprised that they aren't where they want to be.

That's like putting your car in drive, putting a brick on the accelerator and expecting to drive from New York to California - and then being surprised when you don't make it down the block.

Just for today - take your top 3 priorities and break them down to minimum daily activities.

Let me know what your 'To Do' list looks like then.

Coach B