Decorations for Our Mirror

Today’s daily attitude email is going to be more like “today’s random goal setting idea/tip”.

While listening to Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Bible in the car, I heard his post it note goal setting technique again (it is also in the Customer Satisfaction is Worthless book).

But this time I decided that I am going to give it a try.

And in the interest of maybe helping a few of you and in holding myself accountable, I thought I would send it out as a DAE.

The idea (as I remember it) is to come up with 3 short term goals and 3 longer term goals.

After coming up with these goals, you write them down on post it notes and place those post it notes on your bathroom mirror.

As long as the goals are on your bathroom mirror you look at them every morning and night and read them out loud to yourself.

You do this until you have completed them.

Once you have completed one you take that post it note and put it on your bedroom mirror (and replace it with another short or longer term goal).

The idea is that you will (slowly but surely) move your goals on to your bedroom mirror and end up with a ton of accomplished goals on it. By doing this, you will get affirmation about yourself and your accomplished goals.

So, I sat down last night and typed up this email and wrote out my post it notes.
They are:
Read a book on parenting
Read a book on communication skills
Run 26.2 miles (total) before fly to Ireland
Increase personal income by 50%
Run a mile in less than 6 minutes
Double my monthly savings amount

Hopefully this helps you a little as you look to accomplish your goals.

Jake

{he really did this. there are six post-it notes on the frame of our bathroom mirror. last night i was in the shower and jake started talking. i kept saying "what?" (quietly because the girls were sleeping), but he just kept talking. i finally poked my head out and said "are you talking to me, or yourself?!" and he replied, "just reading my goals out loud!" :-) }