The benchmark of quality I go for is pretty high. - Jimmy Page
Shoot for the moon. Even
if you miss, you'll land among the stars. - Les Brown
If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan but
never the goal. – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/198791771028219349
Be stubborn about your goals, and flexible
about your methods. - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/351421577154640958
It’s that wonderful time to ponder how our
2017 goals are proceeding. Are you
progressing well knowing you will have no issue accomplishing them? CONGRATULATIONS! What about those goals that you are not progressing
so well on? Do you know why you are not
achieving them?
If you are not sure why you are not accomplishing
a goal, I suggest you start tracking EVERY ACTION you take. In The
Compound Effect, Darren Hardy discusses that tracking choices forces you to
become aware of your decisions. By tracking
your progress, you can examine why you are being successful in certain goals
and why you are not being successful in other goals. Once you know what is prohibiting you from
accomplishing it, you can make changes to help change the outcome.
What’s simple to do is also simple not to do.
– Jim Rohn
Additionally, tracking provides you the
opportunity to benchmark your progress of accomplishing your dreams. According to Thomas Hamilton’s article Why You Can't Afford NOT to Benchmark Your
Activity, “In short, benchmarking is the process of obtaining a particular
measurement or understanding a certain result of your operation over a period
of time and comparing it either to previous measurements or to industry
standards”. In 2014, I saw someone post
on Facebook that they had reviewed their running log and had logged over 750
miles. I was fascinated by this and
started tracking my miles and also the books I read. Over the years, I review my progress and
compare year over year how I am doing.
Especially with my reading log, I am able to see my progress in the
number of pages and books read, difficulty of the books and the topics I have
been interested in.
CHALLENGE: What goals do you
need to start tracking to help determine the reasons you are not accomplishing
them?
Once you start tracking your goals,
turn that into benchmarking and review it when you are feeling discouraged. Benchmarking will help you see how far you
have progressed over the years. Happy
Tracking!
Resources
Hardy, Darren. (2010) The Compound Effect. Boston,
Massachusetts: First Vanguard Press.
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