Paul worked up a sweat as he tried to make heads or tails of the work in front of him. Cindy caught a glimpse of him and the scattered debris on his desk and asked what she could do to help. Paul told her he couldn’t find the light at the end of the tunnel of tasks on his to-do list. Cindy suggested setting goals for both work and personal productivity. Together, they brainstormed positive ideas that made Paul feel better about his career goals using the SMART way of being specific and how to choose goals he could measure instead of having work pile on his desk. Paul set achievable goals that kept him in the fast lane to success in the workplace and at home.
