Goal Setting – some thoughts from The Golden Pencil
Are you still in the process of thinking about your goals for 2008?
(Mine is simple – make money and have fun doing it. When I was about 10 and being punished for who-knows-what, my mother said, “Do what you like and like what you do.” I didn’t understand then what she was talking about, but I do now. If it’s not fun, don’t do it. )
Anne Wayman, over at another b5media blog, The Golden Pencil, writes often about the business of writing, and I wanted to share her recent blog on Goal Setting, to help you think about goal setting. If your small business is writing, consider subscribing to Anne’s blog, where she lists writing jobs several times a week.
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[...] been thinking more about the concept that I mentioned a few blogs ago – Do what you like and like what you do – and how it relates to the decision of [...]
In principal I agree. In fact, if you ever read the book called THE GOAL. There is only one goal in Business and that is to increase revenue. Goals are more fun when they are simple, attainable, and numerical. In my last blog, I wrote about one of my clients, that we agreed on a mutual goal of contacting 10 customers in 2 weeks. At first this was not fun for this introverted Business Owner. Once achieved, he was like a kid in a candy store.
Allan Himmelstein
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