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eLearning Series: Setting Goals
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Ways Setting Goals Can Go Wrong
Goal setting
can go wrong for a number of reasons. When these
things happen, it can be a great bit devastating to the
self esteem and can make the idea of setting any new goals
mute.
Before we can
look into what we can do about solving these goals setting
problems, let’s see what the problems can be.
• Outcome
goals can be set instead of performance goals because
it forces you to focus on the end result immediately instead
of taking your time to go through the steps of goals setting.
When you set goals properly you will be doing it in a step
by step manner. Where you are using outcome goals, and
you fail to achieve the goal for reasons outside your control,
this can be very dispiriting and can lead to loss of enthusiasm
and feelings of failure. Always set performance goals instead
as this will give you a higher chance of succeeding.
• Goals
can be set unrealistically high. When a goal is
perceived to be unreachable, no effort will be made to
achieve it. Set realistic goals so that you can best decide
how to go about achieving them.
• In retrospect
to the above, goals can be set so low that you feel
no challenge of benefit in achieving the goal. Setting
goals has been a waste of time. Always set goals that are
challenging enough to be worth the effort, but not out of
reach.
• Goals
can be so vague that they are useless. It is difficult
to know whether vague goals have been achieved. If achievement
can’t be measured against your expectations, then your
self-confidence will not benefit from goal setting, nor
can you observe progress towards a greater goal. Set precise
and quantitative goals.
• Goal
setting can be unsystematic, sporadic and disorganized. In
this case certain goals will be forgotten, and the achievement
of goals will not be measured and feedback will not occur
into new goals. The major benefits of goal setting have
been lost. Be organized and regular in the way that you
use goal setting.
• Too
many goals that aren’t given priority may be set, leading
to a feeling of overload. Remember that you deserve
time to relax and enjoy being alive and not solely focused
on your goals and achievements.
Where goal setting
does go wrong, not only are the benefits of goal setting
lost, but the whole process of goal setting can fall into
disrepute.
By avoiding these
problems, and setting goals effectively as described in the
previous section, you can achieve and maintain a strong forward
leap into your future.
The 'Quantum
Leap' Approach to Goal Setting
One approach to
goal setting for yourself and other people is the 'Quantum
Leap' approach. This tries to force intense activity by setting
a goal that will need a 'quantum leap' in activity to achieve
it.
This is a dangerous
technique that should be used with a great deal of care.
It is very easy for the whole process of goal setting to
fall into problems where quantum leap goals are not met.
Similarly if you
are really not convinced that a goal is attainable, you will
not put effort into achieving it. Doesn’t all of this sound
repetitious!
Business Managers
using this approach should take care that they are not shot
down by someone that is firmly requesting information on
how a quantum leap goal should be achieved because then everybody
suffers.
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