Today’s Productivity Tip: Keep Your Goals Within Reach

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Today’s tip: Keep Your Goals Within Reach

How are your goals looking today? Chances are, you haven’t checked them yet. The truth is, most people don’t spend enough time viewing their goals each week, an activity which plays a crucial role in your planning framework.

Try this:

This week, make a point to keep your goals readily within reach.

  • place them in the front of your planner
  • keep them on a note card in your wallet
  • tape them to your vanity mirror 

Do whatever will trigger your brain toward remembering your goals.

Here’s why:

Increasing the accessibility of your goals keeps them front and center in your mind as you make decisions regarding your time. You’ll make better progress when you’re more conscious of the milestones you seek.

[photo by abbyreed]
Day-Timer Spokesperson Jeff Doubek can be reached at jeff.doubek@daytimer.com

2 Responses to Today’s Productivity Tip: Keep Your Goals Within Reach

  1. Tim Landis says:

    This is an excellent idea and your correct, I don’t review my goals very often, especially weekly.

    I’m putting them a place in my daytime where I will see them at least every monday. Even weekly goals can change several times during a week.

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