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- As much as possible, pair your everyday work with your longer-term vision.
Are your everyday tasks coming in the way of your long-term goals?
Many of us have objectives we want to achieve after some time, like becoming a head of business, or setting up our own company. But often we get so absorbed in our daily jobs that we don't go beyond ticking items off our daily to-do list, leaving us little time to work toward our long-term goals.
If you find yourself in this situation, work on a strategy to change this. Here are seven tips to get you started:
1. ‘Now' is the right time: Many of us waste precious time waiting for the 'right time' to start working toward our long-term goals. We often fear we don't have enough experience or that we don't have enough time to set more ambitious targets. "Procrastination is a trap," says Charu Dewan, head of human resources at LeasePlan India Pvt., a vehicle leasing company. The moment you come up with your longer-term goals is also the best time to start acting on them, experts say. "Self-development is an investment not an expense," says Aparna Ballakur, vice president of human resources at Yahoo! India.
2. Realistic and time-bound goals: Start with listing your goals, and no, wanting to become a billionaire by the time you are 40 does not count! Come up with feasible targets and work out a step-by-step strategy of how to get ther [...]
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