Genius not required for Goal Keeping

Posted by Sana Ahmed on May 24, 2010 in Goals, Tutorials | 0 comments

You don’t need to be a genius to be successful!  If you want to achieve your goals, you don’t need to have a high IQ.  Build your skill sets such as patience, persistency, discipline with clear goals is a sure path towards success.

Be Realistic with your Skill Sets

Posted by Sana Ahmed on May 19, 2010 in Goals, Tutorials | 0 comments

Be Realistic with Your Skill Sets

There are so many things I want to learn!  There are so many things I think I know! I have a spirit of a life long learner who wants to constantly learn and do new things.  However, I need to take 2 steps back, breathe, and ask myself a few questions:

1. What is the topic I’m trying to learn?
2. What I do I really know about the topic?
3. What do I think I know about the topic?
4. What do I want to learn about the topic?
5. Time: How much time can I invest in learning about the topic?
6. Research: When will I gather information about the topic?
7. Action: When will I make time to actually learn this new topic?

Bandages for your time bandit wounds

Posted by Sana Ahmed on May 14, 2010 in Goals, Tutorials | 0 comments

If you have time bandits in your life, you’ll need to start healing those bad habits!  Some bandages for your time bandit wounds are your thinking buddies.  Your thinking buddies include your mentors, friends, and family.  Have a brainstorming session with your thinking buddies to figure out what your time bandits are.  Help them help you overcome these bad habits.  Ask your thinking buddies to hold you accountable and call you out on these bad habits.

Create another chapter in your personal journal if you must!  Write down where you are pilfering time away.   Have your thinking buddies follow up with you from time to time to see how you’re doing with your time bandits.  The goal is to overcome these time bandits and create time for more goals and success!

Ask and Act

Posted by Sana Ahmed on May 12, 2010 in Goals, Tutorials | 0 comments

Ask and Act

Are you not sure about something?  Do you need clarity?  As yourself questions and act accordingly to find a thorough answer. If you can’t answer the questions yourself, approach a mentor with all the social graces in the world for help. Make sure you repay your mentors!

Ask and act!

Acknowledge your shortcomings and curb the frustration

Posted by Sana Ahmed on May 7, 2010 in Goals, Tutorials | 0 comments

As I continue to purse my goals, I’ve realized to acknowledge my shortcomings without getting frustrated.

Our lives are filled with learning experiences.  We must allow ourselves to reflect on our shortcomings and failures, and understand how to better ourselves for future opportunities.  But if we’re too busy being frustrated and angry with ourselves, when will we have time to reflect and grow?

Frustration is a natural response to shortcomings and failures.    Just take your experiences and hop off of the frustration bus.

Verbalize your goals

Posted by Sana Ahmed on May 5, 2010 in Goals, Tutorials | 0 comments

Verbalize your goals until you can converse about them.  Whether you’re at a job interview, conversing with colleagues or friends, you’ll want to speak clearly about your goals.  Being able to speak about your goals proves that you’ve reached a level of clarity with what you want.