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Goal setting can be an emotive subject, the topic often being associated with successful people or used by those working in the personal improvement world.
Wherever you stand on the subject it is simply the case that humans are goal setting beings. Youmight not immediately recognise that you set goals every day, especially if your concept of goalsetting is formed around the idea of having written goals, with measures set to track your progress.
On a daily basis we set goals, such as being clear to set the alarm for a given time as you need tocatch a train or a flight. You have a goal to be somewhere a certain time. Your goal could be evenmore mundane such as making sure to shop for groceries. Much of this minor goal setting takesplace sub consciously and has in reality become a habit.
Scientists have show that the most effective way to achieve a goal is to create new habits, especiallyif you goal is to get rid of an old or bad habit such as smoking or not exercising. New habits are bestform by introducing the new habit in a very small way, baby steps if you like until the new activitybecomes a simple part of your everyday life, just like shopping for groceries or brushing your teeth.
December is a common time for people to consider new goals as the new year beckons.Unfortunately, most New Year resolutions fall by the wayside before the end of January! Part of theproblem is we set goals that are too large to begin with and since we don’t necessarily see massiveimprovement in a short time from we are prone to giving up. One way to avoid this is to be sure toreframe your goal a new or new series of habits and to develop these in tin steps over time.Bill Gates famously said “most people overestimate what they can achieve in a year andunderestimate what they can achieve in ten years”.
Taking Gates’s words into account and the idea of new habits what can you do in 2024?