Time Management Versus Goal Planning

Posted on June 17, 2013 by savi0043

Two activities which are often done together are time management and creating plans to reach a goal. However, the two activities are very different. Understanding the difference can prevent unforced errors.

Time Management Versus Goal Planning
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=John_Steely]John Steely

Good time management is closely linked to goal planning, but they are not the same. Time management is a tool used to implement the steps needed to reach a goal, but it is not part of the goal achievement. By examining the differences, we can gain clarity on both time management and goal planning.

Purpose of Activity

Time management is about organizing your activity to achieve a purpose. The purpose of this activity is to utilize your time (and energy) to get the most done; time management is used to maximize your efficiency. It does not define the purpose of your activity, however.

The steps of a plan to reach a goal are based upon the goal, not the principles of organization. The plan is geared towards making a change, towards moving from where you are to where you want to be. A step of the plan is judged not by the productivity of that action but by the results of the action; does the action move me towards my goal or not?

Two processes

Goal planning can be done many different ways. You can work backwards, starting with the goal and determining what must be done to reach that goal, and then determining what be done to reach those requirements, and so on. You can divide and conquer, where you take the goal, divide it into parts, and then implement each of those parts. You can use trial and error, where you look at your current situation, find something you can do, and see if you move towards your goal. You can use other techniques as well. The key is that regardless of your approach, your actions are part of a larger effort, to reach the goal.

Time management starts with the current list of activities and creates a plan of action to implement those activities. You can approach your tasks as a list of actions, or as tasks to put into a daily schedule, or even as the needs to be met by a week’s plan. The key is each activity is looked at individually, and the only larger purpose you consider is the overall use of your time. Whereas goal planning is naturally focused on the future (reaching the goal), management is naturally focused on the present and near future (how can I be more efficient with these tasks).

Different values

Time management is not intrinsically valuable. Simply organizing your activity, managing your actions, does not add any value to the activities and actions. The management of time is geared towards making you a more valuable and effective person, but not the actions themselves.

The actions you take to reach a goal have their own value, regardless of whether the goal is reached. Each step towards a goal is a step forward. You become more valuable not by becoming more effective and productive but by becoming a better person. The value of the actions of a plan to reach a goal is determined by the value of the goal, not by the value of your productivity.

So time management and the plan to reach a goal are not the same. However, time management is a powerful tool to help you accomplish the steps needed to reach a goal. Using good time management can move you dramatically towards your goal.

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Success and Failure – Getting To Yes – You Must First Go Through No

Posted on June 12, 2013 by savi0043

Afraid of the word NO? Do you cringe when you approach someone about your business because they might say, NO? Getting to yes, you must first go through no.

Success and Failure – Getting To Yes – You Must First Go Through No
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Brian_Gosur]Brian Gosur

You know that the word failure is talked about way more than the word success. We have a tendency to talk about the times “we almost made it”, more than the times when we did make it.

What is success after all? It’s a goal that we have deep inside and we work hard at lining everything up so that we have the best chance to succeed at that goal. Successes in life don’t come easy. If it did everyone would be doing it.

Jim Kelly, quarterback for the Buffalo Bills from 1986-1996, led his team into four consecutive Superbowl’s, and lost every one of them. Despite his successful career as the Bills QB, he will always be remembered for his failure to win a Superbowl championship.

As a network marketer, the more I get people to say yes to my product and business proposal, the more success I enjoy and the more money I earn. So getting to yes, you must first go through no. That will determine the measure of my success.

Most people think of success and failure as a choice. They will concentrate all their energies at success while doing everything within their power to avoid failure. This is a sure order for an average performance.

The right choice should always be success and failure. The facts remain that all winners, will fail far more often than losers. By dramatically increasing my failure rate, I put myself on the course of the greatest success formula in the world. Looking and seeking out the No’s.

A great picture of this is a man at a baseball game selling peanuts. Most people love peanuts and especially at the ball game. But who will buy this man’s peanuts? He must put on his gear and walk through the stands yelling, “peanuts”! Now most people won’t say no to him, but by their lack of attention to him, they are saying, “no, we don’t want any peanuts”. But there will be those who will look directly at him, raise their hand and show with their fingers, how many bags they want.

How many no’s did he have to go through before he got to yes? Quite a few, but by the time that game is over, he will have sold a lot of peanuts. Yes is the destination. No is how you get there.

Failure comes with a lot of emotion. It is something that we will try to avoid with every fiber of our being. Failure can just be downright devastating.

Success on the other hand, can be a very elusive dream that only happens when all the stars are lined up at the very precise time, with almost a mystical and magical concept for the select few.

Here comes the catch – to achieve success….YOU…MUST…FAIL!

Failure is not aiming at a target and missing. Failure is an undeniable sign of progress toward a goal. Are you actively pursuing your goal or dream? Then you are a success in progress. Failure is never final, or a permanent condition, until you quit!

Get beyond the ability to tolerate NO, and learn how to embrace it. By increasing your willingness to fail, you will increase your ability to succeed.

What would have happened if the peanut man decided to quit after the first two people said no? He would have been labeled a failure and made no money that day.

Donald Trump has failed at business and filed bankruptcy a number of times. Thomas Edison tried a thousand times before his incandescent light bulb worked. Winners never quit and quitters never win. Which one are you?

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Famous Father’s Day Poems

Posted on June 11, 2013 by savi0043

Here are a few noted Fathers Day poems. Some are a bit corny; some are more literary. It’s up to you to write your own card, or decide what fits your dad best.

Famous Fathers Day Poems
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=P._Banas]P. Banas

Buying Dad ties, power tools, ball game tickets, and other gifts for Father’s Day are all acceptable ways to thank dad. We tend to go for more sentimental ideas, though writing on a poem on a card attached to a gift goes over pretty well too.

Your kids can easily write their own poems as well. Just start with “Roses are red, Violets are blue,” and have them finish the rest. Even the grouchiest of dads can’t resist a young child reading an ode to them.

Here are a few noted Fathers Day poems. Some are a bit corny; some are more literary. It’s up to you to write your own card, or decide what fits your dad best.

Father’s Day Poem #1: A Poem for Dads

Though we may not shower him with praise
Nor mention his name in song,
Though sometimes it seems that we forget
The joy he spreads as he goes along,

It doesn’t mean that we don’t know
The wonderful role that he has had.
And away down deep in every heart
There’s a place that is just for Dad…..

– Anonymous

Father’s Day Poem #2: Admiring fathers

Look at him there in his stovepipe hat,
His high-top shoes, and his handsome collar;
Only my Daddy could look like that,
And I love my Daddy like he loves his Dollar.

– William Jay Smith

Father’s Day Poem #3: To My Father

It matters not that Time has shed
His thawless snow upon your head,
For he maintains, with wondrous art,
Perpetual summer in your heart.

– William Hamilton Hayne

Father’s Day Poem #4: The Child Is Father to the Man

“The child is father to the man.”
How can he be? The words are wild.
Suck any sense from that who can:
“The child is father to the man.”

No; what the poet did write ran,
“The man is father to the child.”
“The child is father to the man!”
How can he be? The words are wild.

– Gerard Manley Hopkins

Father’s Day Poem #5: The Little Boy Lost

“Father! Father! where are you going?
O do not walk so fast.
Speak, father, speak to your little boy,
Or else I shall be lost.”

The night was dark, no father was there;
The child was wet with dew;
The mire was deep, & the child did weep,
And away the vapor flew.

– William Blake

Father’s Day Poem #6: Anecdote for Fathers

I have a boy of five years old;
His face is fair and fresh to see;
His limbs are cast in beauty’s mould,
And dearly he loves me.

One morn we strolled on our dry walk,
Our quiet home all full in view,
And held such intermitted talk
As we are wont to do.

My thoughts on former pleasures ran;
I thought of Kilve’s delightful shore,
Our pleasant home when spring began,
A long, long year before.

A day it was when I could bear
Some fond regrets to entertain;
With so much happiness to spare,
I could not feel a pain.

The green earth echoed to the feet
Of lambs that bounded through the glade,
From shade to sunshine, and as fleet
From sunshine back to shade.

Birds warbled round me – and each trace
Of inward sadness had its charm;
Kilve, thought I, was a favored place,
And so is Liswyn farm.

My boy beside me tripped, so slim
And graceful in his rustic dress!
And, as we talked, I questioned him,
In very idleness.

“Now tell me, had you rather be,”
I said, and took him by the arm,
“On Kilve’s smooth shore, by the green sea,
Or here at Liswyn farm?”

In careless mood he looked at me,
While still I held him by the arm,
And said, “At Kilve I’d rather be
Than here at Liswyn farm.”

“Now, little Edward, say why so:
My little Edward, tell me why.” —
“I cannot tell, I do not know.” —
“Why, this is strange,” said I;

“For, here are woods, hills smooth and warm:
There surely must some reason be
Why you would change sweet Liswyn farm
For Kilve by the green sea.”

At this, my boy hung down his head,
He blushed with shame, nor made reply;
And three times to the child I said,
“Why, Edward, tell me why?”

His head he raised – there was in sight,
It caught his eye, he saw it plain —
Upon the house-top, glittering bright,
A broad and gilded vane.

Then did the boy his tongue unlock,
And eased his mind with this reply:
“At Kilve there was no weather-cock;
And that’s the reason why.”

O dearest, dearest boy! my heart
For better lore would seldom yearn,
Could I but teach the hundredth part
Of what from thee I learn.

– William Wordsworth

Ask any father what he wants for Father’s Day, and the answer will be “Not another tie or golf club”. It’s easier to buy gifts for moms, considering there are so many options available for women. But when it comes to buying Father’s Day gifts for dads, it’s easy to run out of ideas. What will dads like to get on Father’s Day? Well, it depends. Does your dad like to read? Or is he one of those types who can spend hours with maps? Here are some ideas for great customized rel=nofollow [http://www.greatdad.com/tertiary/424/2092/fathers-day-gifts.html]Father’s Day Gifts sure to please your dad.

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One Free Will And Four Levels Of Satisfaction

Posted on June 5, 2013 by savi0043

The less conscious a person is of the power of his choices, the less he can appreciate life as a gift and seed of potential. The less conscious he is of the power of his choices, the less intentional, focused and responsible he will be. From our choices evolve new situations and the new situations compel us again to respond with a choice.
Our Free Will And Four Levels Of Satisfaction
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Dr_Gerhard_van_Rensburg]Dr Gerhard van Rensburg

Since we are born with the mental and psychological ability to make choices, our lives will be determined mostly by what we want to do with our freedom of choice.

It is true that many of our choices are habitual and seemingly inconsequential. Choices such as what we will wear, how we will travel to work, what we will buy as present or which of the four lifts we are going to use to get to our office. Some of our innocent choices, we know, can later proof to be critical. The lift we choose can get stuck or, after an accident on the road, the choice to go to work by car rather than train was an unfortunate one. The fact that we have the ability to make choices, does not mean that we can control the future, not even the next moment. However, to be conscious of the fact that we are given the freedom and responsibility of choice in small and big matters, is all-important as an outlook on life. The less conscious a person is of the power of his choices, the less he can appreciate life as a gift and seed of potential. The less conscious he is of the power of his choices, the less intentional, focused and responsible he will be. From our choices evolve new situations and the new situations compel us again to respond with a choice.

It is our human tendency to think that we are restricted by life once we feel that our lives are not working out according to our expectations. But in reality it is by choice that we perceive something as we do. It can always be perceived differently. Many of our daily choices, particularly at work, are of a technical or analytical nature. We typically think and ask ourselves: ‘what should I do and what is the best way of doing it?’ or ‘how am I going to find out how to do this?’. Other choices we make are of a creative nature. We have some goal, outcome or product in mind and choose different actions to make it happen. These are all typical work-related choices and they don’t involve much of our character or the type of people we are. These type of choices, we feel, are an indication of how clever we are. The cleverer, the more effective or productive are our choices and the actions that follow them.

Work-type choices might seem obvious and just ‘part of the deal’, but the truth is that deeper level and often more important choices are always present. Choices that relate to ‘why’ rather than ‘what’ or ‘how’. For instance the choice of the amount of effort I am prepared to invest in an assignment or project. Why would I put in the effort at all? It can be the combination of a number of reasons. At bottom we are driven by what would please or satisfy us at a sensual level, a level of recognition, a level of significance and a level of spirituality. It is our desires, the sense of what we need, our values and our beliefs that underpin our choices. We choose to do certain things because it will satisfy us at a sensual or physical level. We buy with our eyes, our ears, noses, taste buds and finger tips. Apart from satisfying physical needs, we make choices at this level that we feel will give us pleasure.

But then we are aware of our ego needs. The need to feel recognised for our performance. For the sake of our ego we want to feel appreciated as someone who can make useful contributions. Someone who adds value. So we base many of our choices and commitments on this need. But even when we are recognised for what we have done, we still, and even more so, want to feel recognised for who we are. We want to be recognised for significance. The need stretches further than recognition for our actions and contributions, to our being. We want to feel appreciated for everything we are in a relationship with another person or persons. So we also base many decisions on the need to feel recognised for significance. Our decisions at this level are less egoistic. There is more heart involved in building relationships of significance. It is not only about what we will receive, but also what we want to give.

There is lastly a spiritual driver for our choices. Since we are not only body and mind but also spirit, we also have spiritual needs. These needs relate to what is beyond the ego to the very reason for our existence, the purpose of our lives. It relates to what we believe in and what lies beyond the realm of the empirical world. The widest perspective we can take on anything and any situation we find ourselves in comes from our spiritual beliefs. Gratitude, for instance, is a spiritual disposition. The authentic feeling of gratitude sets a person free of his egoistic desires, even if it is only momentarily.

With the gift of our free will it is our responsibility, especially as leaders, to grow spiritually. With spiritual insight we can recognise the dangers in some of the choices available to us at the physical/sensual level as well as the ego-driven levels. With spiritual insight we are more steadfast, principled and balanced. Spiritual insight enables us to see further, understand more and put the different aspects of our lives in perspective.

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Do You Know the Real Meaning of Memorial Day?

Posted on May 27, 2013 by savi0043

Sadly some people are not aware of the importance of Memorial Day, nor do they understand the sacrifices made by men and women who died in war so we could live with freedom and liberty in America. Your time is now as it pertains to learning the true meaning of Memorial Day.

Do You Know the Real Meaning of Memorial Day?
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Paul_Vann]Paul Vann

There is something special about observing Memorial Day and it involves reconciliation. In other words, the history of this observance finds its genesis in the Civil War and the families who carried on with their lives after losing loved ones in combat.

There are a lot of claims as to its actual beginnings, with many cities claiming to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. Organized women groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War to observe the lost of the war dead.

President Lyndon Johnson officially declared Waterloo, New York as the birthplace of Memorial Day. He attributed it to Henry C. Welles, a druggist in Waterloo, New York. At a social gathering Mr. Welles suggested that a day should be set aside to honor the dead of the Civil War. The following year he repeated his suggestion to General John P. Murray, the two men and a group formed of local citizens gained the support of the village they lived in and on May 5, 1865, the first complete observance took place in Waterloo, New York.

Given there were numerous claims of who was the first to commemorate this observance, it was evident each of the towns and every planned or spontaneous gathering of people to honor the war dead in the 1860’s tapped into the general human need to to honor our dead, each contributed honorably to the growing movement that culminated in General John Logan, National Commander of the Republic giving his proclamation in 1868.

It is not important who was the very first, what is important is that the observance was established. Memorial Day is not about reconciliation, it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all. Where are we today in our understanding of Memorial Day?

Sadly, some American citizens are not aware of the real meaning of Memorial Day, in fact some people think its about cookouts and or vacation time at the beach. While there is nothing wrong with special family outings and having a good time, this observance is about the men and women in uniform who went in harms way, lost their lives so we can live with liberty, freedom and the pursuit of happiness.

It is easy to see how our lack of understanding this observance has declined, simply drive by cemeteries and you will see the graves of the fallen are increasingly ignored and neglected. Some towns and cities still hold Memorial Day parades, however many have not held a parade in decades.

What is most alarming is some people think Memorial Day is for honoring any and all dead, and not just those fallen in service to our country. After World War 1, observances also began to honor those who had died in all American Wars. In 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be celebrated the last Monday in May.

To help re-educate and remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the National Moment of Remembrance resolution was passed on December 2000 which asks that at 3:00pm local time, for all Americans to voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to taps.

Today, Memorial Day is celebrated at Arlington Cemetery with a ceremony in which a small American flag is placed on each grave. Also, it is customary for the president or vice president to give a speech honoring the contributions of the dead and lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

I highly encourage you to participate in an observance in your local community, without our men and women in uniform making the ultimate sacrifice, likelihood is we would have lost our liberty, freedom and way of life to an enemy.

Today as our men and women in uniform fight two simultaneous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some have lost their lives in defense of a grateful nation and all of us should honor their service. I highly recommend you encourage your family and neighbors pay their respect to Americans who gave their life so we could live.

Paul Lawrence Vann delivers insight on the meaning of Memorial Day. He served 20 years in the United States Air Force and worked on the personal staff of a member of Congress and the House Armed Services Committee. Paul is author of the book, Living on Higher Ground and is interviewed by radio stations throughout the U.S. to provide awareness to a new generation of Americans, unaware of the significance of this observance. [http://www.paullawrencevann.com]http://www.paullawrencevann.com, (240) 416-5077.

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