10 principles for setting good goals for 2010

Came across a nice article on CNN.com that has some of the same goals I talked about in my post on setting goals earlier this year.  The article summarizes setting new year goals into 10 points:

Set smaller goals with smaller steps
Frame your goals positively
Look at the pros and cons
Get a resolutions buddy
Be specific
Know thyself
Examine deeper issues
Don’t be overanxious
Be flexible
Keep your eye on the ball

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A Quote On Goal Setting

Courtesy of StartupBooster.com (here):

It is time for you to change your mindset if feel like you are not making any progress in life. If you are doing the same thing over and over again, then nothing is going to happen. So here is what you need to do:

develop your goal – where do you want to see yourself in 3 years?
map out an action plan to get there – whom do you need to talk to and what do you need to do to get there?
do a reality check on your beliefs. Do you believe that you can achieve that goal? …

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Setting Goals

“I’m going to study tonight”. This is a phrase I hear from my students all too often. I say too often because it is a horrible goal to have. Why? Studying of course is not bad, but it all comes in the way you state it. By having a goal in your mind that “I’m going to study tonight”, you have some kind of understanding of what that means, but it is very un-firm, which means that when you actually do get to studying, whether you study 15 mins, 2 hours, 5 hours, or 8 hours is left up to you, and, either way, you have succeeded in your goal. This is the problem: the goal is too unspecific. …

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