For each goal that is still important work out how you will achieve it, break it down in to smaller steps to make it easier to manage.

Plan in timescales to do each step, write them into your diary or planner. That way you make reaching your goals part of your daily activities.

Look at your where your time goes Its worth having a look at how you spend your time at moment, and comparing this to way you would like your life to happen. Then you can fit your goals into this as well. To do this, look at personal goals you set out and list out broad areas of your life that are important to you eg family, friends, business, health, fitness, money etc Make a note of percentage of your waking time that you would like to spend in each of these areas in an ideal world (make sure that column adds up to 100%) Estimate approximately percentage of your waking time you think you are actually spending in each area at moment, - just a rough and ready approximation here, don’t waste time trying to get pinpoint accuracy… aim is just to get a broad feel Then calculate gap between two Looking at gaps does it suggest that you need to make changes in order to achieve your goals? If it does, what changes are you going to make?

Next steps Think carefully about everything you have just done and thought about. What are implications for what you are doing in your business and your life - and what you should be doing?

Transfer things you should be doing to an action planner. Keep this somewhere where you won’t lose sight of it, so that you are reminded on a daily basis about what you want to achieve.

If you think it would help contact an advisor, mentor or coach to discuss what else you can do to achieve your goals. Sometimes it helps to go through whole exercise with a third party, who can be more objective and help you to focus on right things.

Review your action planner. Prioritise it. And start taking action!

And remember, however good your ideas and intentions are… they will come to absolutely nothing unless they are turned into action.

So focus on taking ACTION. And start taking it today.

Julia McDaid is a business coach and author, specialising in helping business start ups. To sign up for more tips and information in 'Secrets of the Successful Entrepreneuer' send an email to ezine@startupright.co.uk . Plus visit the website to try out the first Module of her eprogramme Start Up 101.

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Lessons Learned Developers need to track their advertising dollars and measure their return on investments. They should be aware of any rapid increases in spending. Developers, need to know who their competitors are.

The developers affected by this are in a very narrow market but it really could have happened to anyone.

Challenge Apparently upper-management of Tucows was unaware of what was occurring, while ignorance is not an excuse, it appears that Tucows has taken first steps to resolve problem. The employee is no longer employed by Tucows. As one of developers I spoke to said "Tucows is bending over backwards to make things right." I personally hope that this is case. I encourage Tucows to make an effort to reach out to all developers that were effected, whether they are aware of problem or not. The loss suffered by these developers is difficult to measure, not only did they pay excessive amounts for advertising, but they also lost a portion of sales to a competitor with an unfair advantage, during holiday season.

Here is my challenge to Tucows, reachout to smaller developers as well as those with deep pockets and make things right! The second part of challenge is to put strict policies in place to prevent this from occurring future.

The challenge to developers is to stay alert, and be aware that this can happen. There are a number of download sites owned by developers, disclosure is usually obvious, developers need to pay attention. Spending advertising dollars on a competitor's site is probably not a good business decision. Clearly Tucows is held to a higher standard because of its stature in industry. The fact that Tucows is a publicly traded company only emphasizes their accountability. It was not to Tucows benefit, for this to occur and it is likely that they will be taking radical steps to ensure that it does not happen again. If handled correctly, Tucows may become one of safer places to advertise in future.