The subject of goal setting is often underestimated. In the workplace you have often over zealous managers doing their often boring, non-effective management speak telling you on your annual report that you need “to set goals” for the year ahead.
The result in practice is often that those so called goals never get reviewed until the next year, every 3 months at best. This is very inefficient at best!
I try to get everyone to set new goals every week at the most.
This sounds a bit over the top to many, but those who go through it always see the huge benefits of doing so.
Real meaningful goals that matter to individuals are always important to write down!!
I have found too that through my own research, that people often lose their focus on their original goals very quickly indeed.
Either that or they reach their initial goals quickly, and often just go through the motions after that, not raising their game because they do not know the next level that they want to get to!
When you think of life, most people’s lives change on a weekly basis, a daily basis and an hourly basis when you think how quickly events can change, so if you really want to improve you had better get used to reviewing your progress and changing it to suit how fast you are progressing!
Also, the reason why I get everyone writing their goals down is that automatically become more meaningful when you write them down!
A study by Harvard university showed that goals are 80% more likely to happen when you write them down, rather than just “talk about them”.
We have a white board in the gym for this very process, and its already very productive, helping everyone who want big changes for the better in their lives!!
Time to stop talking about it all, write it down and you will get there quicker!!
