January 2013 is part of the history. Aside from the unbelievable run in the stock market, are your year resolution and new goals done and dusted? Are we serious in achieving them?
Goal settings and the commitment to achieve them do not come hand-in-hand; and at times, people set goals that are shy of the real purpose. It is easy to think that we want something when we do not really want it. Let’s use “obesity” as the situation. More research is showing that obesity is a growing problem for the younger generation. We may wish for healthy weight and yet wish more for the pleasure in food. We may wish for health but wish more for little exercise to keep up.
Some people set their goals around weight. How is the goal to “achieve the optimal weight” compared to the goal to “reduce the weight by 10 or 20 or 30 pounds”? There are many success stories around “weight loss in such and such period of time” and the impressive differences in the “before and after look”.
Say the goal is to “reduce the weight by 10 or 20 or 30 pounds”, there are numerous commercial products. So a person gets from 200 pounds to 170 pounds, very impressive. At 170 pounds, the goal is done and dusted. What happens next, the goal no longer exists, and chances are the weight is back up to closer to 200 pounds sooner or later. Then it becomes the goal again and it can be achieved again.
Say the goal is to “achieve optimal weight”, it is a scary goal to declare, it is a different approach and level of commitment. It is no long like a project that has start and end; and at the end, one can revert. It requires an ongoing effort and attention; and may even a change of living style and habit to achieve and sustain.
The common goal of job seeker is “to find a job”. Obviously so. Is the goal to get a job ASAP or to land on something that is in line with the overall career objective. It requires different commitment and willingness for the latter one.
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