Start to organize, prioritise

An important step on your “Flight to Freedom” is to set goals, focus and stay on  target.  I know–you’ve heard it all before.  But did you do it?  I always heard about it, did a little of it, but it didn’t really sink in until my coach and mentor, Alex Jeffreys told us how important it really is.  I, like many other people, just kept it “all in my head”, where it swirled around and just caused me  to get confused and stay awake at night, trying to sort it all out.

Well, don’t do that!  Let’s do this instead: 

First of all, we’re going to do a “brain dump”–literally, dump everything you’ve been thinking about doing onto paper.  Write it all down, make a list of everything you want to accomplish, say,  for the next month, 90 days, a year, however far ahead you want to plan.  Get everything out on paper, in no particular order–just write it down.  Be specific.  For instance, “make more money”, is pretty vague.  Write down exactly how much extra money you want to make each month, whatever amount would help you to breathe easier, or make it possible to give up a second job, etc.  These are your goals, or what-ever it is you want to do, or to have, within the time frame you’re aiming for.  Do you want to set up a blog, a website, join forums, or just look forward to spending a long week-end with your spouse or family, train your puppy, paint the fence, etc.–it doesn’t have to be business related–just get it down.  All the business things, all the household tasks, and all the fun things you want to do.  Make a big mess on paper–everything you’d like to do–then we’ll priortize, and organize.   

Now, go over the list and mark each item with an A, a B or a C, in order of importance to you.  If you want to write an article more than anything else, then that’s an “A”– if making an extra $200 or $500 a month is very important, that’s also an “A”.  After you mark all the “A’s”, then start on the “B’s”, and so on.

Now get three sheets of paper, and make three separate lists, of all your A’s, B’s and C’s.  Next, you’re going to break down how you will accomplish each task or “wish” on your lists.  What will it involve, and what steps  you have to take to get from where you are now to where you want to be.  You will end up with a clear path to follow.  (Yes, we’re going somewhere with this).  You’ll be amazed at what you will be able to do. 

 Do your lists, and stay tuned….until next time.