Thursday, 11 April 2013

Common Mistakes in Setting Personal Goals

By Ann C. Otto


Every person's ability to be successful in personal goal setting mainly depends on himself. Failure, likewise will depend on whether or not the person is determined, diligent, and persistent. Some, though, stay at the middle and choose not to set goals. Here are the five main reasons why they refuse to do so.
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They are not serious towards personal goal setting. People became successful in reaching their goals only after they decided to get serious. Until you are fully determined and serious about working on and achieving your goals, you will not go anywhere.

Be a positive thinker. The struggles may be too heavy to bear if you are easily troubled with negative thoughts. It is important to look at the entire thing from an upbeat perspective. At the same time, makes sure that your objectives are not too general. The general goals can be broken down into profession, family, home, school, physical and spiritual. Establish priorities so you will know which should come first before the other.

They do not know the process of personal goal setting. Knowing how to do something is one very strong reason for you to do so. If you do not know the steps, processes, strategies, and methods, you would most probably not spend the time working on setting and reaching goals.

They fear criticism. Some people do not want to be criticized. They hold back from setting good goals because sometimes other people tell them that they will never reach them, or they will just waste their money, effort, and time. You cannot avoid people who give destructive criticisms instead of those that can motivate you. However, you can do something to minimize the negative things you hear. You can surround yourself with people who also know the importance of goals. Be with people who have set or reached goals. And if you still receive criticisms, one way or another, use them as your stepping stones instead of stumbling blocks.

They are afraid to fail. Most people refuse to set goals because they are scared of failure. Fear of failure can be the greatest obstacle towards success. If you do not overcome your fear, you will never be successful in personal goal setting simply because people naturally avoid that which they fear the most. You must find out why are you terrified of failing then think of ways that will help you beat that fear. You need to be stronger than your fear.




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