Comments on: Goals and Goal Setting http://integratedsuccessprogram.com/CreateSuccess/2010/02/01/goals-and-goal-setting/ Start Creating Your Success Today! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:48:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: admin http://integratedsuccessprogram.com/CreateSuccess/2010/02/01/goals-and-goal-setting/#comment-347 admin Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:30:42 +0000 http://integratedsuccessprogram.com/CreateSuccess/?p=896#comment-347 My goals, to date, have all been those within my mind. I think the value of writing them down and going so far as to make contracts with yourself is to strengthen them in your mind, however, your goals MUST remain flexible and dynamic, not static. If circumstances change, change your goal. If the goal is no longer valid or realistic, let it go. As life changes, goals should change accordingly. I suggest the benefit of writing them down is that you are using both Visual and Kinesthetic components of the mind to help fix the goal in your sub-conscious. Ideally, the goal should be reviewed periodically to determine if it is still valid and appropriate and, if so, read aloud (so as to incorporate the Auditory as well). I think the key is the get your conscious and sub-conscious minds congruent, syncronous and focussed on your goals. Bottom line: Keep using whatever is working successfully. If you want to try different ideas (i.e. Goals as a contract), do so, but evaluate them with regard to how they work for you! A Final thought - A failure is only a failure (rather than a defeat) if it stops you. A defeat may indicate you are pushing your boundaries and, as a result, growing. My goals, to date, have all been those within my mind. I think the value of writing them down and going so far as to make contracts with yourself is to strengthen them in your mind, however, your goals MUST remain flexible and dynamic, not static. If circumstances change, change your goal. If the goal is no longer valid or realistic, let it go. As life changes, goals should change accordingly.

I suggest the benefit of writing them down is that you are using both Visual and Kinesthetic components of the mind to help fix the goal in your sub-conscious. Ideally, the goal should be reviewed periodically to determine if it is still valid and appropriate and, if so, read aloud (so as to incorporate the Auditory as well).

I think the key is the get your conscious and sub-conscious minds congruent, syncronous and focussed on your goals.

Bottom line: Keep using whatever is working successfully. If you want to try different ideas (i.e. Goals as a contract), do so, but evaluate them with regard to how they work for you!

A Final thought - A failure is only a failure (rather than a defeat) if it stops you. A defeat may indicate you are pushing your boundaries and, as a result, growing.

]]> By: Michelle http://integratedsuccessprogram.com/CreateSuccess/2010/02/01/goals-and-goal-setting/#comment-317 Michelle Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:42:10 +0000 http://integratedsuccessprogram.com/CreateSuccess/?p=896#comment-317 I do not set goals. I know what I need and need to do and just do it. I believe that setting goals often leads people to a path of failure. I think in order to be successful it is important to be flexible and able to modify or completely abandonee both your personal and professional plan of action. However, it you have so many goals and contracts set where does one find this freedom. I think that it is good to continuously progress in life/work. So, if you are no longer progressing make a change. Even if it means abandoning years of work. If the change you made does not work, change again. So many people that I have met stay on a path of failure because they are achieving their goals. I believe that people should spend more time improving their self-esteem and then they will better understand what they need to do to progress in life. I do not set goals. I know what I need and need to do and just do it. I believe that setting goals often leads people to a path of failure. I think in order to be successful it is important to be flexible and able to modify or completely abandonee both your personal and professional plan of action. However, it you have so many goals and contracts set where does one find this freedom. I think that it is good to continuously progress in life/work. So, if you are no longer progressing make a change. Even if it means abandoning years of work. If the change you made does not work, change again. So many people that I have met stay on a path of failure because they are achieving their goals. I believe that people should spend more time improving their self-esteem and then they will better understand what they need to do to progress in life.

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