Fining Time to Achieve your Goals

By David Jackson

Don't Tune Me Out Yet
If you are me when I was in my teens and early 20's, you're about 2 seconds from clicking off this page. Read the opening, and see how YOU ALREADY SET GOALS, and YOU ALREADY USE A DAYTIMER, not let me show you how to do them in a way that will help you achieve success.

Don't Be A Loser
When establish unrealistic goals, you set yourself up for failure. When you fail, you feel awful, and mentally beat yourself up. Discourage, you may not want to try to set another goal. You're not a loser, and you can learn to set goals that you can achieve, that will lead to your success (both in music and in life).

It's Time to Pick a Direction
If you do not make goals, you let life happen to you, and then complain about the consequences. Most people think time management is a lack of organization, it is a lack of direction. We explore how your brain (your greatest tool) will help you get what you want. We will create an achievable, realistic goal, that will leave you felling great when you achieve it.

Steamroll Your Way to Success

With your first goal achieved, your confidence to take on more complex goals will increase. As you achieve larger and larger goals, you will look at difficult situations and say to yourself, "I can handle that" because you will have conquered those types of obstacles in the past. The bigger the goal, the bigger success. By creating SMART goals, you lead yourself down the path to success.

Tools and Forms Included

Included in the book are forms you can use to outline your goals, monitor your day, and prioritize your priorities.

Table of Contents

Opening
Why Goals?
The 7 Steps of Setting a Goal
SMART Goals
Other Ways to Check the Intelligence of Your Goals
Goals Are Scary (Why?)
No Pain No Gain (and other true cliché’s)
Sample Goals
Review Your Progress on a Regular Basis
Time Management
Getting A Grip
Understanding Ourselves
Self Management
Organization Tools
Benefits of Using an Organizer (Quit using the Refrigerator)
What Do I Put in An Organizer?
Why Do I Need To Carry A Personal Time Management System?
“To Do” Lists: Mini-Goals
Prioritizing Your To Do List
Handling Interruptions
Breaking Bad Habits
Time Management Summary
The 7 Steps to Achieve a Goal - Summary
Toolbox (Resources)