Goals

[Abscissa]

Ha, I only have one goal, so it's easy to track: www.privateislandsonline.com

Oh, man. Heheh, I think my todo list just went out the window, too

[Phil Newton]

Ha, I only have one goal, so it's easy to track: www.privateislandsonline.com

I need a bigger student loan.

[Sean Doherty]

NOTE: Blatant Self-Promotion

I track my goals and projects in The Journal. Since I designed and developed the software, yah, I like to use it. And I just released a major upgrade. So feel free to check it out and see if it works for you.

-David

It might be overkill for what I want. Does it do todo list and tasks, or is everything a full fledge documnt?

[monco]

I would definitely look into this book:
No B.S. Time Management for Entrepeneurs
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bo...932156852&itm=2

I picked this up yesterday and am somewhat disappointed so far. Much of what he is say is either common sense or recycled advice (don't be a slave to phone, fax, email, interruptions), and a lot of what he advocates doing requires at least one staff person running interference for you full time. I'm trying to start an indie game business that has zero income right now, so that doesn't help.

His writing style is humorous and even saucy, but I'm halfway through and don't see a whole lot of new ideas here. I'll look at the rest over the weekend. I'd strongly recommend Covey's "7 Habits..." before this book; it pertains to your life as a whole as opposed to just your business, but the same time mgmt stuff is covered, and more thoughtfully and in-depth IMO:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

[GBGames]

Much of what he is say is either common sense or recycled advice (don't be a slave to phone, fax, email, interruptions), and a lot of what he advocates doing requires at least one staff person running interference for you full time. I'm trying to start an indie game business that has zero income right now, so that doesn't help.

Well, I haven't read anything about time management before, so it was a revolution for me. I personally got turned off by his enthusiastic hate of technology, but I understood what he was getting at. I'll look into Covey's book.

I am also making plans to start my own business, and it also has zero income currently. Still, at the very least, reading that book made me realize that my time is and should be valuable. This may seem contradictory to the other thread where I admit to a three hour total commute per day, but part of the reason I commute is to make decent money for the purposes of having a good foundation for my business, so the time tradeoff there is worth it currently.

[tafty]

Does anyone have any software that they use and would recommend to keep track of goals and tasks?

I like to write lists (and lists of lists within lists) so I use ListPro. I have it synchronised on my work & home PCs via my iPAQ. Works a treat.

[EpicBoy]

This may seem contradictory to the other thread where I admit to a three hour total commute per day, but part of the reason I commute is to make decent money for the purposes of having a good foundation for my business, so the time tradeoff there is worth it currently.

There are ways to offset an ugly commute though. Things like "Books on CD" and things like that. Put that time to some use other than staring out the windshield.