Be a Broken Record

Everyone else doesn’t necessarily care as much as you do that you get what you want. How much time do you spend helping other people achieve their aims? I hope you sometimes help, but your real focus is your own stuff surely? Well it’s the same for everyone else. They won’t all be as focused as you, and they may need reminding.

Come to that, you may need reminding. When work is going well, the sun is shining, no big bills have come in lately, your relationship is going smoothly and there are no clouds on the horizon, it’s easy to let things ride. Suddenly you realize that months have gone by, or that you’re about to hit problems, and you still haven’t got what you want.

So keep reminding yourself, your partner, your boss, or whoever needs to know that you haven’t taken your eye off the ball. Remind your boss every few weeks that you’re anxious to find a role where you spend more time with customers. Keep asking your partner (without nagging) how he’s getting on with reducing his hours at work. Make sure your sister is on the case with the plans for that big family event, and check what she needs your help with.

If you don’t do this, how will anyone (yourself included) know that you haven’t changed your plans, and that this is still important to you?