Once you’ve generated ideas for goals, take a closer look at the ideas to select the best ones. Dreams become goals and ideas become projects when you decide to take action on them. Go for the goals that are the most meaningful to you. Do a regular weekly review of your progress. Learn more about Evaluating Ideas and Projects.
Evaluate Goals and Ideas:
1. WHY do you want to acheive this goal? Does it fit your purpose and involve Active, Inspiring, Meaningful Solutions that aim for a vision?
2. WHICH will make best use of your strengths and talents? Which will provide the greatest value? Which give the most significant results? Which are the top priorities? Which fit your mission statement most closely?
3. WHAT is the goal or idea? What would the result look like? What are the chances of achieving it? What actions will need to be taken? Will it lead to learning, growth, and improvement? Will it contribute to long-range goals? What obstacles might be encountered, what solutions can you employ?
4. HOW could it be accomplished? What resources will be needed? Are they available? Are the benefits of achieving the goal worth the investment of resources? How can you manage your time to accomplish it? How can you increase focus? How can you overcome procrastination and get motivated? How will you measure results? Do you have all the information you need? How much do you want to achieve it? Do you have the Desire? Are you willing to make the commitment of resources required?
5. WHO is involved? What is the effect on others? Will it benefit everyone involved? Who will be responsible for implementation?
6. WHEN will it be accomplished? How long would it take? Is there a deadline involved?
7. WHERE will you go?
- Persistence or Reinvention
- Learn more about How to Set Goals and explore the Goal Toolkit.
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Nice post. One thing, i’m running Win 7 with the Firefox 4 Beta browser and your columns are overlapping a little. Though you may want to fix it 🙂
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