Tag: Goals

Try Again

August 14, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

We’ve all heard, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”

The idea is to persevere, never give up.

Regardless of the goal, or task to reach the goal, facing difficulty or defeat can dishearten anyone from running the race with endurance.

If the goal is worth the effort, then we need to persevere.

If we have the needed resources to succeed, then try again.

If there is an opportunity, then keep working at it.

When we think we have reached the end of the line, perhaps giving it one more try will change it all.

Who Motivates You?

July 31, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Consider three questions:

What motivates us to lead? Leaders experience discouragement and discontentment. When this happens, a fire-lighter is needed, someone or something to motivate us.

How can we motivate followers? Leaders need a vision built on possibility thinking. Morale builds when impossibilities fade.

What is needed to keep followers motivated? Establish short-term goals that motivate followers to focus on achieving long-term goals.

Leaders need to develop plans that keep the fires lit. We must know how to keep ourselves and others motivated, both now and for the future.

Leading Into The Future

July 7, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Moving beyond the “here and now” presents its challenges. Visionary leadership is a rare commodity. Hanz Finzel said, “The higher one is in leadership, the more their work is about the future.”

Our work is about preparing others to move into the future and reach the goal(s) before them.

This requires us to consider a few questions.

Do we know where we are going?
What are our plans to reach the destination?
Are resources available to help us?
Have we assessed the abilities of everyone involved?

Leaders need an awareness of the present, but point towards a greater future.

Goals

May 21, 2025 bobturner saltJournal 0 Comments

We need short and long term goals.

Initiating enthusiasm with the big picture in view can be easy. Visualizing the overall accomplishment the first few weeks and months is exciting.

The problem is maintaining enthusiasm and motivation along the way.

We get discouraged. We struggle. We tend to lose sight.

When we achieve success in smaller tasks, it is easier to stay excited about being involved in reaching the long term goals.

The Beginning

April 14, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Is the beginning better than the end?

The reputation of a successful leader is often measured by goals achieved. However, a leader has an important task before achieving success.

What must be done to create buy-in? How can excitement be created for the goal? Will people work the plan?

The answers unfold in the beginning. To earn great victories, there needs to be a great beginning.

Believe in the plan.
Paint the picture and set it before others.
Examine every possible detail.
Pursue the course with enthusiasm.

Is the beginning better than the end? If we start correctly, yes!

The Language of Jesus

February 11, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Languages are not a strong suite for most of us. Imagine the difficulty of listening to the multiplicity of languages around the world.

However, the key to communicating effectively is understanding.

The ability to communicate so others understand is vital to our leadership.

Goals must be communicated so everyone understands.

Plans must also be communicated effectively.

Roles and responsibilities must be understood.

Above all, leading others to Jesus demands communicating the message of the cross in ways others understand.

Questions

January 7, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Are your goals self-serving, or do you strive for what is best eternally?

Do your decisions provide an advantage to your career and future, or better equip someone else?

Are you driven by an agenda, or a simplistic and pure love for the betterment of God’s kingdom?

When you study, do you strive to learn the truth or find a way to justify your position?

I wish it was easier, but it isn’t. Personally, I do not like answering these questions, but it must be done.

We must examine ourselves honestly, admit mistakes, act Christ-like, and pray for God’s strength to do what is right.

Planning for 2025

December 31, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Everyone knows the value of good planning. Leaders especially appreciate the need to make the proper plans to reach established goals.

Tonight we say goodbye to a year through which we will never walk again. We cannot relive it. We cannot change it. All we can do is examine it and make plans to do better in the future.

Plans are not New Year’s resolutions.

Plans are not goals.

Plans involve the activities necessary to keep our resolutions and reach our goals.

The old adage says, “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.”

We all need short and long-term goals. How we plan to reach our goals makes a difference.

Spiritual Evaluation

December 18, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Most organizations require a quarterly report. This is an evaluation of the work. Corporate leaders want to know the facts and figures contributing to the success or failure of plans to reach projected goals. Nearing the end of the year, we should also evaluate the year overall.

With spiritual leadership this quarterly or year-end report is just as valuable.

Evaluations are usually difficult. They cause us to examine what we do not want to face and take an honest look at reality. They are necessary. Our integrity will be demonstrated and challenged.

However, a spiritual quarterly report helps us prepare for the next step in growth.

Connected

December 5, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Being connected with people is vital to good leadership. Several elements will help establish that connection.

1) Be transparent.
2) Provide hope.
3) Consistency is essential.
4) Relate to people individually.
5) Find ways to genuinely compliment others.

Leaders who connect lead with passion and integrity. They know and are known by others. Love for others drives a leader’s heart. Reaching the goal motivates a leader’s actions. Staying connected keeps a leader balanced.

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