GOAL POST 5

I liked this thought over at TopAchievement

Develop goals in the 6 areas of life:

Family and Home

Financial and Career

Spiritual and Ethical

Physical and Health

Social and Cultural

Mental and Educational

AND:

A goal you set cannot contradict other goals you set...example - don't set a goal for a $750,000 house if you only make $50,000!

Read more here

GOAL POST 4

SMART Goals:A useful way of making goals more powerful is to use the SMART mnemonic.

While there are plenty of variants, SMART usually stands for:

S Specific

M Measurable

A Attainable

R Relevant

T Time-bound

For example, instead of having “to sail around the world” as a goal, it is more powerful to say “To have completed my trip around the world by December 31, 2015.” Obviously, this will only be attainable if a lot of preparation has been completed beforehand!

Excerpted from MindTools...Its a pretty good article over all...

GOAL POST 3

GOALS SHOULD BE BIG HAIRY and AUDACIOUS!

GOALS SHOULD BE SCARY AND EXCITING!

GOALS SHOULD AIM FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE!

Read all about it here - its another post from a while back on Cultivate Greatness

GOAL POST 2

Over at Cultivate Greatness...a post on Goal Setting says there are 5 proven principles for Effective Goals

They Should be...

1. Challenging (we accomplish more when we challenge ourselves)

2. Specific (Challenging and Specific - best combination)

3. Set with Daily Progress in Mind (they should encourage Daily Progress, step by step)

4. Controllable ( Not I will lose weight today, Because I can't control that - but I will eat healthily today, I will excercise today)

5. Positive ( strive toward positive outcomes, rather than avoiding negative outcomes)

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The article was written by Stephen Kraus at ChangePlanet

GOAL POST 1

People looking to motivate themselves or their team members should decide on their goals and get them down in writing. In order to get properly motivated people should know what their goals are. After getting their goals set, people should plan short-, medium-, and long-term goals. The goals chosen need to be practical and attainable. The goals set should not be so high that they prove to be out of reach. Goals should be written down and should be placed in a spot where they are clearly visible.

from Motivation Secrets

WRITING GOALS!

I am not the best at the whole GOAL WRITING thing...or even knowing what Goals I should be keeping track of....!!!!!

So in the next couple posts, I am going to go hunting for what folks are saying about goal writing...and maybe we can all learn together!!!!