The sixth of the 10 things not to do to achieve your goals is not forgetting who you are. Don’t include “shoulds” – do things because you have an appreciation for the benefit to be gained or the pain to be avoided that is associated with the goal Don’t obsess over the bull’s eye – [...]

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The fifth of the 10 things not to do to achieve your goals is to ignore your past performance. Don’t include “shoulds” – do things because you have an appreciation for the benefit to be gained or the pain to be avoided that is associated with the goal Don’t obsess over the bull’s eye – [...]

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The fourth of the 10 things not to do to achieve your goals is to not focus on other peopl Don’t include “shoulds” – do things because you have an appreciation for the benefit to be gained or the pain to be avoided that is associated with the goal Don’t obsess over the bull’s eye [...]

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The third of the things not to do to achieve your goals is to avoid crafting goals around what you will try to do. Don’t include “shoulds” – do things because you have an appreciation for the benefit to be gained or the pain to be avoided that is associated with the goal Don’t obsess [...]

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Cecilia on December 31st, 2009

Image by Se7en Summits via Flickr Accomplishing your goals can sometimes feel like climbing a Mount Everest – your confident you can start the journey strong but are less sure of your ability to finish.  Paying attention to the following list of things not to do can greatly increase your chances of reaching the summit. [...]

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Cecilia on December 31st, 2009

Yesterday, we started our journey through a list of things not to do in order to achieve your goals.  We started by going deeper in understanding our motives than merely setting goals because we should.  Today, we move on to our second don’t. Don’t include “shoulds” Don’t obsess over the bull’s eye There are very [...]

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Cecilia on December 30th, 2009

Every year people set goals and every year people fail to achieve the goals they set.  I think this is called insanity – doing the same things the same way and expecting different results. The fact of the matter is that goal setting has a tremendous impact on your ability to achieve your desired success [...]

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Cecilia on May 22nd, 2009

Image by nDevilTV via Flickr Organic company growth is typically seen as something that is steady.  Five to twenty-five percent a year growth is deemed reasonable and in many cases aggressive.  Hockey stick growth, that which is 50, 75, 100+ percent growth in a single year and then sustained at high rates in a few [...]

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Cecilia on May 12th, 2009

This is habit number 4 in the series, The 7 Habits of Modestly Successful Entrepreneurs, following: 1) selling time for money, 2) working too hard, and 3) relying too much on data. These habits are the things that keep business success at a modest level.  Implementing business strategies to break these habits can propel entrepreneurs [...]

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Cecilia on April 27th, 2009

In a previous post, I introduced you to the first habit in my series, The 7 Habits of Modestly Successful Entrepreneurs.  The goal of this is to help small business owners and solo-preneurs to understand the business practices and even models that may be keeping them in the middle of the pack of entrepreneurs achieving [...]

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