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Lifehacker cites “the goal-setting web site 43 things“, where it appears that the Number 1 goal of their readers is to “Stop procrastinating.” This is a nice idea, but it’s not a useful goal. It’s like saying, “My goal is to stop being lazy”, or “My goal is to do better in English”. Goals [...] It’s always nice when others agree. Darren Rowse has a post on ProBlogger about the importance of keeping a written record of your goal (and, I would add, each day’s success or failure). He has a nice quotation from a book he’s reading, Leverage: How to Create Your Own ‘Tipping Points’ in Business and [...] Scott H. Young has posted a nine-chapter essay on goal-setting, worth comparing with the goal-setting advice in Good Habits, Good Students. Matt Furey, writing about exercise and fitness, echoes the advice found in Good Habits, Good Students about habits and goal-setting, but then goes on to assert that 28 days of effort can produce a new habit. Agree? Disagree? Post a comment! A poorly defined goal will be pretty useless. Look at this one: “My goal is to improve my marks in English.” This is a nice idea, but it’s not a well-defined goal, because it leaves many important questions unanswered. For example, how much improvement is desired? How will the improvement be measured? Over what period of time is the goal to be achieved? What action is required to achieve the goal? How will progress toward the goal be recorded and judged? A well-defined goal answers these questions right from the beginning. Continue reading How to Define a Goal (book excerpt) |
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