Comments on: Setting Goals and Making Them Visible http://www.productivity501.com/setting-goals-and-making-them-visible/183/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marcushttp://www.productivity501.com/setting-goals-and-making-them-visible/183/comment-page-1/#comment-207259 Marcus Fri, 20 May 2011 11:34:25 +0000 http://x.xeric.net/productivity501/?p=183#comment-207259 Very good story. It can be so simply at times that you just cannot think of it. Thanks for sharing! I really like to make things visible and I do it at work where I have implemented a big board with targets and actuals. Never thought about doing something similiar at home .... Happy Friday! Very good story. It can be so simply at times that you just cannot think of it. Thanks for sharing!
I really like to make things visible and I do it at work where I have implemented a big board with targets and actuals. Never thought about doing something similiar at home …. Happy Friday!

]]> By: Jamie Martinhttp://www.productivity501.com/setting-goals-and-making-them-visible/183/comment-page-1/#comment-205427 Jamie Martin Wed, 11 May 2011 17:00:29 +0000 http://x.xeric.net/productivity501/?p=183#comment-205427 Yes, I want to know what your parents thought of that whole deal too! I wasn't quite as creative as a child but did something similar in 6th grade. I wanted several things I knew my parents wouldn't buy for me so I set up an envelope for each item. I wrote the name and the price of each item on the envelope and then put babysitting money in each envelope until I was able to purchase each of them. I recall one was a pair of clog shoes (yes, it was the 70's and that was cool!) and another was my very own stereo, which cost about $100 at a Venture store! I don't know why I remember that! Having the goal written on the envelope kept my thoughts clear and on track. I even did something similar while in my late 20s where I kept a spreadsheet that tallied the savings for several large home projects as we deposited money in the savings account. Having a chart or writing it on your savings book is akin to saying it out loud and making yourself accountable! This thought process seems to have gone by the wayside for most Americans and their credit cards. Yes, I want to know what your parents thought of that whole deal too!

I wasn’t quite as creative as a child but did something similar in 6th grade. I wanted several things I knew my parents wouldn’t buy for me so I set up an envelope for each item. I wrote the name and the price of each item on the envelope and then put babysitting money in each envelope until I was able to purchase each of them. I recall one was a pair of clog shoes (yes, it was the 70′s and that was cool!) and another was my very own stereo, which cost about $100 at a Venture store! I don’t know why I remember that!

Having the goal written on the envelope kept my thoughts clear and on track. I even did something similar while in my late 20s where I kept a spreadsheet that tallied the savings for several large home projects as we deposited money in the savings account.

Having a chart or writing it on your savings book is akin to saying it out loud and making yourself accountable! This thought process seems to have gone by the wayside for most Americans and their credit cards.

]]> By: Harry @ GoalsOnTrackhttp://www.productivity501.com/setting-goals-and-making-them-visible/183/comment-page-1/#comment-205425 Harry @ GoalsOnTrack Wed, 11 May 2011 16:43:56 +0000 http://x.xeric.net/productivity501/?p=183#comment-205425 Great story. Vision tends to work with our subconscious mind. We actually do a lot of things via subconscious mind, such as driving home without you noticing it consciously, etc. Having a picture or some kind of cue in sight for your goal is a great way to engage our subconscious mind to find ways to reach that goal. Great story.

Vision tends to work with our subconscious mind. We actually do a lot of things via subconscious mind, such as driving home without you noticing it consciously, etc.

Having a picture or some kind of cue in sight for your goal is a great way to engage our subconscious mind to find ways to reach that goal.

]]> By: Steve at cpastories.comhttp://www.productivity501.com/setting-goals-and-making-them-visible/183/comment-page-1/#comment-128341 Steve at cpastories.com Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:33:00 +0000 http://x.xeric.net/productivity501/?p=183#comment-128341 This is an inspiring story, especially from a creative point of view. I suspect you were in your early teens in high school... Many people are not that motivated/driven/determine to make moves that impact their destiny as you did. A little late, but I guess I can say, "Good work!" [Just wondering how proud your parents were.] This is an inspiring story, especially from a creative point of view. I suspect you were in your early teens in high school… Many people are not that motivated/driven/determine to make moves that impact their destiny as you did. A little late, but I guess I can say, “Good work!” [Just wondering how proud your parents were.]

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