Great Article on Goal Setting

I think I will actually do the exercise laid out in this Article. Here are some excerpts:

Start by writing down what you think your current goal is.

As an end state, it should sound something like:

1. I have created a successful site that promotes our products well and creates over a hundred sales leads a month
2. I am confident in my web design expertise and about going for that job, and I feel relaxed hanging out with those other new media professionals
3. Because of my work on the site, my colleagues respect me as the authority in web design, and my boss wants to give me that promotion

Note that these goals are expressed in the present tense! That’s what you focus on – what it feels like and looks like to have created something.

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Avoid “My goal is to create…” or “My goal is to design…”, because these represent doing processes, not being places.

If you make doing your goal, that’s what you’ll receive – continuous effort. Focus on the end result, and your mind will find its way directly through the doing.

[I love riding my mountain bike over rocky terrain. I've learnt to focus my eyes down the trail, and to look at the spaces between rocks, not at the rocks themselves. If I look at the rock, I ride into it. Moral: You hit what you focus on.]

If you’ve got even a rough idea of where you wish to be, great work! You’re already ahead in the design game.

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