Are you using deadlines to your advantage?

Are you using deadlines to your advantage?

Deadlines Create Action!

Do you create deadlines for your goals?

Sure the idea of deadlines might initially strike fear and stress in your mind.  Your mind may wander to pulling overnighters in order to finish a paper and turn it in on time, but the truth is deadlines create accountability, and thus create action.

Ever notice how focused you are the 24 hours before you leave on a trip? You are packing last minute items, making a list of to-do’s before you leave, charging cell phones and turning down the hot water heater.  That is because that absolute deadline of leaving is creating a sense of urgency in your actions.  Use this same technique to create amazing action toward your goals.

Give your short-term goals absolute deadlines. Ones that you will do whatever it takes to get them done by that deadline. Create a sense of urgency. Make a commitment with yourself to get it done.

Deadlines that you commit to, create accountability. When you hold yourself accountable to your goals, you take focused action.  That focused action leads to your desired results.  The enforcement of deadlines has the amazing power to improve your results and create positive change in your life.

The word and the concept may make you cringe, but understand that your brain is programmed to respond to “deadlines”.  As a simple tactic or strategy to help you achieve more and become more productive, use deadlines in your business and with your employees, but also, use them in your own life.

Today, give each of your goals a deadline that you are committed to.