Posts Categorized: Goal Setting

New Year’s Resolutions, Part 1

Happy New Year! Are you planning your New Year’s Resolution for 2016? May I suggest something different? New Year’s Resolutions are often extremely difficult promises to keep, even if they are private affairs and known only to oneself. A great example if this found within Samuel Pepys’ famous diary. Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a member of […]

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The MetaGoal

Some people do not have any goals whatsoever and drift through life. Some people have vague goals, but they are not written down. Some people have written goals; nevertheless, they never act upon these set goals. You are different. Question: how likely are you to hit a bull’s-eye if you cannot see the target? Clearly […]

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What’s Your Learning Goal?

What new skill, activity, hobby, or subject matter do you want to learn about? I suggest pursuing one major learning goal for 2015. Perhaps you would like to delve deep into history and become an American Civil War buff or an expert on the campaigns of Alexander the Great. Maybe you would like to learn […]

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Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” – Randy Pausch Former Disney Imagineer and Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an inspired (and inspiring) man who passed away at age 47 due to pancreatic cancer. Although he knew he was dying, he did […]

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T.A.R.G.E.T. Goals

Here is another useful acronym that I’ve developed for focused and rapid goal setting: T.A.R.G.E.T. Goal setting is the process that allows one to hit a bull’s eye. Without an identified objective, how can one aim much less hit a specific target? For every goal, you identify these major six attributes: T – Tangible A […]

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50/5 Challenge for 2015

Happy New Year! I have encouraged friends, family, and clients (and some strangers) to consider crafting the following for 2015: A. A Life List of 101 Goals which includes goals for 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, (and maybe 50) year time horizons. A life list is also known as a ‘bucket list’. B. A Purpose […]

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