Goals,objectives,plans and direction

byBentatou360

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7 years ago

Goals, objectives, plans and direction.

On the last, direction, we find little in terms of how to, or guides with clear steps we can follow with confidence. We very much have to figure it out on our own. The good copycats we are. We learn from our parents, families, communities far and close to pave our own path, at times unconsciously and without any questioning of the assumptions underlying the collective thought process.

On objectives, most of us are not accustomed to detailing them or even having them; if we do they are often obscure and not very well defined. This is a cultural, educational, economic and socially induced characteristic or trait. Education, the most powerful determinant. Not having specific objectives makes achieving goals very difficult. Yet most of the talk is about setting goals and often falling short to clarify that they are just stepping stones and have to be put in perspective in relation to an overall long term plan or direction.

Direction

This is the less understood of the four. We need a career, a business or some source of revenue, but that activity alone is not life for most of us; albeit a very important and time consuming one. It is unfortunate when it is an alienating activity. Someone said an unexamined life is not wort living. By implication the achievement of a goal, the effect of which is not known on our overall direction is not worth achieving. In order for the outcome of a goal to be worthwhile it has to push us towards the desired direction, one where joy is derived from the act of doing alone. If the act of writing content; displaying it in attractive webpages to generate traffic becomes a joyful activity; the monetary reward is an automatic byproduct. When Bill gates was writing Disk Operating System (DOS) in Palo Alto, California in the 80’s he had no clue that Windows 10 would be the end product in 2016. Many cases like him come to mind. They all had one thing in common, they were one with the day to day activities and the tasks at hand. Success takes on a deeper meaning in every sense of the world. To succeed at Wealthy Affiliates you need to have these tendencies:

• Enjoy the learning process inherent in a technology intensive platform.

One thing is certain here, Moore’s law which states, that a piece of hardware becomes obsolete in six months can easily be said about software. New tools are being developed every hour. Staying up to date is a must. The Version of 2020 WordPress will sure be different from the version that is in use today.

• Commit to being proficient in the use of word press and alike software in order to build capturing sites and pages.
• Learn key word search and its function in site ranking
• Developing content that not only ranks well on occasion and generates targeted traffic but has substance that will bring visitors back.
• Be thoughtful in product and service choices. Consider your social responsibility and be mindful of the impact of what you do on others.
• The niche, finding products or services to promote; here I have a simple suggestion, go through your shopping, Hobbies and daily activities. If you eat it, drink it, wear it, drive it, play it, think it ,……rest assured other people do the same, you can become an advocate and get paid. You bought it after all. If you can write e-mails and texts you can write content. A little longer chunks of messages that’s all. Wealthy affiliates training will walk you by the hand. To make sure you are totally certain, they give you a free starter program, Wealthy Affiliates has many training video dedicated specifically to this subject.

Measurable and time specific goals or activity focused

If you glance through the posts on goals by newcomers to Wealthy Affiliates you will see numbers like 1,000, 3,000, 10,000, and 30,000 representing monthly incomes candidates expect to earn. You can’t help but ask: How can a person wanting to make thirty k a month and the one wanting to make 1k a month find their answers in the same place. I know the economy of the US and know there are not a lot of people that make 30k a month. It testifies to the effectiveness and capacity of the state of the art tools and training that are in use at Wealthy Affiliates. Yes the platform will benefit those that just want extra income and those that want to build a million plus revenue a year internet business. Live chats, blogs, and various communication tools give immediate access to hundreds if not thousands of members who will gladly answer questions, comment and provide feedback. The ambassadors as they are called take on the role of facilitating the transition. Giving and receiving both comments and feedback is an integral part of the process.

Objectives

Objectives are where the rubber hits the road in a sense. They are activity based and if you can get enthusiastic about the activity you do success and growth are very much a guarantee. Most importantly, you will never get bored. How can you. The other side of the equation; money, will have an entirely new meaning in your mind. You will fall in love with something better than money. Being one with what you do and enjoying what you do even if it is for only two hours a day. It will soon become evident that the more you enjoy the challenge of the activity, the more of it you do, not only the more money you make but your overall Profit per click is high, meaning your expertise in the field has a value. You begin to really have fun with digital marketing.

Hi achievers love what they do

When Thomas Edison was asked by a reporter once. Mr. Edison, you failed ninety nine times in designing a light bulb that works, what makes you think the 100th attempt will be different? He replied, son, I did not fail ninety nine times, I discovered 99 ways not to make a light bulb. It’s a matter of perspective. Another Great American, Alexander Bell, a pioneer of the phone industry was asked once by an autobiographer, how much money are you worth Mr. Bell, he replied, Ask my wife and the accountants, my concern is providing telecommunication. In my view here lies the true secret of success. It is the reason they say, if you do what you love you have never worked a day in your life. While money and equity building is a goal it is secondary to a better currency; the joy of being one with what you do and being absorbed enough to allow your creativity to flourish.

Get Enthusiastic about an idea

I read this in the eighties and it stuck in my mind, I really do not recall the exact source. “Apathy can be overcome only by enthusiasm, Enthusiasm can rise out of two things: an idea that catches the imagination by storm and a plan to bring that idea to fruition. In the soil of self-satisfaction true growth has poor nourishment”. Enthusiasm is easy to see and hard to describe. If you had an employee, as enthusiastic as you are about you do would you keep them?

Plan your work and work your plan

Focus is powerful, planned activity induces focus, our minds are much more effective when we are clear about our messages, meaning our thoughts and emotions about the activity are one. If you are here but wish you were doing something else please get up and leave, performing in less than focused state of mind leads to inferior quality, stress and overall lack of growth. You have to commit to separating what’s important from what’s irrelevant and eliminate distraction. Don’t take this lightly, athletes call it the zone, when they are in it they are unstoppable. But you will never experience the zone in an activity you are not one with.

A matter of practice

Harbor a thought, act on it, repeat it few times you have yourself a habit. It is a scientific fact that we humans go through a total cellular transformation within thirty days. I welcome any collaborating reader to test this principle. The planning aspect is crucial and it has to be specific. I.e. spend x number of hours doing Y , Z times a or a a week and stick to executing it. Your main objective here is 100% focus on the activity and the habit, you can allow yourself flexibility as to short term goal achievement, direction is more important. Developing the habit of shutting off all else and focusing on the task at hand is the challenge of most of us. It is a fact that the majority of people spend more mental energy living in the past that they cannot change or worry about outcomes they cannot control and are an illusion in the future. . They engage in day dreaming unconsciously few seconds at time. Learn to be present in your activity, soon money will be an automatic reward. Loving what you do is much more valuable and joyful and sustainable. It is difficult for anyone to do something they don’t like for a long time or achieve any worthwhile results doing it.

Conclusion

No matter what one’s method to getting things done is? Whether you are the type that has everything detailed in journals monthly and yearly reports or the other extreme that barely even writes things beyond the shopping lists down an commits everything else to memory or have it on automatic. Get up, go to work, come back, sleep, or do some more work , eat, then sleep so you can get up and do it all over again, often described as 9 to fivers, which easily became 7 to 10’s as the production processes became a 24 hour process. You will find that this routine will many times appear useless unless it is put in context and isolate the role no matter how little it plays in moving one along a continuum in a desired direction. If your goal is to build an internet business then, failure and success are just outcomes. Outcomes can be both desirable and undesirable; when you learn to treat them with the same level of respect, the emotional attachment vanishes. You become the even keeled, calm, decision maker. You begin to appreciate Meta data, analytics and soon discover that your value as a marketer is directly tied to your understanding and application of these tools. You may even become a digital marketing guru. Discover Wealthy Affiliate’s Free starter program.