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Why Setting Goals is Important for You

Setting goals helps you take control of your life

When did you learn the importance of setting goals? For me, it was several years ago, when I worked as a Bilingual Secretary at the African Telecommunications Union (ATU). At some point, the organization decided to recruit a new Secretary-General. On their CVs, the most promising candidates detailed the goals they had achieves, missed or overshoot. Five years later, after …

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Select a Painful Consequence to Achieve Your Goal

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Which goal did you set in January that you are still struggling to achieve? I don’t know why you are falling off track, but here’s how you can improve things. I recently heard of a woman who tried and failed to lose weight for 13 years. Then she was advised to write a cheque to an organisation she loathed and …

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Utilise your power hours

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Do you want to achieve extraordinary results? Then organise yourself like a Super Achiever. Utilise your power hours. Power hours are defined by Darren Hardy, Publisher of Success magazine, as when you are most mentally energised, able to focus, concentrate and stay in a rhythm. For instance I’m at my best for creative activities at night. For exercising early morning or early evening …

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Six Reasons Why You May Fail to Achieve Your Goals This Year (Once Again)

And How to Prevent it From Happening Every year in January, the internet is awash with goal-setting advice and tools. Over the years, I’ve come across and used fantastic ones. However regardless of the tool I used, my challenge would be that at the end of the year, I would compare my goals list and my stack of to-do-list pads …

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