Setting & Achieving Goals

Goal setting -  involves establishing specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-targeted (S.M.A.R.T ) goals. Work on the theory of goal-setting suggests that it’s an effective tool for making progress by ensuring that participants in a group with a common goal are clearly aware of what is expected from them. On a personal level, setting goals helps people work towards their own objectives—most commonly with financial or career-based goals.Goal setting features as a major component of personal development literature:

• “Goals provide a sense of direction and purpose”
• “Goal setting capitalize on the human brain’s amazing powers: Our brains are problem-solving, goal-achieving machines.