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Goal Setting: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals (Worksmart)
Why is it that some people consistently seem to get more done than others? The answer is that they know how to set specific, achievable goals for themselves...and then follow through on them. This revised and updated edition of Goal Setting features worksheets, quizzes, and other practical tools, giving you powerful techniques you can use to set a goal, make a plan, and acquire the resources and power necessary to achieve your objective. The book shows you how Achieving goals takes hard work and discipline. This expanded edition of Goal Setting gives you the tools and techniques to accomplish anything.
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 29, 1993
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Michael Dobson
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Michael S. Dobson for the author of non-fiction works on business, alternate history fiction, and RPG books.
Michael B. Dobson for medical works.
Mike J. Dobson for historical works on the Romans and food.
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January 4, 2019
Peripherally about setting goals, this also covers: how to be assertive; how to change people’s behavior if they’re not achieving the goals you set for them; how to prioritize and delegate; and how to use project management to achieve your goals.
January 16, 2019
Buy it. Own it. Gift it to family and friends not just for a new year but all year round.
I finally got around to finish this simple yet information-packed title and I am enriched. Although written primarily for a business audience, anyone can read and benefit from this book. Your life will certainly never be the same after.
I finally got around to finish this simple yet information-packed title and I am enriched. Although written primarily for a business audience, anyone can read and benefit from this book. Your life will certainly never be the same after.
December 28, 2017
This book is good but very basic. If it's a first thing you read about setting goals, then it can be very useful.
December 14, 2025
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Even though this book had strategy in it, I felt like it was very surface level. It was not as clear to me and this might be my personal opinion.
Even though this book had strategy in it, I felt like it was very surface level. It was not as clear to me and this might be my personal opinion.
January 15, 2013
The book is divided into four parts:
• Setting Personal Goals
• Effective Goal Setting and People Skills
• Effective Goal Setting and Management Skills
• Achieving Your Goals
I found the first section to be the most helpful, because that’s the area in which I wanted to improve.
The second section had helpful chapters on recognizing passive, aggressive, and assertive behaviors and dealing with them. The chapter called “Changing People’s Behavior” was less helpful/interesting to me, because I’m not sure I believe in the effectiveness of changing another person’s behavior. I know that I’m different after dealing with an aggressive person. I avoid doing things to push that person’s buttons. I change who I am when dealing with an aggressive person, so I don’t have to deal with his or her wrath. But I have less confidence in my own ability to change another person’s behavior.
The third section on management skills was good. It included chapters on setting priorities, planning, delegating, and time management. The information was interesting, but I had more trouble applying this to my work life.
The fourth section has chapters called “Getting Help in Reaching Your Goals,” “Getting the Power to Get Things Done,” and “Project Management for Goal Achievers.” Although I enjoyed the chapter on getting power, this whole section seemed beyond the scope of the book. However, maybe the first section of the book was out of place. I was most interested in that section and most able to apply it to my personal/professional life.
This book is published by the American Management Association, so maybe I had a false sense of the topic of the book when judging it by the title only.
Overall, this book would be great for a new manager or for someone brushing up on management skills. The first section is good for anyone wanting to learn about setting personal goals, but there’s little follow-through on the personal part.
• Setting Personal Goals
• Effective Goal Setting and People Skills
• Effective Goal Setting and Management Skills
• Achieving Your Goals
I found the first section to be the most helpful, because that’s the area in which I wanted to improve.
The second section had helpful chapters on recognizing passive, aggressive, and assertive behaviors and dealing with them. The chapter called “Changing People’s Behavior” was less helpful/interesting to me, because I’m not sure I believe in the effectiveness of changing another person’s behavior. I know that I’m different after dealing with an aggressive person. I avoid doing things to push that person’s buttons. I change who I am when dealing with an aggressive person, so I don’t have to deal with his or her wrath. But I have less confidence in my own ability to change another person’s behavior.
The third section on management skills was good. It included chapters on setting priorities, planning, delegating, and time management. The information was interesting, but I had more trouble applying this to my work life.
The fourth section has chapters called “Getting Help in Reaching Your Goals,” “Getting the Power to Get Things Done,” and “Project Management for Goal Achievers.” Although I enjoyed the chapter on getting power, this whole section seemed beyond the scope of the book. However, maybe the first section of the book was out of place. I was most interested in that section and most able to apply it to my personal/professional life.
This book is published by the American Management Association, so maybe I had a false sense of the topic of the book when judging it by the title only.
Overall, this book would be great for a new manager or for someone brushing up on management skills. The first section is good for anyone wanting to learn about setting personal goals, but there’s little follow-through on the personal part.
January 3, 2009
Great review course on setting goals. It's something that less than 3% of people ever do. That gives the rest of us a big advantage over others.
November 8, 2011
كتاب ممتع، تعلمت منه كيفية التوازن في وضع الأهداف من خلال توزيعها على عشرة أقسام رئيسية في حياتنا.
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