Goal Setting Theory

How To Choose The Right Goal

How to Choose the right goals to focus on :

                                                           Choosing goals is different for different people. Some people already know exactly what they want, some people want so many things they don't know where to start, and some people don't have a clear idea of what they want.  

 

 Sometimes setting goal alone is not only the problem that must face. Sometimes, choosing the right goal to begin with is harder.

 

Basically, you can choose to work any goal that you feel is necessary for your health, stability and happiness.

                                              Goal setting is nothing more than a formal process for personal planning. By setting goals on a routine basis you decide what you want to achieve, and then move in a step-by-step manner towards the achievement of these goals.

                                               

                                                The process of setting goals and targets allows you to choose where you want to go in life. By knowing exactly what you want to achieve, you know what you have to concentrate on to do it. You also know what nothing more than a distraction is.  

                                                 Goal setting is a standard technique used by professional atheletes, successful business people and high achievers in all fields. It gives you long term vision and provide you with short term motivation. It help to focus your attention and knowledge which helps you to organize your resources. By setting sharp and clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals. You can see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless effort. By setting goals, you will also raise yourself confidence, as you recognize your ability to meet the goals that you have set. The process of achieving goals and seeing this achieving goals and seeing this achievement  gives you confidence that you will be able to achieve higher and more difficult goal later on.   

                                                                                

                                                                        Goals are set on a number of different levels. In the first place, you decide what you want to do with your life and what large scale goals you want to achieve. Second, you break these down into the smaller aims that you must hit so that you reach your overall lifetime goals.

                                          Finally, once you have your plan, you start working towards achieving it.

Goal criteria:

There are several criteria a goal should satisfy to ensure that the goal is effective and can reasonably achieved. Goals should conform to a S.P.O.R.T. criteria. SPORT is an acronym for the following:

·         Specify

·         Positive

·         Observable

·         Realistic

·         Time