From resolutions to goals to habits to achievement.

In order to sustain a 365 personal brand, we must schedule in our Action Goals in order to achieve our Result Goals.  And of course, today is the first day of the rest of your life.  It also feels apropos given the season…

You won’t have the time.  You won’t find the time.  You have to make the time.

What’s your Vision for 2008?  My clients know that I make goal setting a very simple process… with 5 cascading goals:

• 1000 days (2 - 3 years from now)
• 300 days (1 year from now)
• 200 days (six months from now)
• 100 days (3 months from now)
• 30 days (1 month from now)

Progressively, it becomes more short-term (in alignment with the long-term), more tactical, more practical, and more action-oriented.  The more we achieve our day-to-day action goals, the more will achieve our Vision for 2008!

The SMARTest goal setting process is simply ____what____ BY _____when_____.  This goal-setting formula will keep it specific, measurable, results-oriented, resource-focused, and time-bound, in a simple, one-liner.

The most important daily action-goal: Smile, with a deep breath, and affirm your goals!