Comments on: Focus on the Right Goals in 2015 – Stop Wasting Your Time

By: Ashley Faulkes

Ashley Faulkes — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 10:26:30 +0000

Seems to be a common issues Nathan, and glad you are on top of it.
Certainly pays to get this down on paper at the start of the year and then hammer those goals!
thanks for the comment

By: Nathan Ambrose

Nathan Ambrose — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:58:28 +0000

Hi Ashley.

I’ve barely visited any blogs this month because I’ve been really focused in recent weeks on exactly that – reviewing my goals and setting out to attain them.

As a result, I’m feeling so much better already, simply by getting things done and waiting to see the results – rather than just wishing for them. I would definitely recommend what you have just been talking about to anybody who feels the need to step back and look at things again.

Thanks for the tips.

Nathan.

By: Carrie-Anne Foster

Carrie-Anne Foster — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:24:39 +0000

I am loving your three keywords for 2015, Ashley! I may have to borrow your ‘focus’ as that seems to be my biggest problem. I get easily distracted, especially when I am doing research for an article.

By: Krista Wiltbank

Krista Wiltbank — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:59:01 +0000

Oh, yes… goals – and the right ones – are the 100% most vital thing a business can have. It’s easy to get distracted even when those goals are on paper, if they’re not front & center in your mind.

This is a good reminder for me, and very timely. I’ve been writing out my goals, but haven’t finalized them, or categorized into long-term, medium-term, etc. That’s something moving to the top of my important to-do’s list.

By: Tom Shivers

Tom Shivers — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:39:39 +0000

Hi Ashley,
Motivation to keep striving long term is probably as important as deciding what goal to go for now. Sometimes I have to do some self analysis before taking on big goals to see if I will still be pursuing it long after it becomes a habit.

Good stuff!

By: Ashley Faulkes

Ashley Faulkes — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:27:39 +0000

In reply to Andrea Beltrami. Making it happen I will Andrea! And reading your great blog is on the agenda too! love the graphics by the way.

By: Ashley Faulkes

Ashley Faulkes — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:26:55 +0000

In reply to Jeffrey Romano. Hey Jeff That is another aspect of it for sure. Focus is sometimes a bit hard in our world of social media and constant emails. But we have to try!

By: Ashley Faulkes

Ashley Faulkes — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:26:10 +0000

In reply to Brandon. Thamks Brandon, glad you got the paper all sorted :> Having it down on paper certainly helps knock it into our brains!

By: Ashley Faulkes

Ashley Faulkes — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:25:16 +0000

In reply to Glenn Shepherd.

hey Glenn

Great to see you here again.
Focusing on the right goals is indeed one of the keys. If we do not know where we are going and what is going to move us forward the fastest, we can certainly waste a lot of time. Having said that, it is never easy.

Priorities is the key as you said

ashley

By: Joanna Conti

Joanna Conti — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:16:39 +0000

I couldn’t agree more that the hardest thing is to focus on your most important objectives. There are far too many days that I look back upon and wonder where the day went. One thing I’ve found helpful is to set sprint goals for the week by writing out the top things I’m absolutely going to get done. However, I still run into the challenge that I want to set too many of them. Your recommendation to just focus on one or two things is a good one. Thanks for sharing, Ashley!