The 10 Things You Need to Know About Setting Goals: An Analysis of Designing a Plan and Sticking to It
This briefing on Setting Goals was prepared by Christina M. Guastella while a General Studies major in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Introduction
This article is all about setting up goals and designing a plan. There are plenty of helpful tips and steps to making this happen. In each step I will give examples of what I am advising. I will discuss what a goal is and the different types of goals. Goal setting keeps you determined, organized and help you complete assignments on a timely fashion. We will see the positive outcomes that result from setting goals and a few statics that Success psychologists discovered about goal setting.
The Idea in a Nutshell
Do you currently have goals set? Sure you think you do, but do you have a designed plan to meet these goals? Most people are always setting goals, but never ever reaching them. New Year’s resolutions are a great example of this. People don’t really know how to set a goal and design a plan to help them stick with it. In this article I will be giving you great tips and suggestions on how to set goals and reach them. The most important thing about setting your goals everyone knows is reaching the finish line.
The 10 Things You Need to Know About Goal Setting.
1. What is a goal? A goal is a desired outcome or target for individuals, groups, or entire organizations. It guides management decisions and forms the criteria against which work results are measured. Goals provide direction and evaluation performance criteria. They are meant to guide and direct toward the result of achievement aimed for.
2. The most important step into setting a goal is to stop and analyze what the main purpose for setting this goal is. By doing this you allow yourself to figure out what you are trying to achieve and in what estimated time limit. Without taking the first step and thinking you tend to run out the boundary lines of what you actually want to reach.
3. Your goals should be specific and related to the topic. If you do not make the goal related to the topic than what is the point in making a goal. Your goal can be as little as five words or up to as many words you want as long as you understand what you are trying to achieve. The goal or goals you set should always make perfect sense to you.
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Important topic, you hit on some really good points. Seems well thought out. I like the Zig Ziglar video; we watched a few of his videos when I was a Recruiter.
This is a must see for any strategic planning team. Thanks I have learned a lot from this article. Great Job!!
Great job! You brought up some really good points on setting and attaining goals that can help people in all walks of life.
You did a really good job on the information you looked up for this topic. With the motivation in this article, I think you could help somebody out with setting goals for their lives if they read this. This was a really enjoyable to read. Nice work!
You used good statistics to elaborate the failure to set goals and failure to have a plan. This went a long way to help break down your message of the importance of setting achievable goals which many will never do in their life. Great job bashing the New Year’s resolution! I, personally, despise how everyone has this magnificent resolution that doesn’t last until February!
Setting goals is just one of the most important thing anyone can do and it does not just have to be work related. I really liked the way Christina put it in her idea in a nutshell section. She asked the question, “Do you currently have goals set,” and then followed that question with another question, “Do you have a designed plan to meet these goals?” Those questions make you think because a lot of people may feel they have goals set but then do not have a designed plan as to how they will achieve their goals. I enjoyed the tips and techniques for goal setting in this article.
This article was very neatly written and pleasing to read. It introduced me to the term success psychologists. It says a lot about the article when it leaves you with en extra dose of unexpected enlightenment. In addition, the article contains useful information that I wish I could follow. Effective goal setting is hard work! Staying motivated is even harder! If I somehow learned how to effectively use these goal-setting techniques I would no longer have To-Do lists taller than me.
This article was put together very nicely. It has helped motivate me to set daily goals for myself. Not only to set them, but to have a plan of action on how to achieve them as well. I believe that without goals, no one would ever reach their full potential. Thank you for the inspiration.
I believe this was very well organized and was very informative. Goal setting is part of business management as much as it is a part of every day human life. I like the 3 laws that your video said was the basis of goal setting. Those laws should be heard by everyone because if one follows them, then this person will be successful, which is everyone’s goal in life. Very well prepared article!
Goals really are one of the most important things when managing an organization. If you don’t know where you’re going, you can’t figure out what needs to be done to get there. I really like the way the article is organized. The content has a very good flow that helps to keep the reader interested. I also like that the article mentions keeping in mind long term and short term goals. The statistic about how many college freshmen think they’ll graduate in four years and how many students actually end up taking longer was intriguing to me.
This article made me want to set goals for myself and to make a plan to achieve them. Great job!