Saturday, September 15, 2018

85. Nested Goals


From a students classnotes (Time Management, Paper III – Goal Setting)

NESTED GOALS


  • Time is limited, ambition is not.
  • Every ambition leads to multiple short and long term goals.
  • NEST YOUR GOALS, so that while finishing one task, you can simultaneously finish another.


Eg. 1) Consider the following goals: i) creating a good impression at work, ii) catching up with friends, iii) giving a pleasant surprise to boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife. How can you nest these goals?

Ans. Suggest to your superior that you are willing to work behind regular working hours. Stay back a couple of hours after everyone else has left. Surveillance will be low, so use this time to chat with your friends. While chatting, ask everyone about nice, romantic and low-cost surprize gift ideas.


Eg. 2) You have joined a cooking class, a book club and a yoga course. You only have some free time in the evening. You have the following goals: i) trying out creative cooking, ii) finishing a book within a week, iii) practicing Yoga. How do you nest them?

Ans. Choose a recipe that has a moderately long slow cooking phase where you are only supposed to sit and wait. While waiting, do Yoga. Procure an audio version of the book you are supposed to read and listen to it while doing Yoga.

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