If personal or business success* is important to you, then you must be concerned with productivity.
* You define "success"
Are you productive?
Productivity is the most misunderstood requirement for success of a business or personal goal.
Test yourself against the IDEAL Checklist
IDEAL is an acronym for five steps that create the most natural process for success.
INTEND
Can you explain your goal in terms that combine the "What" and "How" aspects of goal-setting?
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Your actions are not arbitrary; you act with a purpose, based on what you know. The question is: do you know how to be productive according to the requirements of what you're trying to improve, achieve, or become?
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DIRECT
How will you approach being productive in order to sustain on-track progress toward your goal?
You're not aimless; you direct yourself along a course toward what you want.
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ENGAGE
Productivity is not about activity; it's about results. Is your knowledge and are your skill sufficient for your productivity requirements? How do you know?
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You're not idle. Everyday, you engage life— opportunities and challenges—to realize something that you've intended.
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ASSESS
Can you validate your plan and actions with verifiable data? Do you know that your are on-track toward your goal, or know where change in your efforts to be on-track is required?
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You're not unaware; you assess—your efforts, outcomes, situations, others, and yourself—daily.
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LEARN
As necessary, will you know where and how to make changes in order to sustain being productive?
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You're not complacent; you learn, and apply what you learn in order to improve and advance toward your potential - your goal.
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“If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you are doing.”
—Dr. William Edwards Deming
Here's the problem: wherever there is weakness in any area of your IDEAL—what you intend, your course, your efforts, how you evaluate, or your ability to progress—you will face challenges; your goal may be in jeopardy of failing.
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