The Game of Work / Coonradt 27-28

28 Murphy's Laws that says, "The first 10 percent of a project requires 90 percent of the time allowed for the entire project to be completed. The second 90 percent requires 90 percent of the time allowed for it, and that's why it takes twice as long as it should.

Deadlines are the foundation of commitment. Deadlines are the adrenaline boosters. Deadlines are the instigators of achievement and inventiveness. A goal without a deadline is merely a philospohical statement.

Unless you've got someplace for it to go there's no reason to do it or make it. The reason most of us don't make more money than we do right now is because we don't know what we'd do if we had it. It sounds odd, but it's true.

The Game of Work / Coonradt 22-27

23 Goals are best stated in units of measurement that don't change

25 Goals must be stated in pounds, units, calls, boxes--things you can see and touch.

27 If you don't have a deadline, you don't have a goal. Goals must say how much, how many, and by when.

The Game of Work / Coonradt 19-22

22 Instead of a negative goal in pounds that need to be lost, the goal much be to achieve an optimal weight and to maintain that weight once it is achieved.

We must be willing, as the old song says, to accentuate the positive. The mind rejects negative goals; they are hard to visualize.

If you can't measure it, how will you know when you achieved it? Even intangible goals need tangible indicators.

The Game of Work / Coonradt 16-19

17 Goals that are not written are merely wishes.

Goals that are not written down are easily forgotten or changed; written goals that are reviewed regularly become reality. Unwritten goals cannot be read or reviewed. When goals are not written, the power of conditioning through repetition is lost.

19 Goal setting and goal striving become truly effective only when team or corporate goals become the same as personal goals--when it becomes my team or my company.

These employees have entrepreneurial instincts to help ensure the success of their companies because their personal goals are intertwined with the company goals.