I just watched a great TED talk by Laura Vanderkam – “How
to Gain Control of Your Free Time”. I won’t go into detail about her talk because
I’m going to save my big take-away in a near-future post. However, the point I want
to share today is Laura’s idea regarding year-end reviews – write next year’s
year-end review today.
Laura suggests essentially starting at the end, and working backwards into the schedule. Think about the goals you want to have accomplished.Break-down the milestones (processes and resources).Allocate the milestones into the schedule now. Laura went on to suggest we set 3-5 goals in three areas of our lives – career, relationships, and self.
In the spirit of many others doing year-end reviews, I'm going to do the Year Before Preview with Laura's help/ suggestions. Here’s a snippet of my Year Before Preview... Goal (in SELF): I ran the 2017 Peachtree Road Race, and I accomplished a sub-50 time.
I know myself, and know that I’m going to do a lot of other act…
Laura suggests essentially starting at the end, and working backwards into the schedule. Think about the goals you want to have accomplished.Break-down the milestones (processes and resources).Allocate the milestones into the schedule now. Laura went on to suggest we set 3-5 goals in three areas of our lives – career, relationships, and self.
In the spirit of many others doing year-end reviews, I'm going to do the Year Before Preview with Laura's help/ suggestions. Here’s a snippet of my Year Before Preview... Goal (in SELF): I ran the 2017 Peachtree Road Race, and I accomplished a sub-50 time.
I know myself, and know that I’m going to do a lot of other act…