The Treasure House Blog

Social observers have said that meetings are the third major time waster in the world of work. And that as much as 50% of work time is spent in meetings, either group meetings or one-on-one meetings. In the estimate of almost every one of them, at least 50% of this time is wasted. This means that as much as 25% of all working time is lost in meetings of one kind or another. As someone who have from a tender age been in organisations and have been saddled with various responsibilities that make attending meetings almost inevitable, I do not agree any less with them. At a point in my life, I remember contemplating severing myself from any form of social or faith-based organisation, just because of the enormous time they take from me, most of them in meetings. But I realized that if I did that, it would be suppressing an important need in my life; the need to matter, to contribute and to be recognized. And I would not also have been this much experienced and skilled, and lots of ...

The ability to set goals and make plans to accomplish them is the master skill which anyone that wishes to achieve success must possess. Before I go ahead to outlining these steps, I want to say that a well-written goal must the fundamental ingredients generally referred to as S.M.A.R.T. To spill it all, your goal must be Specific , Measurable , Attainable , Relevant and Time-bound. Talking about a SMART goal can be 'theoretical' sometimes and a lot of people do not understand how to apply these theories in real time.   But whichever is the case for you, and in whatever situation you find yourself, this principle when properly applied will make the drive you along the road to success. Whether you are at the helm in ExxonMobil Nigeria, or a small business entrepreneur who wants to break even, or an student who simply needs to wake up by 5:00am daily; learning how to set SMART goals and following them through with actions is the difference between failure and ac...