Just read a blog entry from Paul Lemberg "Accountability and Massive Achievement" where he gives five steps system to reach your goals. It's certainly, worth 3 minutes of your time. Attached is the mind map for that.
If you wonder where am I and why no updates on this site... well, remember, I told these are just records of a fellow student? There is time for auditorium, and there is time to go into the field and really do things, one have learned. So, that's why no updates: busy, really busy.