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When it comes to setting goals, 10 x 10 % ≠ 1
In the next few weeks many of us will write our goals for 2022. Unfortunately, though, many of us set ourselves up for failure before we even get started.
When it comes to setting goals, 10 x 10 % ≠ 1
Just a few weeks ago, many of us wrote goals for 2021. Unfortunately, though, many of us set ourselves up for failure before we even got started.
You’ve probably heard the statistics: only 8% of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions. To go from a goal setter to a goal achiever, start by remembering that 10 x 10% ≠ 1. In fact, when it comes to goal setting, 10 x 10% = 0.
ApochroMinute 17: GSD
Need a little extra help getting stuff done? This week’s ApochroMinute and this weekend’s Get Stuff Done Days will help.
Check it out, and join us Friday and/or Saturday to Get Stuff Done. aposignup.com/gsd
ApochroMinute 16: LinkedIn Mistake
Your online image is an important part of your executive presence. Yet many professionals make a mistake online that undercuts the image they want to portray. Are you making this mistake?
Check out this week’s ApochroMinute for a quick tip to fix it.
ApochroMinute 15: Be Ready
Victor Hugo wrote, "Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise." Be ready when the sun rises.
ApochroMinute 14: Sleep
If you’re having trouble with your sleep schedule right now, a tool built into your phone can help.
Check out this week’s ApochroMinute, and visit our Covid-19 resource page for more timely tips as we get through this challenge together.
ApochroMinute 13: Making a Quit List
How do you want things to be different in your life after the Covid-19 crisis is over? A quit list can help you get there.
ApochroMinute 12: 2 Things
If you’re having trouble feeling productive right now, you’re not alone. Skip the memes shaming you for not decluttering your house and adopting 10 new habits. Instead, we have a suggestion to feel more productive and more in control.
And, when this is over, you might just be a better ukulele player, have improved that rusty high school French, or mastered Excel pivot tables. But you’ll also have your sanity and energy intact.
ApochroMinute 11: Q2 2020
Today we will briefly address goal achievement in the age of Covid19. For more resources go to www.apochromatik.com/covid19 and be sure to join us for networking, problem solving, and coaching for #cocktailsduringcovid on Monday and Thursday at 5 p.m. CDT. Register at www.aposignup.com/cocktailsduringcovid.
How is 2020 going for you?
If your check engine light comes on in your car do you go on YouTube, buy some self help books, check with friends, ignore it as long as you can, and eventually take it apart in the evening after work in your garage? Or, do you call your mechanic or car dealership to run a diagnostic? The vast majority of us don’t have the technical skill to troubleshoot modern cars...but do we have the technical skills to troubleshoot our career and personal goals?
Exercise: 9 Tips to Find the Time
If you have a fitness-related goal you haven’t made progress on yet, you’re not alone. When you’re trying to juggle a career and a semblance of a life outside work, finding time to exercise isn’t easy. Here are some tips to help.
Don’t make resolutions, and 6 other tips for success in 2020
Last Wednesday wasn’t magical.
There, I said it. Yes, the new year is exciting – time to turn the page on 2019, and look forward to the blank slate of 2020. If your inbox is like mine, you probably had an onslaught of emails Tuesday and Wednesday with subject lines like “New Year, New You,” “New Year, New Discoveries,” or my favorite: “New Year, New Shoes” (because evidently, the 2019 me is good enough, but my shoes aren’t?!).
APOCHROMATIK’S END OF THE DECADE THANKSGIVING WEEK TO-DO LIST
Are you thinking about 2020? Are you thinking about the end of another decade?
It’s time to start thinking about this now.
Second to last month of...the decade!
The end of one month and beginning of the next is the perfect time to look ahead and reset where you are and where you’re going. It’s less intimidating and overwhelming than the beginning of a new year, and much more manageable to think about how you’ll use the next month to have more of the things you want in your career and life, and less of the things you don’t. And, as we enter one of the last two months of the decade, now is a great time to follow these six steps to set yourself up for a great month.
3 Actionable Tactics To Save 2019
Do you have plans to grill or enjoy the sun during the long July 4th weekend?
I’m going to be entertaining guests from out of town…
Don’t make resolutions, and 6 other tips for success in 2019
Tuesday wasn’t magical.
There, I said it. Yes, the new year is exciting – time to turn the page on 2018, and look forward to the blank slate of 2019. If your inbox is like mine, you probably had an onslaught of emails Tuesday and Wednesday with subject lines like “New Year, New You,” “New Year, New Discoveries,” or my favorite: “New Year, New Shoes” (because evidently, the 2018 me is good enough, but my shoes aren’t?!).
But beyond the emails trying to get us to whip out our credit cards, the new year is a good time to reflect on last year and think about how we’d like the next year to be different. Here’s the catch, though: You probably tried that last year, yet all of the new shoes in the world won’t help you make progress on your goals in 2019. Instead, you need a dose of reality, and what we call the CAN-DO Formula.
APOCHROMATIK’S THANKSGIVING WEEK TO-DO LIST
Are you thinking about 2019?
It’s time to start now.
