Parkinson's Law - Setting Goals that you WILL complete

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

There's no doubt in my mind that we are all such a victim of this. I know you have done the same thing as I have, and had a project feature creep, just because there was time. Making a mole hill into a MOUNTAIN, and then complaining about getting it done.

- Set your goals clear. CUT all the fat. Understand exactly what it is your trying to accomplish, and go for that. Leave only enough time to get that done. For example. If what your trying to do is contact a radio station and ask how you get your band on the radio, 2 hours TOPS. Don't set goals like, 2-3 days. It should take you no more then 30 minutes to locate the email and or phone numbers, write up something smart, and send it or call them. A little research up front to know what they look for. Maybe some comparative analyst of other artists? If you give yourself 2 days, what will you do? Something other then focus on the task at hand NO DOUBT.

- DO NOT SET more then 2 LARGE goals a day. There's just no way you'll focus on things that are to hard. You'll overwhelm yourself with things, and start to make excuses why you're not getting things done. At one point, this is the very Reason NOT to start things.

- Lists; MAKE THEM. Make no more then 4 hours a day worth of tasks. The rest.. SHUT DOWN THE COMPUTER.. GO OUTSIDE.. THINK.. There's NO bigger time sink then the computer... you can waste more time looking at things that you don't need and causing INFORMATION OVERLOAD.... THE NEXT BLOG... Learn it., UNDERSTAND it... STOP WASTING TIME SEARCHING FOR MEANINGLESS THINGS....TRACK YOUR TIME...