tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798130736762118813.post-21494545554326741662007-08-20T07:47:00.000+01:002007-08-20T07:47:00.000+01:002007-08-20T07:47:00.000+01:00Thanks everyone for commenting here:<BR/><BR/>@Daniel - <BR/>Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad to hear you are getting some value from my posts. <BR/><BR/>@Wake up early - <BR/>I agree, finding time to do all the things that crop up during the day is nearly impossible, in fact I'd go further and say it was totally impossible. That's why you need some method of working out what is important and what is not - you can't do it all...<BR/><BR/>@SpiKe - <BR/>Yes, trying to fit things into the lifetime/2-3 years/12-18 months brackets is overly complicating things, that's why I only have Yearly Goals to work towards - I find anything more distant is too nebulous to work with. I do find however having some targets is helpful. Taking the example of Health as in your roles/responsibilities post I would have a ambition to remain healthy as possible during my lifetime, this would lead to a yearly goal of ensuring I get an annual health check that year and attending the gym on a regular basis during the year i.e. I would have the same projects as you just defined from a different view point - I think whatever works for you is fine as long as the underlying principal of having projects planned proactively (however you come up with these plans) first and then fitting in reactive projects around these is applied. I do in fact use a slight modification in the roles/responsibilities model during my weekly planning sessions - I'll be covering this in my next post and would value your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>@Jeroen-<BR/>Totally agree - once you know your long term goals it's much easier to say no to the things which would take up valuable time in moving towards them.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705936779091146429noreply@blogger.com