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CONTROL Information Overload – Objectives
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We all know the importance of goal setting. Goals give you a purpose, a direction. They can also give you a filter, a way to say “no” to things that will distract you from achieving those goals.
Objectives are specific, concrete and measurable actions that lead to your goals – these help you identify what information you need. When you have your goals and objectives, you can evaluate information using that criteria. Does it help you accomplish your goal? If not, skip it.
Plan what books and magazines you’ll read, what email newsletters you’ll get, what newsgroups you’ll join. Even with a fast T1, cable or DSL connection, you can waste hours online (it’s probably even easier with a fast connection since you don’t get frustrated waiting for pages to load).
I love having ebooks on my iPhone and iPad. I can do some reading wherever I am when I’m waiting for appointments or other bits of time. But I have to be careful to limit just how many I download. It’s a lot easier to see a paper pile that’s out of control than dozens of electronic books, articles, magazines, and other documents that are waiting to be read.
Have your goals, establish your objectives for achieving them, and get the information you need to do it.
What are your goals? How do you use them to filter the information that comes into your life.
Goal Setting
Posted by: | CommentsFrom Goal Setting to Goal Achieving – What’s Your Style?
We all know the importance of goal setting. Goals give you a purpose, a direction. They can also give you a filter, a way to say “no” to things that will distract you from achieving those goals. Because the whole point of setting goals in the first place is to achieve something, I’d rather talk about goal achieving.
Probably the most common advice I’ve heard on making your goals a reality is to write them down. And, write them down every day. For some people this works great. However, it never seemed to do anything for me. Then, I heard another way to approach it – visualization. Now, that worked for me. As a matter of fact, it’s what I’d always done. I just knew if I could see it, I could make it happen.
I got to thinking about the difference and realized this coincided with a common adult learning approach. People usually have a predominate style of learning – kinesthetic, auditory, or visual. What I realized is that since I’m a very visual person, visualization worked wonders for me. I am not at all kinesthetic so the act of writing things down never did connect. I’m also somewhat auditory so I use relaxation and affirmation tapes at night when I go to sleep.
There are lots of ways to use these styles in helping you achieve your goals. If you’re visual like me, visualization is great.