Question: Why do I keep achieving negative goals? Is there such a thing as a negative goal?
Answer: Setting negative goals – that sounds counterproductive. Who would want to intentionally make something negative, hurtful or harmful a reality? But, that’s exactly what many of us do. A negative goal focuses energy on what we don’t want to achieve.
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Question: Why do I seem to do everything else except set my goals? I know they are important but I can’t seem to get around to working on them.
Answer: The key words in your question are “get around to working on them.”
If you don’t believe in the importance of setting goals, they won’t be important [...]
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Question: I’ve been disappointed so many times when I try to set my goals and I’m about ready to give up. Is it really worth getting my hopes up?
Answer: I remember a quotation from motivational speaker Les Brown: “If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting.”
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October 30, 2009 – 10:20 am
In my workshops, women often say to me: I don’t feel very motivated by the goals I’ve set for myself, what should I do?
Here are a few suggestions:
1. It’s time to revisit your personal and professional mission statements. It’s easy to lose sight of what’s important when you lose sight of your “Why.”
2. Also, check to make sure your values [...]
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October 13, 2009 – 9:05 am
The beauty of goal setting is that it helps expand your imagination. I like to say that setting a goal should stretch you in terms of dreaming big but not break you. There’s a difference between dreaming big and dreaming the impossible.
The purpose of a goal is to give you focus and direction. A well-written [...]
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October 7, 2009 – 12:21 pm
Sitting down to write your goals can sometimes feel like an overwhelming task. The “emotional preparedness” of setting goals can prove to be as important as actually writing the goals themselves. Here are some questions and answers that may help make your goal setting and achieving a whole lot easier.
I can’t seem to figure out [...]
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