Week 6

April 11, 2013 By

Well Here it is week 6 and I am still here….I did not burst into flames, or lose my mind to some mental break.  I DID IT !!  I MADE IT !!!  6 weeks of following goals and seeing that I an others around me held me accountable to them.  Well almost…the  Open House that was originally planned for this weekend is not happening until April 20th.  But be happy as I  have already addressed the envelopes and they are ready to be mailed…I am heading to the post office right after I finish writing this post.  No Turning Back Now!!!

 

Goals they are great to have and make you feel great when you follow them through, but the key thing to know is where to  go  next, and what you have learned, saw, and felt along the way.

 

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
― Ernest Hemingway

 

 

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Setting Goals

February 27, 2013 By

Goals are one of those things that seem easy in principle but hard to follow through with.  Goals are so subjective and at times very difficult to measure.  And if setting goals is something new it can become very daunting very quickly.  I have always been a goal setter, but I was never very good at following through.  Which as I found can be very discouraging.  The easiest way to put this into prospective is with the infamous “NEW YEARS RESOLUTION”.  Everyone has made one from one year to the next, but how many actually follow through with them.

What makes these resolutions so hard to stick to?  My answer is that most of these resolutions/goals are too ambiguous and open.  The big one is to get into shape, or lose weight.  So you go out  buy a gym membership, go a few times and then it is over.  Statistics show that 25% of New Year Resolutions made will be dropped within the first week, and almost 40% are dropped by the end of January.  I have to admit I am one of the not so successful resolution setters.  I had all the greatest intentions in the world, but it was too easy to find excuses, and not follow through.  The question is why IS it so easy to give up?

So doing what any level headed person would do…I turned to the internet for answers.  Funny enough all the information I found on setting and keeping goals is stuff that I ALREADY knew.   HUh?  Go figure.   If I just put forward a goal with the information I already know then I would be more successful…could it really be that easy?

So here is the plan that I will follow when I make my 3 goals for the next 6 weeks…

  • Write it down and have it somewhere you can see it on a regular basis.
  • Tell someone (others) of your goal, and ask them to remind you of the goal(s) on a regular basis
  • Make it real, make it tangible, make it achievable.
  • Give yourself milestones of measurement, and reflection to help keep you on the right path
  • Have a plan of action.  What steps are you going to take to achieve the goal(s).

As I formulate my 3 6 week goals, I will use these 5 tools as well and see if I have a better result.

 

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First Post

November 7, 2012 By

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

It has been a really long time since I wrote some thing of substance for the sole purpose of writing.  I think that is why I thought I would start a blog.  I am married with 2 wonderful children 5 and 7.  My husband has a successful business, which affords me the luxury of being at home with our children, which I have done for the most part since our oldest was born.  I have a background in social work, and spent several years as a child protection worker, but I have a new found interest in business and  the financial benefits of business.  This has made me me question how I talk about and teach the idea of money to my children.  How do I answer their questions to get them to think outside of the conventional box.

For the most part, this blog will be the means for me to record and share my successes and failures in this adventure.

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