Goal Setting: The Problems with Setting Goals
March 14, 2009 by Jonathan Munsell
Filed under Systems & Operations
I am going to jump right in it today – First and foremost most people take their Goals for granted. They don’t do it seriously and they don’t do it consistently. They do it once a year and they do it at New Years. They run into the New Year’s syndrome; they set a goal and they don’t even look at it until a year later and they go, “Uht Oh, I screwed up,” and they set a new one.
They have no power. Secondly, they don’t realize the power of goals. They take it lightly. They go, “Well, yeah I got these goals,” but they don’t make sure that they get it inside their head where it’s absolutely real for them. They don’t realize that when they set a goal, they’re now creating something in life.
And finally, the biggest challenge I think is that these people don’t know why they’re going for their goals so the object, the goal itself, they get enthusiastic for awhile and then it dies out. Again, ‘why’ is different for everyone but you’ve got to find out the reasons.
- Goal setting problems
- Taken for granted, not done seriously or consistently
- Don’t realize the power of their goals that can create changes in your life
- People don’t establish ‘why’ they’re setting their goal
I believe this: reasons come first; answers come second. If you get big enough reasons to do something, to accomplish something you can figure out how to do it but if all you do is set up a goal and say, “How am I going to go about it?” you’re not going to be inspired enough. It’s not going to be compelling enough for you to really create long-term results.
Every successful person I know has figured out the ‘why’ behind their goals and that’s their power.
- Create WHY
- Causes inspiration
- Goal becomes compelling and real
- Why becomes powerful and motivating
Keep tuned in we are getting to the meat of goal setting. I am actually going to give you the questions to ask yourself.
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