(myorganizedbiz.com) – The last few days we’ve concentrated on setting SMART goals. Sitting down and thinking about what you want to accomplish is an important part of your business.
The acronym SMART stands for:
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Timely
Each day we went over ways that you can improve your goals by really thinking about what you want and then setting yourself up for successful completion. Your goals should fall in line with your business vision. They should be dynamic and motivating, not unmeasurable and frustrating.
Have you been taking a harder look at your goals? Are you happy with your professional goals? What can you do to …read more

(myorganizedbiz.com) – Our final piece of goal-setting is making sure your goals are timely. Yes, goals must incorporate an element of time in order to be tangible.
When you set a goal, you must have a starting time. When do you plan to start working on your goal? If you never give it a starting point, it will be easy to keep putting it off until you “have the time.” But if you don’t schedule it and make the time, you’ll never magically find the time.
Your goal must also have an end time. A neverending goal frustrates people. We need a …read more

(myorganizedbiz.com) – We’re getting close to the end of our series about setting goals. And today the topic is making your goals relevant.What comes to mind when you think of a relevant goal? First, it must be relevant to you. It must fit you. And it has to be something that you have control over, that you can complete.
If you set a goal that it’ll be a nice day for the company picnic and that everyone will have fun, it’s a nice goal but it’s not relevant to you. You can’t control the weather. And you certainly can’t control others’ …read more

In this next piece of our SMART goal series, let’s talk about making a goal attainable. What do you think is attainable for your business goals? Try for something that makes you stretch a little, but doesn’t put the goal out of your reach. For instance, learning to speak Italian in two months is not an attainable goal for most people. But learning basic greetings and simple words in two months is perfectly reachable.
If you set your goal too high, you can feel like a failure, like you’re not good enough when you don’t complete the task. If you set …read more

(myorganizedbiz.com) – To continue our series on SMART goals, we’ll talk about designing a measurable goal. What is that, anyway?
A measurable goal should be quantifiable. You, and your employees, need something to work towards. You need milestones. How will you measure progress if you don’t have milestones?
For example, which of these goals is measurable?

In the next five years, we’d like to grow our customer base and increase sales.

In the next five years, we’d like to see a 50% return rate from our new customers and increase sales 10% each year during that time.

Those aren’t perfect examples, but you …read more

(myorganizedbiz.com) – In order to set your goals and achieve them, you have to be SMART in your planning. And it starts by being Specific.
Goals that are vague are goals that just sit around. You can’t work towards something nebulous like “success” until you’ve defined what success means to you. Is success working less than 40 hours while still caring for you and your family? Is it a certain dollar amount in the bank? Is it just doing something you love?
Clear, specific goals give you something to work towards. You are setting your expectations of things. Of yourself. If …read more

(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – This month’s Friday Features are addressing the challenges of paper clutter.
Today’s feature comes from AJ West at Lifehack with an post about how to free yourself from paper clutter.
Want to know which papers to keep – and which ones to throw away? Do you know what the government expect you to have on file if you’re ever audited? Here’s the post you’ve been waiting for. And AJ serves it up.
This is also timely information considering tax season is just barely behind us. Maybe you set an intention for that proverbial new leaf.

(myorganizedbiz.com) – Jennifer is on her honeymoon and thrilled to be featuring guest bloggers in her absence. They’re answering a single question: What’s your most important organizing “rule” that helps you enjoy your work more? You’re encouraged to respond as they’ll be awaiting your comments.
Post written by Maggie McCauley, ACC, LICSW
Ah, the dreaded filing task! UGH! We tend to make this the very last item on our “to do” list, don’t we? That’s mainly because we haven’t created proper homes for it. Our battle with paper can end with the creation of a good system. It doesn’t matter which paper …read more

(myorganizedbiz.com) – Jennifer is on her honeymoon and thrilled to be featuring guest bloggers in her absence. They’re answering a single question: What’s your most important organizing “rule” that helps you enjoy your work more? You’re encouraged to respond as they’ll be awaiting your comments.
Post by Brandie Kajino
Have you ever felt like you could never “be organized”? An audience member talked with me about this after a presentation recently. She said, “I just don’t think I can BE organized.” I was saddened by her comment, because she clearly felt a great deal of shame about it. Unfortunately, society has a …read more

(myorganizedbiz.com) – Jennifer is on her honeymoon and thrilled to be featuring guest bloggers in her absence. They’re answering a single question: What’s your most important organizing “rule” that helps you enjoy your work more? You’re encouraged to respond as they’ll be awaiting your comments.
Post by Alison Marks
Most likely, there are ways that your work environment makes you have to work harder than you need to. Try these ideas to turn your work space into a powerful tool to support you and your productivity:
Fresh Eyes. Come in from outside with “fresh eyes,” as though you were visiting for the …read more