Legal Marketing & PR

Accomplishing Your Goals Begins With a Sheet of Paper

By Ben Glass

Most of us have goals for our business and personal lives, but we often procrastinate and don't get to all the things we wanted to. Think about your goals. Chances are you probably have to contemplate them for a while and may even have conflicting thoughts going through your mind. That is why you need to put your goals in writing.

According to statistics, goals are 85 percent more likely to be achieved if they are written down. This statistic may be surprising until you really consider the reason behind this phenomenon. When you set aside time to focus on your goals and write each one down on paper, you no longer have to put the mental energy into thinking of goals on the fly. Instead, you can see your goals on paper and take the necessary steps towards accomplishing them. As you write your goals in ink, consider it a contract with yourself.

Full post as published by Effective, Ethical Marketing For Attorneys on March 10, 2010 (boomark / email).