Think about the points he makes as you get ready for your New Year’s Resolutions.

Have you ever seen the Hugh Grant movie, About A Boy?

If you haven’t seen it you should rent it because it’s a great movie.  But if you have seen it then you’ll recognize the following quote from Grant’s character “Will”…

I find the key is to think of a day as units of time, each unit consisting of no more than thirty minutes. Full hours can be a little bit intimidating and most activities take about half an hour. Taking a bath: one unit, watching countdown: one unit, web-based research: two units, exercising: three units, having my hair carefully disheveled: four units. It’s amazing how the day fills up, and I often wonder, to be absolutely honest, if I’d ever have time for a job; how do people cram them in?

Here’s the rest:
How To Get Everything You Want In 24 Hours

Setting Goals to Bring Results

There is a big difference between scampering and running. Sure, they’re both actions designed to make person move fast, but the difference lies in goal setting. When a person scampers, that person moves to no purpose. It is an action performed instinctively. However, a person who runs does it to achieve a goal.

No matter how much effort you make, if you do not have direction, you will be wasting your energy. How can one have direction without a goal? Goal setting is important because it is the first step towards a journey. People may think that we started out without having any real goals, but let us examine life for a moment: When a sperm is first released, it has a goal, does it not? It swims towards the egg. This goal gives it direction.

As we mature in life, our goals get bigger and more ambitious. However, we still set goals. Goal setting is an inherent part of life. It answers the question of purpose. It tells us why we have to live, if only until the next day. Goals actually give us direction. For without goals, what would we direct our efforts toward? Goal setting is the key and essentially gives us the first step in our individual journeys.

Think of it: When you set a goal, you try to follow the most direct route towards it. So you take the first few steps towards achieving that goal. In setting a goal, you will always have the first step. However, in life, we encounter little detours. Sometimes, in order to reach our set goal, we must first accomplish another one.

Goal setting is the key to achieving success in life. If you set goals, you will be able to know which steps to take. Setting goals does not mean you make a list on what to do or what not to do. That would merely be the semblance of goal setting. True goal setting involves commitment. From the moment you set a goal, every effort you take should be directed towards the achievement of that goal.

Goal setting is important in life because it allows you to measure yourself. Through proper goal setting, you will be able to see just how far you’ve come and how far you will still be able to go.

Syndicated courtesy of SyndicateKahuna

For more on goal settng, see Gems4friends’ ten part series: How to Set Goals to Create Your Life.

Out of Control?
Are you in control of your life?
Life is wonderful, and dangerous and unpredictable.

Sure, you pretend that you have everything under control.
But you know that’s not true.

Pretending to be in control makes you feel safe.
And everyone wants to feel safe.

It’s hard to think about personal growth, enjoying life, or anything else, when you don’t feel safe.

The problem is that most of the world is completely beyond your control.
You’re surrounded by possibility, and asked to make hundreds of choices on what to buy, what to do, and what media to listen to.

And most of these choices don’t matter at all.

Read the rest here: Three Ways to Escape Confusion and Take Control

Just kidding. Really.

For those of us who might have difficulties keeping to their New Year Resolutions and Goals there’s a free report you might want to grab and check out.

The title is: 7 Reasons Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Will Fail.

And then, after telling us why our resolutions will fail, the authors will show us how to remove the stumbling blocks that keep us from sticking to those resolutions. Get your copy here

So who are these guys writing the report?

The concepts in the report are taken from “The HabitGuide,” which was written by Mike Riddet (Co-author of passionforhealth.org.)

Mike has over 20 years experience studying and coaching healthy and happy living and writes about the same on his site. Here’s an example.

On Jan 7th Mike, and his brother and partner James, will be releasing the updated version of The Habit Guide. The first 300 people who go for it will receive a 20% discount off the retail price.

I’m going to pick up a copy on the 7th. How about you?

Maybe we even use the “looking for more info” as an excuse not to start and spend all our free time web surfing.  Looking for the magic bullet that will suddenly cause our excuses to dissolve and make the project easy.

Rich Schefran,  a well respected business coach, has a fascinating post on this subject. It’s primarily oriented towards entrepreneurs, but I think anyone can benefit.

If you’ve ever experienced even a twinge of information overload, here’s a unique solution that will get to the root cause of the problem once and for all.

From what I can see, most recommended solutions are Band-Aids at best. That’s because they only deal with the symptoms you’re feeling and not the root cause. So they never really eliminate the problem once and for all.

Since the cause of information overload isn’t obvious, let me ask you a question.

Back when you were in school, did you ever get nervous before a test?

Here’s the rest…

Here’s  another view of the topic by an expert, which you may not have seen before. I certainly haven’t. Here’s a clip, but you should hop over to his blog, HypnoticMarketing, and read the whole thing:

…

At lunch with the staff, I stood up and told them something that I felt inspired to share.

I put a dot on the whiteboard on the wall and circled it.

“You are here,” I said.

I told them the whiteboard is like the map at the mall where all the stores are listed and a little box says “You are here” to give you your bearings.

“Where do you want to go from here?” I asked.

…

Yes, where DO we want to go from here?

- by Jim Edwards

� Jim Edwards – All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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One of the best things about doing business online involves
the fact that with a computer and Internet connection you
can do just about anything you want.

One of the worst things about doing business online involves
the fact that with a computer and Internet connection you
can do just about anything you want.

In a business context, computers and Internet access
represent the ultimate double-edged sword that requires
discipline and self-control when it comes to the endless
possibilities of how to spend your time.

Now, for all of us who fall into the category of needing a
tad more will-power to stay on task, help arrives in the
form of a free software app for PC called “Temptation
Blocker.”

Originally developed to help the software’s author avoid
playing “Half Life 2″ (a great game, by the way) while under
pressure to meet a critical deadline for his work,
“Temptation Blocker” operates with a very simple purpose.

He knew that if he could just let the sane part of himself
set limits, he would head off the game playing in moments of
weakness later on during the day.

Now, for the rest of us who need a little help avoiding
temptation throughout the day, we can use this same program
in a variety of ways.

The software comes free of charge for PC users (sorry, no
MAC version at this time) by logging on to
http://thenetreporter.com/temptation-blocker.html

Download the software and follow the simple installation
steps and then restart your computer.

Once the software installs, you start it up and see a list
of the programs in your computer’s Start Menu.

You can check off the ones you want to block, tell it how
long to block them, and then get to work.

If you ever give in to temptation and try to start the
blocked programs, a dialogue box pops up telling you how
much longer until the programs are available again.

If the program you wish to block doesn’t show up in the
list, you can browse for it and add it to the program list.

If it lists programs you know you’ll never want to block,
you can right mouse click them and remove them individually
from the list.

You can then create profiles to block specific programs
based on the job you need to get done.

* The Email Addict *

I admit it: I’m addicted to email.

I’ve developed a compulsion to click the “Send/Receive”
button on my Mail Washer software at least every 5-10
minutes throughout the day.

Not only does it distract me to run down at least a half-
dozen rabbit-holes daily, but it also adds greatly to my
overall stress level.

By blocking access to my email program, I’m actually weaning
myself out of the habit of constantly checking email every
few minutes and reclaiming valuable time.

* Get Work Done! *

No matter what deadline you face, by blocking those programs
which tempt you to sidetrack and waste time, you’ll actually
get more time to enjoy them!

Instead of fragmenting your time into inefficient bits, you
can concentrate on one task at a time, get it completed, and
then do whatever you want with the extra free time – and do
it with a guilt-free conscience.

—-

Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-
author of an amazing ebook that will teach you how to
work less, get paid more… and have tons more fun!

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