Category Archives: Mindset

Simple and Fun Goal Setting Strategies

We are all remarkable human beings. There is no one goal-setting strategy that is perfect for everyone—but there are many goal-setting strategies that are perfect for just one person.

Here are twenty-one tried-and-true strategies: I challenge you to try each one at least once, to see which work best for you.

  1. Brainstorm with Sticky Notes

The beauty of using sticky notes as a business planning aid is two-fold: You can create your own memory aid or category using different colors… and you can mix-and-match them. (Example: Moving them around a bulletin board as you brainstorm various approaches.)

Sticky notes are also less intimidating to many people, compared to writing things down in one static place. In fact, if you’re a perfectionist—the sort who has to completely print out a new Calendar page and redo it if you mess up one slot—it’s virtually guaranteed you’ll find sticky notes less intimidating for you.

And you can buy them very inexpensively at any local dollar store.

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The Focused Mind

Staying focused is easy when you care about what you’re doing. Your concentration improves if you are emotionally invested. When you’re focused, the output of whatever you are doing improves. You get things done quicker and easier with less stress.

Your level of motivation aside, why is focusing sometimes easy and at other times impossible? We’ll uncover that and many other facts about focus in this course. Just know there is hope if you struggle to focus, so keep reading.

This course provides practical strategies and resources to enhance your concentration. By the end of the course, you can create an on-demand focus you can turn to at any time. You’ll learn to minimize distractions and ignore them when they can’t be eliminated. This can help you achieve your professional and personal goals in any area of your life.

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