Attention Expands The Goals On Which It Is Focused

An old saying goes: “That which we put our attention on, expands.” When we’ve put our attention on negatives like difficulty, unfairness, obstacles, limitations and reasons why we haven’t been able to do something, we’ve put our attention on matters that do not move us forward. We have then unwittingly formed a goal of not […]

Disclose Your Goals To Others With Care And Wisdom

Among the frequent questions about goal setting is the degree to which it’s best to reveal your goals to others. Likely, all of us have had the experience of telling someone else a goal and having that other person squash it in some way, including: * Telling us that we can’t do it * Reminding […]

Daily Goal Orientation Avoids Disappointment

We’ve all had the experience of going through a day or longer and asking ourselves what we accomplished. We know that even if we’ve been busy, we haven’t always been purposeful or acted with a goal orientation. An unknown author said, “In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily […]

Use All Your Senses To Optimize Goal Setting

Just as the first most important thing about goal setting is to write down your goals, the second-most important is to review them frequently. Weekly review is optimal; and some people even review them daily. Reading goals aloud is consistent with best practices. Why? Because the integration of goals into ALL of our senses dramatically […]

You’ve Heard It Before: Write Down Your Goals

Goal setting is widely taught and discussed with varying degrees of effectiveness. No matter your stage of life or profession, you are a goal setter. This week, we’ll discuss the core distinctions of goal setting as a means of maximizing your results. We’ve all heard it before, yet most have ignored it: WRITE DOWN YOUR […]