Another spot on article, when setting/ creating my own personal goals either from a personal or professional specific I have historically tried to make my goals align to what other expect/ want fro me ... in recent times a question that has always re focussed me is “what does success look like?” Pushing me into a mindset where I determine the goals/ the barriers/ the boundaries. I’ve now taken this question to my teams at work ... the self belief this has given certain individuals is amazing. They have control of their goals, they own them and all I do is check in, listen and support.
“What does success look like“ is also great at creating a vision that makes the goal more tangible. In a group setting I also make people do that individually and in silence at First so they have the time to really explore what it means for them. Then I ask them to share to the group and build on each other thoughts. I like witnessing the variety of interpretations and the details they come up with.
This article reminds me of a quote I heard once (sorry, I lost the attribution) that has always resonated with me: "The only dreams that can be denied are those that weren't very strong to begin with"
In other words, if we center our dreams on the achievable and we're 100% invested in them, no one can stop us from accomplishing them. It's only when we either don't really care much about them or when they're simply not realistic that we give up on them. I spent hours as a kid trying to be a world-class athlete, but the reality was that I simply am not that good of an athlete--I had to change my goals there to just hav…
That is very nice Nancy. I also like that you are putting it in the context of our natural abilities.
I am reading a book from Abraham Maslow currently and I tripped on this sentence "He who belies his talent, the born painter who sell stockings instead, the intelligent
man who lives a stupid life, [...], all these people perceive in a deep way that they have done wrong to themselves and despise themselves for it.''
I the the goals article. A question I always consider is And when I achieve this, what will I experience? That is a temperature check for me. Thanks Alex.
it is a good way to „smell check“ how you feel about a goal! In a business context, I tend to ask „So what?“ to prove if it is a fad or something meaningful!
Another spot on article, when setting/ creating my own personal goals either from a personal or professional specific I have historically tried to make my goals align to what other expect/ want fro me ... in recent times a question that has always re focussed me is “what does success look like?” Pushing me into a mindset where I determine the goals/ the barriers/ the boundaries. I’ve now taken this question to my teams at work ... the self belief this has given certain individuals is amazing. They have control of their goals, they own them and all I do is check in, listen and support.
This article reminds me of a quote I heard once (sorry, I lost the attribution) that has always resonated with me: "The only dreams that can be denied are those that weren't very strong to begin with"
In other words, if we center our dreams on the achievable and we're 100% invested in them, no one can stop us from accomplishing them. It's only when we either don't really care much about them or when they're simply not realistic that we give up on them. I spent hours as a kid trying to be a world-class athlete, but the reality was that I simply am not that good of an athlete--I had to change my goals there to just hav…
I the the goals article. A question I always consider is And when I achieve this, what will I experience? That is a temperature check for me. Thanks Alex.