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		<title>How to Create Your Own Four-Quadrate Weekly Goal Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You could say that in a month, you would be able to complete as many tasks as possible. However, in the end, you felt disappointed when were able to achieve little tasks and you started to blame few things: You had set goals that are impossible to reach You had set goals that could take [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You could say that in a month, you would be able to complete as many tasks as possible. However, in the end, you felt disappointed when were able to achieve little tasks and you started to blame few things:</p>
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<li>You had set goals that are impossible to reach</li>
<li>You had set goals that could take longer time to succeed </li>
</ul>
<p>Let’s talk about basics before you proceed further. In a month, there are four weeks – one week consists of 7 days; or 30-31 days in a month. First thing, you need to have three basic things before you proceed:</p>
<ul>
<li>A pencil or a pen</li>
<li>A piece of white paper</li>
<li>A ruler</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="http://mindshortcut.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/four-quadrate-goal-setting-3.jpg" alt="" title="" width="492" height="404" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-442" /></p>
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<p>Here’s how you set your weekly goals with ease:<br />
<img src="http://mindshortcut.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/four-quadrate-goal-setting-4.jpg" alt="" title="" width="500" height="384" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-443" /></p>
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<li>Let’s put it this way, you divide four weeks into four quadrates (refer to the diagram above).</li>
<li>List down your weekly goals in every quadrate. For example, I’ve set 40 goals for this month – that means 10 goals for each quadrate.</li>
<li>In the lower right of the quadrate, please allocate some small space for “Target” &#8211; for example, how many goals that you’ve achieved so far. </li>
</ul>
<p>Here’s how you use this Four-Quadrate Weekly Goal Plan:</p>
<ul>
<li>After a week, you need to review your goals. At the “Target”, write down total number goals that you have accomplished.</li>
<li>If you couldn’t complete all your goals in the first quadrate, strike the uncompleted goals and write them down again in either second, third or fourth quadrate. You have to sort out these uncompleted goals according to your own preferences.
<p><img src="http://mindshortcut.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/four-quadrate-goal-setting-5.jpg" alt="" title="" width="500" height="384" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-444" /></p>
<p>For example, earlier, I had set 10 goals for 10 goals for the first quadrate (or for the first week) and I’ve achieved 5 goals for the first week. However, the uncompleted 5 goals, I will strike them out and write them again in the second, third and fourth quadrates. You need to arrange it properly as there are unaccomplished goals at the second, third and fourth quadrates.</li>
<li>If you have uncompleted goals in different quadrates, you have to push yourself real hard to accomplish it. If you don’t hard to succeed it, your uncompleted goals will accumulate at one or all of your quadrates that can make this plan go terribly wrong. </li>
<li>Once you have completed this weekly goal plan, review your work to accomplish your goals and your problems that affects your productivity. You can bring forward those uncompleted goals to the following month. Repeat to the second point on how to sort out your uncompleted goals.</li>
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		<title>Back to Basics &#8211; Providing Values as Your Main Core of Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Inspirational Speech of the Year &#8211; President Barack Obama 2009 Inauguration and Address</title>
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		<title>How to Avoid the Ineffective Use of Post It Pads</title>
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