Goals and Action Planning

     A person sets a goal because they hope to achieve something that they want to work forward to. It’s about having that self-motivation and accomplishing the daily tasks that need to be done because over time they build up. The author of the reading talks about doing daily tasks and people not always spending the short time needed to do them. Just like setbacks for daily tasks there are set backs to achieving ones goal. The key is to just do the things that need to be done to take the next step on. Spending time thinking about cause and effect on the situation and the importance of the task. To me it’s not about thinking about the task and what the effort will cause because that just builds negative emotions towards the subject. For me, it’s about focusing on the end result and that brings a sense of optimism. Because I doing daily represent progress of things happening and I just don’t like standing around doing nothing, I like to look back to see what I accomplish and look towards new ways to do the things needed to have my successful goal. Encouragement and positive reinforcement goes a long ways. To be more successful a leader must focus not on the tasks that person does but on the person itself. Giving that person a feeling of self-worth to be self-motivated to accomplish more tasks. Creating BHAG and SMART plans for goals is good for organizing what needs to be done and the aspects that go with the goal. There are different ways to make a goal more seemingly accessible but the truth is reaching a goal is a step-by-step process and for me, like the daily tasks, it just comes down to doing them and putting the best forward to accomplish them.