EQ Factor

Time and again we hear about the need for good time management, but if we examine that phrase, we realize it’s not accurate. Every person on the planet gets the same amount of time every day: 24 hours. Nobody gets more, nobody gets less, and no matter how much we try, we cannot speed up nor slow down time.

Have you ever heard the phrase, “All things are created twice?” That phase sits at the heart of habit two from Stephen Covey’s bestselling book, “7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” Habit two is called, “Begin with the end in mind,” and it correlates to what Covey calls the first creation. It’s called first creation because begin with the end in mind is something that occurs in our heads. The second creation occurs when we create the functional finished product. 

Much power exists in the ability to set goals. However, without a purposeful framework, many goals are simply dreams.

I have developed a framework for goalsetting that includes seven categories. Feel free to use what I developed, or develop your own.

Daniel Bobinski discusses how to “identify where you want to end up before you start doing anything.”

Proactive people keep an eye out for potential problems and then act to prevent the problems from occurring – or at least minimize their impact.