People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
- Brian Tracy
Your goals, along with your vision and mission help you and your organization clearly understand what is to be accomplished. They also identify optimal behaviors, situations, and relationships. The successful leader leverages them to:
* communicate a clear, simple, customer-focused direction for the organization
* be forward thinking, stretch the horizons and challenge imaginations
* inspire and energize others to commit to the vision and supporting goals
* engage others and to lead by example.
Motivational speaker Dave Grant proposes that the best strategy for many is to start small. "Start with small goals and gain an experience of accomplishment and success," advises Grant. "Once you learn you can go after something and make it happen, it makes it that much easier to set and achieve bigger and bigger goals."
Remember, however, that achieving any goal is not done by magic. There is work involved. A first step recommended by Grant is to set a target date for achieving the goal and to write it and the goal itself down. "Most people fail in their goal-setting because they're just thinking about their goals. They're not committed to them," explains Grant. "Thinking is not a commitment. Writing it down is."
TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL GOAL SETTING
Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it.
- Col. Michael Friedsam
Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant's into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don't just think it - ink it! - Author unknown
Set and achieve your goals by applying one of these four "D's" to anything that gets in your way - -- John Lee, time management expert Drop it; Delegate it; Delay it; Do it
Also, don't forget about the SMART system. Goals should be:
S - Specific
M - Measurable
A - Actionable
R - Realistic
T - Timebound
Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile goals.
-Paul J. Meyer
- Brian Tracy
Your goals, along with your vision and mission help you and your organization clearly understand what is to be accomplished. They also identify optimal behaviors, situations, and relationships. The successful leader leverages them to:
* communicate a clear, simple, customer-focused direction for the organization
* be forward thinking, stretch the horizons and challenge imaginations
* inspire and energize others to commit to the vision and supporting goals
* engage others and to lead by example.
Motivational speaker Dave Grant proposes that the best strategy for many is to start small. "Start with small goals and gain an experience of accomplishment and success," advises Grant. "Once you learn you can go after something and make it happen, it makes it that much easier to set and achieve bigger and bigger goals."
Remember, however, that achieving any goal is not done by magic. There is work involved. A first step recommended by Grant is to set a target date for achieving the goal and to write it and the goal itself down. "Most people fail in their goal-setting because they're just thinking about their goals. They're not committed to them," explains Grant. "Thinking is not a commitment. Writing it down is."
TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL GOAL SETTING
Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it.
- Col. Michael Friedsam
Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant's into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don't just think it - ink it! - Author unknown
Set and achieve your goals by applying one of these four "D's" to anything that gets in your way - -- John Lee, time management expert Drop it; Delegate it; Delay it; Do it
Also, don't forget about the SMART system. Goals should be:
S - Specific
M - Measurable
A - Actionable
R - Realistic
T - Timebound
Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile goals.
-Paul J. Meyer
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