Uncovering The Secrets To Better Goal Setting

Do you sometimes feel a little bit aimless in what you’re doing? You lack motivation. You lack confidence, You generally find it hard to get yourself going. If so, goal setting might help you get back on track.

You don’t hail a taxi and say to the driver, “take me somewhere!”

Yet, we often go about our work in exactly that way. This is where goal setting can help, giving us direction.

Goal setting is a fundamental mental skill for athletes in sport. Goal setting involves the development of an action plan designed to motivate and guide a person or group toward a goal. Goal setting keeps us ‘on task.’

• Goals provide direction.

• Goals help us stay motivated.

• Goals allow us to accomplish feats we may not have believed possible.

What are your goals for today, for this week, for this month, for this year? If you don’t have any, you don’t know where that taxi driver might take you!