First, let’s talk about picking goals. Setting goals and picking goals is not the same thing. If you set bad goals and you achieve them, you get a bad result. He said that goals supported by data, metrics, and a good strategy plan, you have amazing results. This is what is called strategically picking your action. If you go to school for business, the teaching things like making a decision charts. Decision charts are tools to help you plan. Decision charts help show the outcomes of events,, as well as subsequent events. They also show parallel actions that you could’ve taken, as well as their subsequent events. See in business you have to make the right decisions, and either way you have to live with the results.
Now, if you want to think day, you’ll have to start by planning small steps. This is what is called a process. You want to achieve your results by walking step-by-step and not jumping all over the place. For example, if you have far off goal, you should set milestones before you can get there. They should be flexible with your business models, and always be willing to investigate into changing your business entirely. Many companies have survived by not stubbornly holding on to their existing products, but changing with the times or even before everybody else.
The results of decision charts
Now that you have a decision plotted out, you’ll want to measure the results. This can be done by keeping track of simple metrics, which does not have to be complicated. Accordingly, the more complicated the business is, the more complicated your metrics will be. In the end though, metrics are only tools to help you make more decisions, as well as to see if your previous goals were the right decision or not. In fact, many people are held liable for their goals in the business world. If a CEO makes what turns out to be bad decisions and sets bad goals, chances are he’ll be kicked out by the board.
When you learn how to set good goals, the money will start coming in naturally. This is because the truth is management is an art and a precious life skill. Goal setting must be mastered to a decent extent if you are to succeed in business. This does not matter if you’re a small business or large business. If you don’t get anything out of this, then remember Peter Drucker’s quote the next time you start talking to customers. The next time you want to make a new product or expand your business, see what other people in your industry are using as metrics, and then measure. With a little bit of Lady Fortune on your side, you will achieve good results if you take my advice.