goal-setting

Happy 2017! As is my annual tradition, I will start the new year out with a reminder of my advice from an article I wrote in The Washington Post a few years back: “Set Goals, Not Resolutions.”  And also see my full article on The Power of Goals at this link. If it’s time for you to set those once-a-year resolutions that you know will fade by March, then this article is … [Read more...] about Set Your 2017 Goals Now!

As regular readers of this blog know, I advocate setting Almost Impossible Goals as a way to drive innovation and creativity for individuals, teams, and organizations (read here for further info). A question I am often asked is, “We have been working on this goal without much progress, how much longer should we try before declaring it Fully Impossible (versus Almost … [Read more...] about Is That Goal Really Impossible?

Originally, the title was going to say “Be Aspirational, Not Stupid,” but I decided not to be that harsh. I spend a lot of time encouraging people to be aspirational with vision and to set Almost Impossible Goals (read more here).  But some people only hear part of the message.  I also say that when you set a goal that has a 1% chance of succeeding, this means it has a 99% … [Read more...] about Be Aspirational, Not Foolish

Happy 2016! As is my annual tradition, I will start the new year out with a reminder of my advice from an article I wrote in The Washington Post a couple of years back: “Set Goals, Not Resolutions.”  And also see my full article on The Power of Goals at this link. If it’s time for you to set those once-a-year resolutions that you know will fade by March, then this article … [Read more...] about Set Your 2016 Goals Now!