There is not a week in my life that goes by when the subject or the reality of goal setting does not come up. It seems so simply yet so many people are incredibly ineffective when it comes to getting the right things done. Michael Hyatt comes through again with an excellent post:
“How do you make change happen? More than that, how do you make the right change happen? When there is a gap between what is and what you want to be, how do you cross that gap?
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It never ceases to amaze me how many great ideas I have and how many sincere commitments I make only to be reminded a few months later that nothing really changed. We are often emotionally moved but rarely permanently changed and there are some practical reasons why. Carey Nieuwhof has some thoughts that will help all of us as we start the new year:
“Chances are you are already thinking about your goals for 2014.
And maybe you’re already wondering whether you’re actually going to hit them or not.
Why is that so many of us set out to accomplish something but fail to do as much as we’d hope?
The answer is simpler than you think.
It involves a dynamic few people talk about. But once you see it, things can begin to change. Radically.”
Sometimes we confuse roles and goals with responsibilities and tasks. There is a difference and unless you understand it you may not be successful in any area. Michael Hyatt knows the difference and he takes on the goals task with listing several common mistakes:
“It’s time to begin thinking about goal-setting for 2014. I don’t know about you, but I have been going through this annual exercise since my second semester of college, when a friend introduced me to the concept. Almost immediately, I loved the concept and saw the potential.”