Choosing The Right
Goals and Objectives
Welcome to the Choosing Goals and Objectives page. This web site is about setting and achieving personal goals. To see more goals articles please go to our achieve your personal goals or setting goals pages.
The first step in achieving a goal is to choose one that is in line with what you really want. This choice is critical, because if you get it wrong, you can work really hard trying to reach a target that really isn't worth your time and effort.
It's a personal choice. Achieving a certain weight loss goal, or earning a particular amount of money might be important to somebody else. But that's not relevant. This is about your life. In your own mind, what is so important that you really want to commit to achieving it? And why do you want this? What will achieving this goal bring you in terms of more pleasure or avoidance of pain? While there are certain techniques and tricks we can use to improve our chances of reaching a goal, the biggest factor in success or failure, in my view, is the initial choice. In making this choice, it's useful to be aware of the difference between goals and objectives. Here's how I see the difference. Let's say that set a specific target of what you want to achieve, for example to run a mile in 4 minutes by 31 December of this year. Your goal is the specific target that you've set. But why do you want to achieve this 4 minute mile? Maybe you reckon you'll feel very fit, perhaps you think you'll feel really good about yourself. If that's 'your reason why', that's your objective - to feel fit or to feel good about yourself. Your objective is the reason why you are trying to achieve the goal. For another slant on a goal setting definition look at these insights into a better way to manage at the Happy Manager.com - a web site dedicated to helping managers who wish to become happier at work.
Some experts, such as Stephen Covey, suggest that you should set goals from different aspects of your life so you achieve a kind of life balance. In The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey suggests four dimensions in people's lives: - physical - such as exercise and food
- social / emotional - such as friendship
- spiritual - such as meditation
- mental - such as writing and reading
Taking this approach you might want to set goals and objectives for your life, your career and finances, your health and fitness, and so on. You might like to see our articles on these various themes. Choosing and Setting Personal Goals Career Goals The Benefits of Setting Career Goals Financial Goals Health and Fitness Goals
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