How Do You Decide Which Goals to Work on First?
Hey instructors!
As online instructors, we often juggle multiple goals—launching new courses, boosting engagement, refining content, and more. With so much on our plates, deciding what to tackle first can be a challenge. Prioritizing effectively is key to staying productive and avoiding burnout.
How do you decide which goals to work on first?
Do you focus on what’s most urgent, what aligns with your long-term vision, or what brings the biggest impact? Everyone’s process is different, and we’d love to hear yours!
Share your thoughts in the comments below and help inspire others to organize and achieve their goals effectively!
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Hey Marina,
Nice question.
I split my time for several goals/tracks:
1- Run the business: I reply to emails, answer questions, and check my courses and website.
2- Course creation: I create new content for my upcoming course.
3- Blogging: I create a new blog post on my website.
4- Digital marketing: I take care of LinkedIn and SEO stuff on my website, email marketing, campaigns, and promotions.
5- Development: enhance existing courses, blogs, … etc
6- Learning: learn something new in my niche.
I use the Time Steam app to track my time, but I couldn't be fair! Always one or two categories would be missed :)
I hope that helps.
Kind regards / Salman
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I am creating an course on data analysis. I have already got 24000+ members in my Facebook group on this topic.
My first priority is to launch the course, covering the most essential content while ignoring less important topics, considering my target audience. I aim to balance quality and speed. I have identified some gaps and want to launch the course as soon as possible to take advantage of the opportunity. However, I don't want to create a poorly developed course that fails to meet students' needs.
Once the course is live, I will dedicate time every day to marketing, understanding performance, gathering feedback, and adjusting the strategy as needed.
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that's good insights.
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The first is revenue. The second is fun. And revenue is usually really fun :)
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