Goals, unlike dreams, identify the specific achievements we want to pursue in our lives.
Why Set Goals?
Goals are an important part of our lives. They keep us focused and allow for us to achieve things we never thought possible. Goals are also critical both for a person and for any organization. Top-level athletes, successful business-people and achievers in all fields all set goals. Setting goals gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation. It focuses your acquisition of knowledge, and helps you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your life. By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals, and you'll see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind.
You will also raise your self-confidence, as you recognize your own ability and competence in achieving the goals that you've set. The right setting goals allows you to achieve the desired result.
You will also raise your self-confidence, as you recognize your own ability and competence in achieving the goals that you've set. The right setting goals allows you to achieve the desired result.
What is Goal Setting?
What is Goal Setting?
Definition 1: “Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality” (http://www.mindtools.com/page6.html)
Definition 3: “The process of identifying something that you want to accomplish and establishing measurable goals and timeframes:
When you decide on a financial change to save more money and then set a certain amount to save each month, this is an example of goal setting.
When a team of people on a school board have a shared aim to improve education and set goals for budgets and test scores, this is an example of goal setting.”
Definition 4: “Goal setting is the two part process of deciding what you want to accomplish and devising a plan to achieve the result you desire. For effective goal setting, you need to do more than just decide what you want to do; you also have to work at accomplishing whatever goal you have set for yourself. For many people, it's the second part of the goal setting definition that's problematic. They know what they want to do but have trouble creating a plan to get there. Goals without action plans are just words.” (http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/goalsetting/g/goalsetting.htm)
