Kivus

Some of the highlights of my time at my latest job was the speech I heard from the company president and the speech I heard from the company CEO. The president’s speech was especially interesting because it gave a number of tips for being successful in your business career, or even life in general. Though tips dealing with state of mind and proper attitude are useful, I thought the suggestion of written goals was the most useful.

The basic rundown was that every 3 months, you should write down 6 goals. Why write them down? Because it’s much easier to break the goals if you don’t have to stare at them written down on paper (or in this day and age, typed on a computer). The 3 month time frame was  done because he felt that if the time line was closer to 6 months, then you’d probably wait about 4 months before starting the goal. Also, another detail was that goals should be broken down 3 “professional” and 3 “personal”. Take the personal goals, write those down, tuck them away, don’t share them with anyone. Take the professional goals, however, share them with your co-workers, boss, etc…to see if they’ll align with company needs as well as your own professional needs.

One especially interesting part on the goals section of the speech was the company president’s belief that we tend to sell ourselves short. He felt that in order to gain the most from these goals, we should make sure that we’ll be challenged in trying to accomplish them.

Oh, and for all of you who are doubting whether or not this strategy will work for you…it’s something the company president learned from one of his golf buddies: Tiger Woods.