One of the tasks that come with being a leader is setting goals.  Goals for ourselves, to be sure, but often we need set goals for our groups/teams or the larger organization.  While we may instinctively know that we should include people in the creation of goals they will be working to achieve, too often the press of time and the lure of expediency leaves leaders setting the goals, and simply sharing them with those charged with achieving them.

The Four Reasons

It is that time of year once more when many people are working on the goals they have set for themselves for the new year. It's the same thing every year. The goals that people set for themselves are usually along the lines of, "I want to lose weight", " I want to quit smoking", "I want to exercise more" etc.  Newsletters and Magazines are full of articles on how to accomplish these things.

Although the normal resolutions are good and...

As you begin your new home business you will find there will be hundreds of distractions that will fight for your time and attention.

If you are new to working from home you will have to deal with such issues as family interruptions, friends, neighbors, television, radio, visitors, email and phone calls.

You must structure your time and set a schedule to work on your home business. If you were working for someone else you would not expect your friends and neighbors...

Many of us waste too much time envying others instead of getting on with our own goals and dreams. This is stupid to put it mildly.

For a start, we would probably not envy others if we knew what their lives were really like.

Many young men envied and still envy Evis Presley but who wants to die sad, disillusioned and divorced at the age of 42?

Billy Connolly, the great Scottish comedian who now lives in California, tells an amusing story about misguided...

Focus is the single most important factor that will determine whether your dreams come true or not. Depending on what your dreams are, there are so many rivers to cross. Some hurdles look quite formidable, and a lot of folks give up at the first sign of a setback.

Focus helps you put your act together. It helps you mobilize your resources and channel them in one direction. That way, you make progress consistently in the direction of your goal or milestones.

Imagine...

What would you like to achieve in your lifetime?

Author Basil S. Walth once said, "If you don't know where you are going, how can you expect to get there?" These are words well spoken, because whether you're working toward freelancing full-time or selling your novels, you need a roadmap.

Goals are indispensable. They provide direction, long-term vision and short-term motivation. They separate the important from the irrelevant. Goals also build...

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action." -Benjamin Disraeli

"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action." -Johann von Goethe

"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg." -Anon.

The missing link between inactivity and achievement is initiative. I believe the missing quality in the...

"By asking for the impossible, we obtain the best possible." ~ Italian saying

If you are serious about achieving a more meaningful life then you'll need a new perspective for viewing your life and your career. The following exercise is a new method for going through your day and your week. It's a new sense of being alive being responsible, being at choice, and being the architect in your life.

Tomorrow, you'll be totally conscious about everything you do,...

"Excellence is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities."

The above anonymous quote was displayed prominently in an office, where, oddly enough, it seemed to attract very little attention. In any case, it has made enough of an impression to invite a look at these words of wisdom and see where these words may apply.

When embarking...

1.Be humble

Develop “can-do” attitude. Nothing is impossible. Kind attitude develops good virtues that help in making mind sound and generating conscience. There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

Remember:Conscience is the mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

2.Be submissive

Behavior has two functions: one to learn from experience or from older or from wiser and other to teach the learners...