| Just how do our goals affect effective time | | | | project, but failing to cover these foundations will |
| management? | | | | almost certainly lead to a failure to deliver on time |
| Imagine a game of football is about to begin. The | | | | and to your best ability. At best, you will find you |
| teams are ready, the ball is placed between them, | | | | have little time to spare, at worst you will run out |
| and the whistle is blown. The players compete for | | | | of time and lose credibility. |
| the ball, and much energy and vigor is injected | | | | What do we really mean by the phrase 'set your |
| into the tactics involved. Yet, when at last one | | | | goals', and how does it fit in with the whole |
| team acquires the ball, they have no idea what to | | | | concept of time management? A goal is not the |
| do - because no one put up the goal posts. They | | | | same thing as a target, and even time |
| have put so much time and effort into getting on | | | | management games will provide you with this |
| with the game, that all of the hard work now | | | | experience. |
| seems lost, and the players amble about in | | | | In such simulation games, you will be presented |
| different directions. | | | | with targets, small scale stages you must achieve |
| That may be a little far fetched, but it | | | | in order to move on a level. Your goal, on the |
| emphasizes the crucial part of effective time | | | | other hand, is longer term - to achieve the |
| management, and that is making sure that you | | | | ultimate high score, dominate the entire stock |
| always set your goals early on, so that you are | | | | market, or simply deliver 100% of your pizzas on |
| very clear exactly which direction you are going | | | | time. |
| in, and where you need to be aiming. | | | | And so we need to study goal setting, and use it |
| Planning and preparation can sometimes be | | | | to effectively time manage our lives. |
| overlooked as the boring bits of any task or | | | | |