The Training Doctor’s Blog

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)