Goal Setting

7 Goal Setting Tips

 

The following guidelines will help you to set successful goals:

 

#1 Express each goal as a decisive statement: Express your goals positively - ‘Perform this practice well’ is a much better goal than ‘Don’t make this silly misstep.’

 

#2 Be meticulous: Set a clear-cut goal, putting in dates, times and amounts so that you can measure achievement. If you do this, you will know precisely when you have achieved the goal, and can take whole satisfaction from having achieved it.

 

#3 Set priorities: When you have more than a few goals, give each a priority. This helps you to steer clear of feeling overwhelmed by too many goals, and helps to point your attention to the most significant ones.

#4 Write goals down: This magnifies them and gives them more weight.

 

#5 Keep operational goals lesser: Keep the low-level goals you are working towards small and attainable. If a goal is too heavy, then it can seem that you are not making movement towards it. Keeping goals small and incremental gives more opportunities for reward. Develop today’s goals from larger ones.

 

#6 Set performance goals, not outcome goals: You should take forethought to set goals over which you have as much rule as possible. There is nothing more dispiriting than failing to achieve a personal goal for reasons beyond your power. In business, these could be bad business environments or changing effects of government policy. In sport, for illustration, these reasons could include feeble judging, bad weather, injury, or just plain bad luck. If you base your goals on individual performance, then you can keep control over the achievement of your goals and get satisfaction from them.

 

#7 Set realistic goals: It is essential to set goals that you can reach. All sorts of people, employers, parents, media, society can set out of reach goals for you. They will regularly do this in ignorance of your own wishes and ambitions. Otherwise you may set goals that are too high, because you may not value either the obstacles in the way or understand quite how much proficiencyyou need to develop to achieve a precise level of performance.

 

Achieving Goals

 

 When you have achieved a goal, take the time to benefit from the satisfaction of having done so. Take in the implications of the goal achievement, and observe the progress you have made towards other goals. If the goal was a major one, treat yourself accordingly. All of this helps you build the self-confidence you deserve!

 

With the understanding of having achieved this goal, reassess the rest of your goal plans:

 

If you achieved the goal too easily, make your next goals more challenging.

 

If the goal took a disappointing length of time to achieve, make the next goals a little easier.

 

If you learned something that would direct you to change other goals, do so.

 

If you noticed a deficit in your skills in spite of achieving the goal, decide whether to set goals to repair this.

Failure to meet goals does not matter  much, as long as you be taught from it. Supply lessons learned back into your goal setting program.

 

Remember too that your goals will vary as time goes on. Modify them consistently to show growth in your skill and experience, and if goals do not hold any attraction any longer, then let them go.

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Reference: Some material used from MindTools.com

 

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