How to make best use of GoalsOnTrack

GoalsOnTrack was designed mainly for keeping track of the progress on your goals, by managing the tasks or action steps you take consistently towards achieving your goals. Therefore, the first thing you may want to think about is what kind of goals you want to track using the site.

GoalsOnTrack works best for the types of goals that you need to consistently complete tasks or take steps for. That is, there must be something you need to DO, as opposed to something you must be, or NOT do. For example, a goal like “quit smoking” may not work well in GOT, because the goal itself requires you to actually NOT do something. Same is true with goals like, “become more happy”, “eat less”, or “stay in shape”, unless you can find certain steps or things that you DO to help you move closer to your goal.

Another important feature of GOT is the time tracking. Personally I found most of people don’t get to accomplish their goals is simply because they don’t spend enough on them. We can be busy all day doing all kinds of things, but that may not help you really achieve your goal. The key is not how long you work or spend time on things, but rather how much time is really spent on working on your goals.

With GOT, it’s easy to track amount of time you spend on each of your goals. You only need to remember to use the timer clocks whenever you start or stop working on a task. The software will automatically record how much time you actually spend. You can even log out of the site when the timer is running, it will still remember the correct time amount.

There are some other interesting features which you may want to further explore. If you have any questions, or any idea on how the software can be improved, please don’t hesitate to let me know.