Comments on: Setting Goals

By: Catherine Cantieri, Sorted

Catherine Cantieri, Sorted — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:03:22 +0000

I would have LOVED that kind of pre-college educational setup! (Especially the goal cards.) This post is a really good reminder of keeping your destination and your progress at the front of your mind.

By: Andrew Hudson

Andrew Hudson — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:04:04 +0000

Thats a motivating post! This not only work with studies , it works in gym , games etc. If you know your goal and publish it , you will definitely work towards it. I am working towards a goal and my friends and trainers know it , I am sure I will reach my goal.

Cheers,
Andy.

By: Vik Dulat

Vik Dulat — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:51:34 +0000

Great points. The one I thought was most important was keep the end in mind. Many people start something or set a goal but they have no idea about the end.

Have a plan for 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, etc etc.

By: CB

CB — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:50:21 +0000

Every school child could use some of this goal setting technique!

By: Britt

Britt — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:42:28 +0000

I’m rather jealous. I learned very little about time management in K-12: mostly we just were taught to write down our assignments and create a study area at home. : /

To this day (and this is after getting a PhD) my greatest weaknesses is project planning. I struggle with every part of the process: defining goals (I often find it difficult to envision what a final product will look like due to uncertainty about what I will discover along the way), breaking the process down into smaller steps (there are always maddening squishy parts in the middle where I’m not quite sure exactly how I’m going to do Part A without jumping in and starting—and I thus have no idea how to plan Part B), and estimating the time to finish each step (pshhheh… right).

I’m still searching for the book, website, or person who can teach me how to do this. The resources I’ve looked at seem either too basic (“Set Goals! Break down into Steps! Set Deadlines!” Uh, great. HOW?) or too specifically oriented to a field other than mine (science / academia.)

By: Positively Present

Positively Present — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:56:11 +0000

This is a great post because we all need to set goals — whether it’s for work or in our personal lives. Setting goals sounds like it’s a productive enough idea, but there really is a specific way to go about it to make it effective and I think you’ve done a great job of outlining it here. Thanks!

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