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One way to increase one’s own personal organizational development and potential, is to clearly define goals, short term and long term.  To have a plan.  Many potential successes in life are short changed by a lack of planning.  Planning may seem like a time-consuming task, but in the long run not only is it a sure fire way that one will be successful, but it will serve to save time in the end.  The goals that one sets for oneself should not only be useful and pertinent, but they should be attainable.

These would be on the list of the short term goals.  When one would like to run a marathon, they do not begin their training with a marathon. It is a slow and steady pace, that works towards the bigger picture.  One may start simply with running around the block, consistently and without fail.  Gradually, the new short term goal is one mile.  In this way, one will not become discouraged, and will be more likely to succeed one day in that marathon.  This is true in many aspects of life, be it going back to school, or beginning a sales training program, or beginning–and finishing important projects in the workplace.  These near future goals, give one the momentum to pursue the end result.

While the long term goals tend to be those that are more important or meaningful to an individual, it is the short term goal that will one to that next step.  The short term goals will serve to keep one focused on the big picture, and will maintain the attitudes necessary to continue and to succeed.  It is important to keep track of one’s progress and to acknowledge it as often times the goal seems so far in the future, one may be tempted to simply give up.  By keeping a record, it is a visual and an intellectual stimulus to keep one going.  This also serves to become organized when one has more than one goal they are working on at any given time.  The key to success is to be organized, thoughtful about that organization, and diligent.