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Setting Goals- Your Guide to Focusing on What Is Important

by Tommy van Schaik

This course will teach you how to effectively set goals for yourself and how a good definition of your professional goals will make you more efficient and more productive.

What you'll learn

Having unclear goals leads to people focusing and spending time in the wrong areas. In this course, Setting Goals- Your Guide to Focusing on What Is Important, you will gain the ability to effectively set goals for yourself and creating your first step in effective time management. First, you will learn why goals are so important to improve your time management. Next, you will learn the best-of-breed techniques for setting goals. Finally, you will learn what constitutes good goals and how you can incorporate them in the other aspects of time management. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to effectively set goals for yourself and improve your time management.

About the author

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Tommy van Schaik found out early that his natural habitat was between business and IT. After getting his bachelor's and master's in Business & IT, he decided to join the Dutch Air Force as a Communications Systems Officer. During his last tour in the United States, he found his love for agile transitions and dealing with development teams. He quickly transitioned to the Civilian world to do what he loves best: helping organizations transition to future-proof s... more

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