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Goals Setting Will Lead to a Successful Life
What are the keys to success?
Are they hard work, persistence
good support from other people, luck,
or the combination of these kinds of things?
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Each person may have different answer to that question based on their personal experiences. Definitely, some people are often successful in whatever they do, while the others have to be disappointed because they cannot get what they want. One key factor that separates people who always succeed and those who struggle is that the first group knows exactly what they really want.
It is very important to have an image of your goal as detailed as possible because it will make you become much more committed than a general and unclear goal. Anthony Robbins, an entrepreneur, author, and peak performance strategist, wrote in an article on his blog that “Clarifying your results (or outcome) helps you focus on your desired target.” No matter if it is a small target or big one, seeing it clearly in your mind increases your eagerness to find the ways to make it real.
Even though this might be just a small and not very difficult goal, it can show how a clear and specific goal setting can greatly help you come up with good plans and most importantly the motivation to keep on going until it is done.
The decision to set a goal results from dissatisfaction with current performance levels. People need to set goals in order to manage their time well to be successful in life.
Setting a goal should include setting a structure that directs actions and behaviors which improve the unsatisfactory performance. Also, setting a goal will change a person’s behavior in order to work towards achieving the set goal. For example, Locke and Latham stated that “the goal setting theory was based on the premise that much human action is purposeful, in that it is directed by conscious goals”.
However, before setting a goal there are necessary conditions that must be met to make goals effectively: (1) goal acceptance (2) goal specificity and purpose (3) goal difficulty, (4) goal possibility and (5) goal feedback. Moreover, to be successful in the future people have to set crisp, clear and specific goals by using the theory of ‘SMART goals’. The idea of setting SMART goal was conceived by a business psychologist named George Doran. SMART is an acronym standing for goals that are:
- Specific
- Measurable
- Achievable
- Relevant
- Time-bound
In conclusion, goals can provide directions and are good for planning progress. This helps the people to be able managing their actions step-by-step to reach their goals which will help them to be successful not only in occupations or studies but also in relationships.
If you want to read more, please visit www.christlewisbooks.com
Are they hard work, persistence
good support from other people, luck,
or the combination of these kinds of things?
iStock_000008380085XSmall
Each person may have different answer to that question based on their personal experiences. Definitely, some people are often successful in whatever they do, while the others have to be disappointed because they cannot get what they want. One key factor that separates people who always succeed and those who struggle is that the first group knows exactly what they really want.
It is very important to have an image of your goal as detailed as possible because it will make you become much more committed than a general and unclear goal. Anthony Robbins, an entrepreneur, author, and peak performance strategist, wrote in an article on his blog that “Clarifying your results (or outcome) helps you focus on your desired target.” No matter if it is a small target or big one, seeing it clearly in your mind increases your eagerness to find the ways to make it real.
Even though this might be just a small and not very difficult goal, it can show how a clear and specific goal setting can greatly help you come up with good plans and most importantly the motivation to keep on going until it is done.
The decision to set a goal results from dissatisfaction with current performance levels. People need to set goals in order to manage their time well to be successful in life.
Setting a goal should include setting a structure that directs actions and behaviors which improve the unsatisfactory performance. Also, setting a goal will change a person’s behavior in order to work towards achieving the set goal. For example, Locke and Latham stated that “the goal setting theory was based on the premise that much human action is purposeful, in that it is directed by conscious goals”.
However, before setting a goal there are necessary conditions that must be met to make goals effectively: (1) goal acceptance (2) goal specificity and purpose (3) goal difficulty, (4) goal possibility and (5) goal feedback. Moreover, to be successful in the future people have to set crisp, clear and specific goals by using the theory of ‘SMART goals’. The idea of setting SMART goal was conceived by a business psychologist named George Doran. SMART is an acronym standing for goals that are:
- Specific
- Measurable
- Achievable
- Relevant
- Time-bound
In conclusion, goals can provide directions and are good for planning progress. This helps the people to be able managing their actions step-by-step to reach their goals which will help them to be successful not only in occupations or studies but also in relationships.
If you want to read more, please visit www.christlewisbooks.com
