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Written by Carole Pagan

One bite at a time. Your goal is the elephant. The bites are the small steps you take to reach the goal.

Most likely, you have a dream. Now it takes action to make it a reality – but where do you start? It can be so overwhelming, most people won’t even attempt to start.

First you need a plan. You’ll have a number of steps that you need to take in a logical order. Now start to establish a time frame. What could you accomplish this week? This month? Once you accomplish these steps, what could you realistically accomplish in the next month? The month after that?

The steps might be based on your current capability, or the time you have available, or what you can afford, or a combination of all of those factors.

Say your goal is to be a painter. You might need to enroll in a course. You might need to budget to buy the equipment and supplies you need. You might need to plan a certain amount of time every day, or every week dedicated just to working on that painting.

Say your goal is to lose weight and have more energy. You may need to learn about different foods and how they affect your body. You may need to learn how to make healthier dishes. You may need to plan your eating instead of eating on impulse.
You may need to learn how to shop differently. You may need to start an exercise program, based on your current condition.

Say your goal is to become financially stable, or even rich. You may need to first focus on immediate income to cover current needs. You may need to find avenues of residual income -money you don’t work for – like using tax laws wisely, or rental income, or interest, or investment income, or a business that provides an ongoing income. You may need to learn more about investments.
You’ll need to learn how to take each step and roll it over to the next – learning and growing.

No matter what your goal, it can be broken down into little steps. Your plan at this point should include the overall view of the steps needed to reach the goal, with a subset of things you can accomplish over the next month or so. Take some time and map out a detailed plan to reach your goal. What do you need to do to get from where you are now - to the final destination?

Remember, one bite at a time!

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Organizing for Dollars Author : Tammy Paquin
With the success of EBay and the increasing cost of running a household, everyone should see dollar signs when they look at things in their home! Unorganized homes cost money! When was the last time you REALLY got your home cleaned out and organized? How does that unorganized home cost you money? When you can’t find something, you tend to buy a new one. If you can’t find tax paperwork when the IRS calls you for an audit THAT will cost you ...

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Breaking Actions Into Different Contexts With GTD Author : Dan Fletcher
David Allen's GTD system has many advantages. One of them, is that it groups actions into *contexts*. This provide many advantages, because the context system works WITH our brains, rather than against them. You see, our brains, while remarkable, are really BAD at some things. One of the areas they are weak at is reminding us of things at the appropriate time. This is best shown with an example... Imagine you need a new head for your ...

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Using GTD To Clear Out Your Brain Author : Dan Fletcher
Your brain is an amazing thing. It allows you to understand language, do maths, catch a ball, and appreciate music. But in some ways, your brain is really, really dumb. Or, rather, your brain doesn't always work the way you would want. This is especially noticable when you try to remember things. Consider this: what if you took an important file home, and you absolutely, positively had to remember to take it back to work the next day. If yo...

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Organizing to Get and Organized Author : JudeWright
Time management and housekeeping: Do they really go together? They can if you set goals and take it one step at a time. First, you want to identify what you want. What is your "Clean IQ?" Are you a neatnik or more relaxed? This is your decision based on your own priorities. Now that you know what level of clean you want, you will set some goals to reach that level. Go through your house, room by room, and decide what needs to be done to bri...

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How to Get Organized in Spite of Yourself Author : AnnaLaura Brown
Are you trying to get and stay organized but you just can’t seem to do it? Do you need some simple and easy to follow ideas in order to make your home or office organized? The following are some tips that have worked well for me: 1. Decide to become organized. Although this may seem like a statement of the obvious, being an organized person is a commitment. You must first tell yourself that you are organized and make it a goal and a priority ...

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Remove The Clutter Out Of Your Life Author : T Young
Are you ready for new opportunities to enter your life? If so then you need to review what old things are holding you back in your life. As much as it might sound strange sometimes we hold onto things in our life that no longer serves a purpose but they are also at the same time holding us back from better opportunities because we don't have room in our lives to receive them. As the saying goes if both your hands are holding onto something then h...

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How Do You Eat an Elephant? © 2006 Author : Carole Pagan
One bite at a time. Your goal is the elephant. The bites are the small steps you take to reach the goal. Most likely, you have a dream. Now it takes action to make it a reality – but where do you start? It can be so overwhelming, most people won’t even attempt to start. First you need a plan. You’ll have a number of steps that you need to take in a logical order. Now start to establish a time frame. What could you accomplish this week...

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Email Reminders Save the Day! Author : Philip Nicosia
You’ve got a planner, a Palm Pilot, and enough sticky notes to wall paper one side of your room. But you still forget things. Why? The fact is that when you’re really stressed—the weeks when everything goes wrong, and you’ve missed about every deadline you’ve had due to emergencies that derail every attempt to get back on your track—you don’t even look at your planner. No, your time management tools are buried under paperwork, and the sticky n...

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Time Saving House Cleaning Tips Author : bargainsgalore
So, you don't like doing house work. Can't afford to have someone clean for you? Here are some interesting tips to help you get out of the house, and out doing something you'd rather be doing. There are certain things that anyone can get by with doing weekly, monthly, and then those jobs that just need to be done every 6 months to a year. These tips will help you cut down on the time you spend each week, and those we can sweep under the rug fo...

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New School Year’s Resolution: Get Organized Author : Orlando Clark
The kids are back in school. The free-wheeling attitude of summer is a fading memory. And parents are left with the daunting task of re-imposing order and organization on the household. “The barrage of paperwork alone that comes with the start of the school year can be a real wake up call,” says Ginny Bean, a mother of three boys ages 11, 15 and 17, and publisher of one of the country’s fastest growing house wares catalogs. ...

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