Posts from — October 2007

When I was a kid learning how to set goals, all I ever heard was “make sure your goals are SMART… Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely.” The only problem was, setting SMART goals never seemed to help me achieve them!

In fact, in my case, trying to make sure I set SMART goals usually left me tired, frustrated, and unsure of my ability to even set a goal properly, not to mention achieving it. I needed an easier way to incorporate this powerful personal development tool into my life. Lucky for me, I found one!  Click to read the full post...

Powerful Goals Provide A Target
A goal is a target to shoot at. It is a result toward which effort is directed. It is an outcome to be achieved. Usually a goal is a statement of what you want to achieve, but goals can also be unstated and implicit. Goals focus your efforts because there is a target to shoot for. They tell you where to shoot and which way to go.

Suppose, for example, you want to practice archery but have no target. So you shoot into the air, at nothing in particular. Without the target your learning is likely to be slow and your progress poor.  Click to read the full post...

Have you played on two kinds of teams? One was a highly motivated team and one was a team whose morale was at an all time low? Let me explain the difference between the ways those teams develop – and how you, as a leader, can motivate your team to have high morale.

If your team has high morale, you stand a far better chance of going to finals, reaching the goal, winning the championship, or building the company than you ever do with a team that has morale problems.