If you’re hearing the song that Bachman-Turner-Overdrive made well-known in the 60s, that’s exactly what I want! I’m not talking about “business” in a strictly financial sense, but “business” with the concept that whatever you’re shooting for success-wise, you complete your tasks.

Once you have a course plotted for success, there are going to be a million issues that will vie for your attention and time. It’s not that these points haven’t been there before now, and it’s not even that the world is plotting against you succeeding. It is just that now you’ve a focus and you’ll begin to notice issues that seem like they shouldn’t be on your radar screen.

It doesn’t mean that you don’t do the little pesky points which are buzzing and desire to be taken care of (specially if it relates to your job), just that you must not let those things pull you off-track.

So how do you remain on-task? The most beneficial way I’ve discovered, bar none, would be to keep a log of tasks that must be accomplished as you move towards your objective. Don’t forget to break the massive tasks in to a series of modest ones and to give yourself a reward-system as you do it. I use check-marks; others use stickers (sounds silly, but if it works for you, who cares?),  still other people use tangible rewards as they accomplish “x” number of tiny or big tasks.

Whatever motivates you is your key–keep it basic and keep it attainable. If the carrot is too far out in front of the horse, the horse will give up. If it’s just close enough to smell and see but just out of reach, that horse will keep moving towards the incentive.

Let’s say your objective would be to lose 60 pounds. That’s really a chunk of weight and can take a long time to accomplish. Let’s also say that you need a brand new wardrobe. Should you wait until all of the weight is gone to get those new clothes? Most likely not-your present closet full of clothes will look awfully loose and ill-fitting in the event you do.

But let’s talk about small, incremental rewards that help move you towards your objective. If you lose 10 pounds, your existing clothes won’t look baggy on you, but you are going to notice a difference in your waistband that might bother you. Do not chuck the pants or go buy a new pair-take the existing ones to a seamstress or tailor to be taken in.

It is a little reward and saves you the money of acquiring new pants that you will continue to shrink out of. It also keeps you motivated. For the next 5 or 10 pounds, take into consideration some new cosmetics or a new hairstyle-small issues that can make you feel much better, inside and out.

Takin’ care of enterprise and staying on task. Now that’s the approach to chart your self to success!

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