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Setting goals, increasing margins and being more productive

Living the drone life isn’t always easy.  In order to successfully run your drone business, you need to be setting goals and meeting them.

Today, we talk about how to achieve your goals in 2018.  How do you stay productive?  What types of things can you do to stay on track?

We offer some advice and discuss a number of books that might help you this year.  Fly safe!

Check out these books:

Law 101
Unshakeable
Contagious
Grit
Undoctored
Everybody Lies
Start With Why
Silent Sales Machine
Super Forecasters
5 Love Languages
Photogrammetry 
Plant Paradox 
Never Split the Difference
How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Timestamps

[01:10] Paul shares some information about forthcoming Drone U classes
[02:10] We set the agenda for today’s podcast: Setting goals and meeting them
[06:38] Discussing the importance of setting “Smart” goals
[08:20] Developing commitment is critical to attaining goals
[08:51] We talk about the wisdom of setting achievable goals
[10:07] Learn to make attaining goals a fun filled process; working outdoors will help you make this a fun process
[11:51] We talk about how being passionate towards your work increases your chance of attaining success
[12:14] Pushing through and riding out the difficult times in order to progress
[13:34] We talk about the importance of holding yourself accountable in order to achieve success
[14:50] Discovering your “Why” is critical to achieve success
[19:32] Rob and Paul share an anecdote from Rockefeller’s life which highlights the importance of writing down your goals
[22:07] Paul shares how he successfully set and achieved his weight loss goals: we talk about getting started,showing commitment, and sticking to your habits
[28:34] Discovering your “what”, “why” and “how” will help you achieve success
[30:37] Rob shares Drone U’s goals for 2018
[31:32] Making database decisions instead of emotional ones for enhanced success
[32:31] Continuous learning is the key to success
[35:02] Paul shares some resources that will help you set and achieve goals

 

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