Hi Linda, I think they are two different things entirely. A resolution is when you decide to do something. I always make a New Years resolution, because it is always the same, and I know I will not break it. I resolve to always smile at people, on the street, in stores, wherever I might be. A goal is different. You have to direct effort to a goal, and in most cases hard work. A goal is something you make a plan for and then work with that plan. My goal for my business is to work twice as hard and hopefully be able to do more charity work with my childrens clothes. Your Friend Deborah

Hi: According to the dictionary, a resolution is "A course of action determined or decided on" A goal is defined as "The purpose toward which an endeavor is directed" So, to me, the difference is that a resolution talks about the actions you're going to take, whereas a goal talks about where your actions will take you. An end result. : ) Linda

I made a New Years resolution a number of years ago and to this date i have stuck to that resolution faithfully and never broken it. I have set a goal for 2006 with the launch of a new business, I have a goal to see this reach a certain level of success through hard work and promotion as well as cross promotion. I have a goal to make it my main source of income. I have a goal to have people talking about it and recommending its products to friends, family, etc. I have set goals for the new business and I have to work to make and reach those goals. Now, if you are wondering what the resolution was that I set and have never broken, it is simple, I resolved to never make another New Years Resolution, to date I have not. If you are wondering what the new business is, you will have to wait and see.

Hi Winston; Your post contained exactly what I was hoping to see! (ie; a rough goal) ========================================= Ideally though, the goal for this coming year would be to move into working from home on a full-time basis by mid year (June-July). ========================================= There's a goal I can relate to! If that was my goal (as it was many years ago) the first thing I'd do is break it down into incremental growth steps. For example, if I was making $1,000/month now, and need to make $5,000 to be able to work from home fulltime, then an incremental growth plan could look something like this; Now: $1,000/month January: $1330/month (prev month x 1.33) February: $1768/month (prev month x 1.33) March: $2350/month (prev month x 1.33) April: $3120/month (prev month x 1.33) May: $4161/month (prev month x 1.33) June: $5535/month (prev month x 1.33) It's a lot easier to wrap one's mind around incremental steps. Like eating an elephant.... one bite at a time. Once you break a goal into steps, it's easier to tackle them because you can start to ask yourself how and where you can make those dollars. As another example, the possiblity of earning $100,000.00 per year online would be more than a dream come true for most people. But, the "how" eludes them. It seems like such a jump from making little or nothing that they don't know where to start. Broken into steps, it's easier to figure out. To make $100,000.00 online in a year; Sell 100,000 things that pay you $1 each. Sell 20,000 things that pay you $5 each. Sell 10,000 things that pay you $10 each. Sell 5,000 things that pay you $20 each. Sell 4,000 things that pay you $25 each. Sell 2,000 things that pay you $50 each. Sell 1,000 things that pay you $100 each. Sell 200 things that pay you $500 each. Sell 100 things that pay you 1,000 each. The best way to achieve a goal is to figure it out in writing. Pen and paper, or notepad and keyboard. : ) Linda

--------------------------------------------- The best way to achieve a goal is to figure it out in writing. Pen and paper, or notepad and keyboard. --------------------------------------------- I couldn't agree with you more Linda. Can you recommend an online source where one can learn more about how to generate a "Business Plan" as it pertains to an internet based business? I find there's tons of information out there but like information on marketing it's hard to sort through everthing to figure out just what information is good and what information is bad. More often than not, I get caught up in Information Overload and learn nothing.