We’re already half way through the year - how have you done on achieving the goals you set in January? I’ve found that it’s a good idea to go back and review them on a regular basis. In fact, they should be in your mind constantly. It can be very easy to get side-tracked. I think the key is to focus on less, not more, and to pursue that with an obsessive determination. It’s not easy and, of course, you learn a lot from not achieving straight away what you had planned. Having said that, you only really fail if you stop trying - there’s always a way you just have to believe it’s possible and change what you do until you reach your goal. So, what were your goals for this year, and how close are you to achieving them?

Goal setting is often talked about but how many of us do it regularly and actually keep to it? There’s an old saying that goes “know where you come from and where you’re going”. Although we know our personal history and (hopefully) the history of our company, how clear are we about our goals? It’s very easy to amble along in our work and allow the future to unfold as it goes along, but when we make specific plans and measure our progress against them, chances are that we’ll be able to make some magic happen.