There are those who are bounded by laws and rules, yet success is too distant for them. On the other hand, there are those who appears to be easy going people but are successful. Think you have what it takes to be like them? Or would you rather do something different to achieve the elusive success? Take heart and set your goals.
What do goals represent by the way? These are actually representations of your visions about you and your future. Goals should be achievable and realistic. These kinds of goals allow you to put them into practice or at least do some activities that allow you to monitor your progress. However, more is involved in just merely setting realistic goals. Remember that in order to achieve your goals, you must act according to your goals. Otherwise, all else would be vanity if you do not exert effort in reaching them. The following will help you set achievable goals:
1. Enhance your skills in achieving targeted goals by setting objectives, as well as standard and optional activities that will help you meet your goals.
2. Strategize and take risks in meeting your goals. Strategic thinking is very important because this will allow you to be productive and focus on the activities according to your goals.
3. Act in accordance to your goals. Proper mind setting is very important in achieving your goals. Take the extra mile. Try taking risks but never compromise your safety. Taking risks means that you are ready to learn new things and challenges that will help you in the long run.
On one hand, you may wonder why there is a need for you to set goals if you think you have not failed at all in your endeavors. Remember that setting goals does not mean that you always fail. Setting goals means that you are acknowledging your limitations and you are ready to work your way up towards success, professionally or personally. It is for this reason why objective goals matter.
Moving forward, you also have to consider that there are goals that are just too hard to achieve on your own. At times, these goals even create conflicts that you might think of surrendering in the long run. Take heart. Everybody have similar concerns at times. If this situation occurs and you think that surrendering is the last option, why not look for a partner, a friend maybe who is willing to help you out with your goals? Collaborate with your prospective partner and learn to prioritize. If it requires spending time in plotting all the possibilities, both the pros and cons, try it.
Remember that goal setting is focused on your benefits. So try working things out and focus, focus, and focus. Minimize or avoid distractions if possible so you can work your goals better. Work that proper mindset for a clearer vision of you achieving those valuable goals. If you are vying for promotion in your workplace, it is important that you see yourself already in the position you want. If you are aiming for a personal or educational goal, make things happen by planning and doing things related to your goals. You will then realize that goals, no matter how difficult they may appear, are still valuable to consider. Once your goals are achieved, sweet success knocks on your door commending you for a job well done.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Ten Things You Probably Shouldn't Know About Me
10: I wear shorts, year round. If its above freezing; I'm usually wearing a pair of shorts.
9: I rarely wear a tie; but at one point in my life had a collection of over 100 fine silk ties in my closet.
8: If I'm not wearing shorts; I'm in blue jeans. I am very anal about my jeans. I only wear Levis 501's. No Wrangler, Bugle Boy or whatever. Only Levis. Only 501's.
7: I'm a gambler who will bet on the outcome of most anything; but I do not play slot machines or the lottery.
6: I'm a very spontaneous person. I've been known to wake up and drive halfway across the country to see something or someone, on a whim.
5: I was personally invited to both of the Bush/Cheney Inaugural Balls. Why is this strange? I am not a registered Republican and I made no donations to either campaign.
4: I have a degree in political science, but hate discussing politics. My views are extreme enough in both directions, depending on the issue, to make members of both parties squirm.
3: I hate funerals, but have my own planned.
2: I am very much into freedom of expression; but run a very disciplined household. My boys have been given the freedom to explore their own ideals and beliefs; but are amongst the most polite, well-behaved young men you'll ever meet.
1: I go commando in public.
9: I rarely wear a tie; but at one point in my life had a collection of over 100 fine silk ties in my closet.
8: If I'm not wearing shorts; I'm in blue jeans. I am very anal about my jeans. I only wear Levis 501's. No Wrangler, Bugle Boy or whatever. Only Levis. Only 501's.
7: I'm a gambler who will bet on the outcome of most anything; but I do not play slot machines or the lottery.
6: I'm a very spontaneous person. I've been known to wake up and drive halfway across the country to see something or someone, on a whim.
5: I was personally invited to both of the Bush/Cheney Inaugural Balls. Why is this strange? I am not a registered Republican and I made no donations to either campaign.
4: I have a degree in political science, but hate discussing politics. My views are extreme enough in both directions, depending on the issue, to make members of both parties squirm.
3: I hate funerals, but have my own planned.
2: I am very much into freedom of expression; but run a very disciplined household. My boys have been given the freedom to explore their own ideals and beliefs; but are amongst the most polite, well-behaved young men you'll ever meet.
1: I go commando in public.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
Ten Things Learned From Playing Darts
1. Never play for money in a British pub. Most locals in the pubs could make a decent living playing professionally if they sobered up long enough to try.
2. Doing math in your head while inebriated isn't so hard, when you know your outs.
3. Never berate your partner (in blind draw tournaments) however poorly they play. Curse yourself, throw your darts on the floor, but always tell your partner "good job", whether it was or not. They may need that confidence later on in the match.
4. Always rag on a partner that you personally picked to play with you in a challenge match for money. Hell, they must be pretty damn good or you would not have picked them in the first place. If they're playing like shit; tell them!
5. Always be gracious in winning, unless you're playing against a trash talker. Then calmly take their money and buy everyone in the bar a beer with it, except them. When they ask where theirs is, reply: "Losers don't drink with me!" and proceed to dress them down, like they never have been before, in front of the whole bar.
5b. Never talk trash to a trash talker while playing the match. Let your darts do the talking. You can always belittle them when all is said and done (see above).
6. When a stranger enters your local bar looking for a money game; let someone else play them first. Gambling's fun, but knowing the odds and how much to play for always makes for a better bet.
7. If you're tripping over the throw line; you've probably had too much to drink. (Or someone has spiked your drink) Either way it's time to call it a night.
7b. If you are seeing three boards while trying to throw, aim for the middle one. Again, probably time to call it a night.
8. If you've spent more money on beer than you've won playing darts that night; you've probably still had a good night.
8b. If you consistently have the above type of nights, you either need to practice more (get better) or find a new bar where people don't know your abilities.
9. If you want to play for money in a new bar; don't bring your dart wallet (suitcase) in with you. Warm up with house darts. If someone wants to play for some cash, then go to your car and bring out the big guns.... Also, going in bare-handed lets you sit back and size up the local competition without having them know you are a player until it's too late.
10. Always try and have fun. Even if you lose. It's only money. Money never bought anyone happiness. A good time, maybe: but happiness is eternal; good times are just fleeting moments.
2. Doing math in your head while inebriated isn't so hard, when you know your outs.
3. Never berate your partner (in blind draw tournaments) however poorly they play. Curse yourself, throw your darts on the floor, but always tell your partner "good job", whether it was or not. They may need that confidence later on in the match.
4. Always rag on a partner that you personally picked to play with you in a challenge match for money. Hell, they must be pretty damn good or you would not have picked them in the first place. If they're playing like shit; tell them!
5. Always be gracious in winning, unless you're playing against a trash talker. Then calmly take their money and buy everyone in the bar a beer with it, except them. When they ask where theirs is, reply: "Losers don't drink with me!" and proceed to dress them down, like they never have been before, in front of the whole bar.
5b. Never talk trash to a trash talker while playing the match. Let your darts do the talking. You can always belittle them when all is said and done (see above).
6. When a stranger enters your local bar looking for a money game; let someone else play them first. Gambling's fun, but knowing the odds and how much to play for always makes for a better bet.
7. If you're tripping over the throw line; you've probably had too much to drink. (Or someone has spiked your drink) Either way it's time to call it a night.
7b. If you are seeing three boards while trying to throw, aim for the middle one. Again, probably time to call it a night.
8. If you've spent more money on beer than you've won playing darts that night; you've probably still had a good night.
8b. If you consistently have the above type of nights, you either need to practice more (get better) or find a new bar where people don't know your abilities.
9. If you want to play for money in a new bar; don't bring your dart wallet (suitcase) in with you. Warm up with house darts. If someone wants to play for some cash, then go to your car and bring out the big guns.... Also, going in bare-handed lets you sit back and size up the local competition without having them know you are a player until it's too late.
10. Always try and have fun. Even if you lose. It's only money. Money never bought anyone happiness. A good time, maybe: but happiness is eternal; good times are just fleeting moments.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Yuwie, the Unsociable Social Network
Having been on Myspace for a while and enjoying a decent following on my blog there, I was excited to here of a new social network that paid its users to do the things I was already doing for free. I eagerly signed up as a referral of a friend and began posting some blog entries there. I quickly became the most read blogger on the site. Woohoo! Then my account was locked.
An admiring fan sent me a comment one evening, while I was away, that was a mildly sexually suggestive cartoon. No nudity or profanity; just suggestive. I returned home that evening to find my page locked where no one could view it.
The item in question was removed along with several others because they did not tell me exactly what was offensive to them, just 'a comment someone had left on my page'. I realized I had already removed it when the lady who had sent it contacted me to let me know she was locked out, as well.
It took them less than an hour to lock my account after she had left the comment, but more than 13 hours to get it back up after it had been removed. As noted earlier; I was generating a huge number of page views for them; making them money.
During this locked-out period, I re-read their Terms of Service and found nothing in the comment that would warrant locking my account and told them so. I was informed that regardless of what was stated in the TOS, the decision for locking an account was at the sole discretion of the Y-Guy. I later learned that the owner of the site and his wife were the morality monitors there.
I started pre-approving my comments, to conform to the new unwritten rules and toned down some of the language in my blog entries. I should also state here that Yuwie is a MLM site and the more active referrals you have; the more money you make. The price for a new referral has changed recently.
The site gets a number of unsolicited people joining because they are tired of Myspace. The Y-guy was pondering what to do with these people who were not in anyones referral tree. Should he auction them off, like slaves to an unwanted master, or what? The contest he devised will be the undoing of the site.
In his infinite wisdom, the owner of Yuwie (the Y-Guy) has started offering these people who came in over the transom as rewards for getting peoples pages locked. Narc on ten of your 'friends' and get a free referral.
Thats right! For every 10 accounts you get locked out, you get a free referral. Who, in their right mind, could ever think that this is a good business decision?
He released the details of this contest in his blog and posted a list detailing his definition of offensive material. The ensuing witch hunt has many pages being locked that do not fall anywhere within the guidelines he set forth. This has prompted many to close their accounts and take friends with them from the site.
The hunters have become the hunted. There are groups that have formed to track down the snitches and post their profile links in an attempt to get people to delete them from their friends list and to report the slightest questionable image on their page. The activities of both sides is beginning to create an environment of paranoia where people are afraid to add friends or leave comments. The Yuwie social network has become unsociable.
Has the owner of Yuwie gone too far in his crusade to have a clean site or are the people who are getting upset and leaving too blame?
An admiring fan sent me a comment one evening, while I was away, that was a mildly sexually suggestive cartoon. No nudity or profanity; just suggestive. I returned home that evening to find my page locked where no one could view it.
The item in question was removed along with several others because they did not tell me exactly what was offensive to them, just 'a comment someone had left on my page'. I realized I had already removed it when the lady who had sent it contacted me to let me know she was locked out, as well.
It took them less than an hour to lock my account after she had left the comment, but more than 13 hours to get it back up after it had been removed. As noted earlier; I was generating a huge number of page views for them; making them money.
During this locked-out period, I re-read their Terms of Service and found nothing in the comment that would warrant locking my account and told them so. I was informed that regardless of what was stated in the TOS, the decision for locking an account was at the sole discretion of the Y-Guy. I later learned that the owner of the site and his wife were the morality monitors there.
I started pre-approving my comments, to conform to the new unwritten rules and toned down some of the language in my blog entries. I should also state here that Yuwie is a MLM site and the more active referrals you have; the more money you make. The price for a new referral has changed recently.
The site gets a number of unsolicited people joining because they are tired of Myspace. The Y-guy was pondering what to do with these people who were not in anyones referral tree. Should he auction them off, like slaves to an unwanted master, or what? The contest he devised will be the undoing of the site.
In his infinite wisdom, the owner of Yuwie (the Y-Guy) has started offering these people who came in over the transom as rewards for getting peoples pages locked. Narc on ten of your 'friends' and get a free referral.
Thats right! For every 10 accounts you get locked out, you get a free referral. Who, in their right mind, could ever think that this is a good business decision?
He released the details of this contest in his blog and posted a list detailing his definition of offensive material. The ensuing witch hunt has many pages being locked that do not fall anywhere within the guidelines he set forth. This has prompted many to close their accounts and take friends with them from the site.
The hunters have become the hunted. There are groups that have formed to track down the snitches and post their profile links in an attempt to get people to delete them from their friends list and to report the slightest questionable image on their page. The activities of both sides is beginning to create an environment of paranoia where people are afraid to add friends or leave comments. The Yuwie social network has become unsociable.
Has the owner of Yuwie gone too far in his crusade to have a clean site or are the people who are getting upset and leaving too blame?
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