Most individuals have grand visions and high expectations but they always find themselves in stalemate since they do not clearly define what they need to achieve in a manner that can be implemented in their day-to-day lives. They desire career development, mastery of skills, increased wages, work communication, or discipline but they are not sure what to do this day as they sit down to work. This is what makes motivation short lived and inconsistency a matter of the course. The awareness of productivity teaches that the greatest productivity issue is not laziness – it is lack of direction. In situations where the brain does not know what would be required to do precisely, it postpones decisions, over thinks and avoids into distractions. Clarity of goals eliminates lack of focus and translates the ambition into an effective roadmap.

A goal becomes just effective when specific and measurable. Most humans apply broad objective such as I want to succeed, I want to become a better person, or I want to become productive but those words do not give the brain any idea of what to do. The brain requires a quantifiable object to concentrate on. Productivity awareness promotes the transformation of a vague goal into a specific achievement, e.g. I will write 4 blogs this week, I will do 20 SQL questions in 10 days, I will speak English 30 minutes a day, I will create a portfolio project in 14 days. Once the objectives are quantifiable, improvements can be seen. Observable improvement brings the natural drive since the brain will begin to experience victory.

The other aspect of the goal clarity is the ability to distinguish between the goal and the wish. A wish is what you desire and a goal is what you plan and estimate. Human beings tend to be disappointed, as they make wishes their objectives. It is a productiveness awareness that states that the goals should be set with deadlines, milestones organization, and daily activities. There are no deadlines and goals remain in the later category. Urgency and direction are created through deadlines. Brain begins prioritizing and wastage when there are deadlines. Being clear about your goals makes your future a reality since it translates your dream into an action plan.

Confidence is converted into consistency by breaking giant goals into milestones. Big goals are painful as they are so distant and the brain does not want to do something difficult which seems overwhelming. This is the reason behind people procrastinating, it is not that they do not care, rather there is the fact that the goal is too big. Consciousness educates about employing milestone planning: break long-term objectives into weekly ones, and break weekly objectives into daily ones. As an example, in case the objective is to publish 12 blogs, some milestones might be, 3 blogs per week, and the daily actions might be, today: outline + research; tomorrow: draft; next day: edit. The mind no longer feels fear when minor actions are perceived in it. Minor victories eliminate paralysis and create momentum.

Finally, the intermediate between dreams and outcomes is goal clarity. It transforms the desire to act into action, and the achievement of action. As soon as the goals are clear and measurable and milestones-based and backed by small tasks performed every day, the brain does not feel confused anymore but gets focused. Transparency decreases time wastage. There is more progress, the more motivation there is. Discipline is a result of consistency. The message of productivity awareness is that success is a mystery no more, but it is a process. When you create personal objectives and take small steps each day, big dreams will come true each day.