Wildly Important Goals
I hope your week has gone well. I spent quite a bit of time focusing on goal-setting. In fact, I highly recommend Stephen Covey’s, “The 4 Disciplines of Execution,” which provides excellent insights on getting things done.
As for business, one of my goals is to minimize the amount of time I spend on email. To do this, I shut down Outlook for an hour or two at a time. No *ding* to alert me, and no [Send/Receive] button to click like a gerbil at a pellet-dispenser. This gives me an hour or two to focus on the “wildly important” things.
As for home, we are focusing our energies on planning meals and chores using a simple paper calendar, teaching the kids responsibility through helping around the house, and encouraging them to develop their own spiritual life through Bible reading and prayer.
What are your “wildly important goals” this month? this week? today? Create a compelling scoreboard to track your progress. Invent new and better activities that you can do this week to start reaching those goals, and plug them into your calendar. Then share the goals with someone you know will hold you accountable.
Do that and things will happen!
John Albert Thomas began composing original, melody-based piano works when he was 12 years old. His compositions have the simplicity and thinly-layered delicacy of Mozart, combined with a contemporary sound reminiscent of Enya, George Winston, and Jim Brickman. In 1995, John graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, with a bachelors degree in Music Theory and Composition. Upon graduation he moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he now lives with his wife, Rebecca, and their four children. John has released several solo piano albums, and continues his work on future projects. 
