How to determine what is really important in life

As we go about our lives, it is very easy to fall in to a daily rut and lose track of stuff that is important to one’s self. Bills, social commitments, etc. have a way to take over our lives. For majority of us it is about paying bills. For those fortunate enough to not worry about bills, there is something else. There is ALWAYS something else.

So how do you take control and step back to enjoy life and focus on really what matters the most?

Here is a little exercise that I learnt from reading the 7 Habits of Great People by Stephen Covey. Though, I have heard variations of the same theme/concept/idea; I think Mr. Covey explains it best. I will paraphrase:

Sit down, close your eyes. Imagine you are at going to a funeral. You are walking in through the front doors. You look around and see you friends and family….everyone you care about. You smile…you walk to towards an open casket to see the dead body, you look down and you see it is yourself. Wow…you are dead. You turn around to say something to your friends and family, to only find out they cannot hear or see you.

You say to yourself, this cannot be happening…..I had to say ____ to _____. (fill in the blanks).

If you do this exercise correctly, I guarantee to you that you will find out what/who is important to you.

Sal
www.salmankkhan.com

Day 4: Learning focus

Welcome to day 4 of your transformation. Today we will learn how to focus.

Previously you learnt how to identify your goals. Well! many people can identify their goals, but the problem is in the execution and the commitment to achieving those goals.

So, how does one stay focused day after day? The key is to breakdown your goal in to manageable tasks and then to set some dates against those tasks.

Let me explain. Lets say that your goal is to run a marathon. So you break this goal down in to smaller steps. So lets also assume you have never run the marathon and are not in any physical shape. Let’s also assume that the marathon is exactly 1 year away.

Now you have 12 months. You have a date, and you have a goal. List all the things you need to do from now till the day of the marathon. Perhaps you say, I want to be ready in 10 months. So your tasks may be:

Month 1: Get a gym membership, buy some running shoes and other gear, start to run .25 miles a day for a week, etc.

Month 2: Run 5 miles in 5 minutes

Month 3: Run 10 miles in 8 minutes, etc…..

You get the point, right! Each month you have a target to reach. You can further breakdown your goals by each week or by day.

Each morning and evening, look at your targets for the day, week, or month. In this way you will learn how to focus on your goals. If you do this correctly and remain consistent, then you will get closer to accomplishing your goals.

Next we will learn in detail how to create tasks and a realistic action plan in more detail.

Till next time….

Sal

My First Blog

Hello To All,
Well! I finally did it. I am now going to start blogging. I am searching for the right idea/topic to write about. In the meantime, if anyone out there has any questions on life, business, how to focus, make more money, enjoy life….whatever, please email me.

Otherwise, keep your feeds open for a new post shortly.

Bye