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Tuesday, 19 February 2008
A lot is said about how you can reach your goals. A common tip to reach your goals is to print your goals in a large font and stick them up to wall. This will make sure that every now and then you get reminded of your goals. It is also suggested that you read your goals everyday before you start working. This will remind you what are you aiming for and how does the work that you will do today help you in achieving the goals that you have just read.
Fine… the above are all good suggestions. But still doing the above religiously will not help you in reaching your goals if and only if you don’t own your goals. To own your goals means that the following two attributes must be present:
You have a say in the goal setting process.
Goals which have been imposed on you by an authority without even consulting you in the goal setting process tend to result in lack of ownership. It is vital to have a say in the goal setting process, since after all you are the person that is going to work towards that goal. The fact that you are allowed to state how difficult it is to reach a goal, propose ways and means how to reach a goal and define a deadline for a goal will make you work harder to reach what you have in the first place proposed.
You really want to reach a goal.
During the goal setting process, you have limited information on which you can decide on. Things sometimes do not go as planned and variables change, making it harder to meet deadlines and achieve goals. Having real desire in meeting goals means that you are flexible enough to accept changes and adapt yourself accordingly. While adapting yourself you might have to work extra hours, invest extra money or take extra risks.
Goal ownership really makes a difference. When you feel that you own something, you will push the limits and work hard for what you own. Now stop and think… look at the goals that you have stuck to your wall or monitor… be honest and say whether you really own them 
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Good insights. How many people have subscribed to impotent goals, or no goals at all, because they allowed someone else to “own’ them.
In addition to previous comment - How many people have set out for goals that sounded good, but only wasted time because in the end it really isn’t what they wanted!
I think that your blog post about goal setting is spot on. Writing down a goal and sticking them at a place where you can see it everyday is an important part of reaching your goals.
Another suggestion is that in the process of planning your goals, you should be very detailed and specific with each task that you need to perform to reach your goals.
By forming a detailed plan, you are also giving yourself a time frame for each task. At this point, you should build and account some flexibility into each task to increase the chances that you can achieve your goals successful.