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want to write them down in a notebook and review them weekly. Your short-term goals should be connected to your long-term goals.

You may want to use an action board. This can be a large bulletin board (I use 22×34 and I have 4 of them). My bulletin boards also have copies of paintings, nature, and the ocean along with my goals.

You may use 3×5 cards on your bulletin board under 4-5 goal headings. Be sure to include the estimated deadline for each goal. You may use general headings: such as, goals-dreams-problems-solutions. You may choose to add post-it notes to your index cards. I use dressmakers’ pins which are long straight pins. I use these because they make smaller holes in my pictures and they work great on the bulletin. You may want to save the old index cards to watch your progress. By using multi-colored cards you can easily track your progress with a glance.

If you have the room, you may choose to cover the entire wall with corkboard to have a large area for your planning.

In a large office setting with meeting room capabilities for large groups, the walls may be lined with dry eraser boards to use for brain-storming sessions which may be a weekly event.

Remember to be specific with planned completion dates. Some sample goals may be:

• Personal development

Develop a support group of 3-5 people during the next month.

Join a volunteer group; for example. Teach someone to read by joining a literary group.

Sign up for computer class at a local college.

Arrange to take some tests that show your interests and/or abilities.

• Family development

Set aside one weekend per month to arrange special dates with your spouse.

Schedule separate quality time with each of your children.

• Spiritual growth

Set aside 15-20 minutes each day to practice meditation.

Choose a topic about spirituality and study everything about it.

Using a steno pad or similar notebook, find a topic for study in a concordance of the Bible or other spiritual literature and record the verses you find for the topic you’ve chosen.

On 3×5 index cards, record valuable quotations for spiritual qualitites you want to work on.

Marketing statement: in 25 words or less, define what you believe your work offers to the world.

Finish reading here.

Introduction to 77 Goal Setting Tips – including study that showed goal setters were huge winners and how to avoid an early death after retirement

Goal setting overview – What you will find in 77 goal setting tips

Goals setting basics – Tips 1-11 to help you develop a roadmap for creating the life of your dreams

Basics of goal setting II - Tips 12-21 to help you create a goals overview

Goal Setting and Self appreciation or self acceptance – Tips 22-24 are about loving yourself which is one of the secrets of goals success

Commitment and courage - Tips 25 to 34 cover the magic force that makes the difference

Visualization and guided imagery can help with setting goals – Tips 35-39 show you how wishes can become reality

Intuition and hunches – Tips 40-43 explore the magic of your unconscious

Creative tools for goal setting – Tips 44-52 cover the lighter side of goal setting with the wild, wacky, fun and outrageous

Resistance and procrastination – Tips 53-58 help you to find ways to identify and overcome these goal stealers

Releasing attachment – Tips 59-67 reveal a little known goal setting secret of the greatest teachers

Persistence and patience - These tips, 68-71 help you with essentials for following through when the going gets tough

Bonus goal setting tips 72-77

Jay White at dumblittleman recommends 7 secrets to getting organized. I know many of us can identify with the out-of-control feeling we sometimes get in life. He lists as a solution:

1. Reduce before you begin organizing.
2. Write it down now, always.
3. Have one inbox and process it. (Maybe two–home and work.) Process it or them daily or weekly.
4. A place for everything.
5. Put it away now.
6. Clean as you go–(really helps when cooking.)
7. Develop routines and systems.