A Single Mom's Roadmap for Personal Development

Patterns and Habits that develop in a business or a personal project, should be analyzed for their contributions or setbacks. You should have strategies in place that will work smoothly to generate good patterns so your business will grow – or help you successfully complete your project.  . Good patterns that were developed during the implementation of a strategy, may be used in other areas of your business or other projects you may have. Bad patterns can be analyzed and either made to work or be discarded from your strategy . One problem that businesses have when implementing a strategy is the time it takes.  If this is your worry, jot down ways that the process can be streamlined so it will meet your deadline goals. Be sure the shortcuts or final decisions still produce quality results.   Some patterns may begin to develop during a particular stage of the project. If you’ve kept accurate records about the process, you should be able to pinpoint where the problem su...

  It’s important to keep good records of a goal or project’s progress so you can properly evaluate it when the results are in and the project is completed.  Your records will be your measuring tools.  The action plans implemented in your project outline should have solved problems, overcome obstacles and become predictable as time went on. If that didn’t happen, it’s time to identify what did happen to delay or make the project fail or fall short of what you planned for. Successful action plans provide noticeable results that should lead to further successes and more confidence on your part.  You will see  that you were effective in planning goals and reaching the end of a successful process. Even if the project wasn’t completely successful, you’ll gain valuable information when you examine the results. This information can help you build your business, re-think some of your actions or even go back to the drawing board. It’s difficult to measure the results of ...

Most people don’t know how to prioritize tasks. They’re constantly overwhelmed, miss deadlines and forget important meetings and events. They don’t manage their time effectively and never make to-do lists. To-do lists are imperative to get your time-management skills under control. It’s not just a matter of writing down what you have to do, it’s a matter of knowing how to prioritize the most important tasks first and the less important ones after. An effective to-do list should be written in the evening or first thing in the morning and organized so that it’s easy to move from one step to another. A well-organized to-do list can help you overcome procrastination and achieve goals, constantly moving toward reaching your ultimate success. As you complete each task on the daily to-do list, be sure to cross them off. This provides a visual sense of accomplishment and helps you move forward with the remainder of your list – and the lists to come. Taking the time to write a to-do list and pr...

There are many ways people measure their success in life. It could be how much money they have, how happy they are in their relationships and career, how they have maintained good health or by other measures. It’s important for you to know how you measure success so you can feel great about the outcome or know when you need to work harder. When you decide what form success takes in your life, you can measure it accordingly. The main thing is not to think about your personal success as someone else sees it. To you, success may be valuing and helping people realize their hopes and dreams. The goals you set should depend on what success means to you. You can then measure that success by the mini and large goals you successfully reach. Knowing what success means to you in your own life will help you become excited and motivated about goals. That positive energy will make you take the appropriate actions necessary to reach them. You may already feel successful because you’ve overcome so m...

  Making plans for your life, your business or almost anything can be exciting and fun, but when you have to take action it could become scary. Overcoming your fears about starting something new in your life takes courage, determination and commitment to your goals. Courage is what helps you to overcome challenges in your life or implement changes that will make your life better. When you use your innate courage to overcome obstacles that keep you from success, you boost your self-confidence and increase your personal power to get things done.  Determination is another necessary and natural element you must have to carry out your plans. Without this important factor in your arsenal, you will likely never reach your goals.   Determination fosters the dedication that you’ll need when times get tough to keep on fighting for what you want. Commitment is another element that comes after the planning stage of your goals.  Commitment means that you will face what you m...

Momentum is imperative to reaching your goals and is essential to becoming successful. It’s important that you find momentum as soon as you set your goals. Begin immediately. Momentum works the same in life as it does for surfers. When the momentum is there, ride the waves until you reach your goals. You have to create your own momentum, don’t wait for something to happen. Keeping momentum is easier if you set a schedule for yourself and your goals. Know that you’ll have to leave your comfort zone at times. Each moment that you hesitate will make it even more difficult to move forward. Procrastination is the enemy.  As long as you keep putting off what you should have already begun, the momentum will never come – and you’ll never reach your goals. You can use momentum to overcome procrastination by always taking action. When you do this, your goals will come more into focus and it won’t be difficult to overcome obstacles and keep gaining momentum toward success. Action should be yo...

Rather than misusing time and struggling to reach your goals, it’s best to develop a strategy that will help you move quickly from one task to another.  Many of us set goals and have intentions of completing them - only to have them fall through mid-flight. This may be because enthusiasm for the project fails or you’ve come to a standstill for some other reason.  One strategy that will keep you moving from one goal to the next, is to be persistent. You have to refuse to give up  even when life becomes a bit difficult or you find yourself bored with the process. Another good strategy for achieving goals faster, is to never limit yourself or what you’re capable of achieving. When you tell yourself that you can’t accomplish something, you have to get rid of the negative thoughts. Negative thoughts have killed many good ideas and intentions. Do what it takes to keep yourself motivated and moving forward, by spending more time developing a strategy that will guarantee success....

It’s only natural for your original plans to evolve into different designs over time because the knowledge and insight you gain will help you improve your plans. A s your plans take on different characteristics, your thinking will also have to adjust to those new changes. You may need to add or take away certain portions of reaching your goals so they can move along more naturally. Insight to what you’re trying to accomplish is everything when it comes to meeting your goals. You can’t get insight without knowledge and action. A transformation occurs in both you and your goals as you move along and powerful changes take place. Rather than fight changes that come your way, accept them for what they are and move on. If you resist, you won’t be able to recognize the opportunities that change can bring. Some changes aren’t good for meeting our goals and they become obstacles that we need to overcome, but even those changes are for the good because you learn from that experience. Don’t be so...