Day 16
I know I said that I would comment on my progress every week or so but I found it more helpful to go through the motions before commenting. Here is what has happened so far:
I have missed a few goals.
During the last couple of weeks I have found that I CANNOT do everything. In my previous posts I said that I would do ten personal goals a day and three business goals a day. I would say on average I have done 98% of what I wrote in my planner. This is superb as far as I am concerned. Writing down ten things a day and getting eight of them done is a great job. Here are a few things that have made it a little easier for me to complete my daily goal list:
1.) Do not feel bad if you miss one or two goals during the day. You have to put this into perspective though. If you only have three goals a day you cannot blow two of them off, but you can do so if you have ten. This is something I have applied because I realize life happens. Sometimes there are things that get in the way and this is the reason I have made this rule for myself.
2.) If you miss a goal from the list you have today, apply it to tomorrow’s list. Just be aware that if you push a goal from today to tomorrow’s list, you have to complete it. You can no longer move it forward. It has been put off for a day already, do not procrastinate on it any longer. Off to step three.
3.) Make a letter system for your most important goals. For example, for your most important goal put an “A” in front of it, for the second a “B” and so on. Only do this A-C though. The reason for this is because once you add an A,B, or C to a goal you HAVE to complete it. This does not count for the one or two goals you can give up a day. Just remember that if it has a letter next to it, COMPLETE it. No if’s, and’s or but’s about it.
These three steps became more realistic to me once I practiced my own 21 days to discipline. I assure you that if you add these three rules to your 21 days of discipline, you will become a more productive disciplined person. Good Luck!
