Break your Challenge into Small Manageable Parts
Have challenges or goals you want to accomplish but feel they are too grand?
Many times finishing a task or even starting one seems; like a whole chore itself; so what do you?
Great question???
- Write out your task or goal in detail on a piece of paper
- Next, break the goal or project into phases or small manageable parts
- List out all the resources: people, monetary(money), skills needed to complete the goal or project.
- Now, thing of the goal/project as many small goals that are mini mile stones to achieve the end result.
- Next, list out all the tasks you can perform on each specific part
- Identify, the additional resources you need to either acquire or purchase. Include fees for other professionals that have skill sets you don’t have and need assistance with.
- Set a time line for completion of each phase
- Implement a system to check whether your on track with your milestones and the total progress of the final result.
In short: Choose to look at your goals as small mini projects which then get assembled at the end to deliver your desired result.
Example: You want to build a comfortable office chair; but you have never built anything bigger then a birdhouse???? Hmmmmm…
Well, you start by looking at the total chair and its final result and breaking it into smaller pieces
- Legs
- Seat
- Back
- Support Bar
- Cushion
- Wheels
You would start by :
Identifying the resources:
- Wood Steel, or Aluminum, Fabri, etc
- Skills: building with Wood, Steel, Aluminum, etc
- Cushion, Fabric
- Wheels
- Screws
- Tools for cutting Wood/Metal/Aluminum, etc
- Time Budget
- Monetary(Money Budget)
Establish Time Line:
- Set a time limit for each phase of the project
- Set up a system to know if you are on task with the above time line
Break into Manageable Units or Subgoals:
Delegation:
- if there are additional resources besides you; setup a method of contact and give them deadlines for each phase; or your project will not be finished on time.
Verify Phases Completed Correctly:
-Collect results from all phases and verify end result of each has been completed successfully.
Assemble Project:
-Take end result of each phase and assemble into final project.
-If a goal take the answer or research learned from each phase and apply them to yield the end goal
Celebrate: Remember to celebrate you and or your teams accomplishment.
Warmest, regards
The Training Doctor
“Helping People Turn Goals into Reality” (TM)