Comments on: To The Goal Setting Nay-Sayers, Explain This… http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/ Goal Setting and Productivity for People Who Like Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Persistence Unlmtd http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/comment-page-1/#comment-53438 Persistence Unlmtd Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:37:51 +0000 http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/#comment-53438 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/</span></span> http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/

]]> By: Brad Isaac http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3697 Brad Isaac Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:21:32 +0000 http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/#comment-3697 <i>"Then it wouldn't feel like work to do goal setting. "</i> Matt, I know you know this, but the Fact is, it is work. :) The late Earl Nightingale used to say people need to <b>think</b> I am paraphrasing, but he'd say "Thinking is the hardest job in the world and people will do almost anything they can to avoid it, <b>even resort to crime to avoid it.</b> " “Then it wouldn’t feel like work to do goal setting. “

Matt, I know you know this, but the Fact is, it is work. :) The late Earl Nightingale used to say people need to think I am paraphrasing, but he’d say “Thinking is the hardest job in the world and people will do almost anything they can to avoid it, even resort to crime to avoid it. “

]]> By: Matt http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3628 Matt Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:53:17 +0000 http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/#comment-3628 Brad, I feel that we continue to encourage the "do it in your head" mentality by not teaching goal setting to the youth. It ought to be some type of required class. I can tell you with my own experience that I can make something happen by sheer will at times. But that still only happens as you describe in this posting. I want it bad enough and find a way to make it happen. I just didn't put it on paper and plan it out. Imagine how effective I could have been all these years by just getting in that good habit. Then it wouldn't feel like work to do goal setting. It would just be natural, kinda like cooking dinner. Hmmmm...... Brad, I feel that we continue to encourage the “do it in your head” mentality by not teaching goal setting to the youth. It ought to be some type of required class. I can tell you with my own experience that I can make something happen by sheer will at times. But that still only happens as you describe in this posting. I want it bad enough and find a way to make it happen. I just didn’t put it on paper and plan it out. Imagine how effective I could have been all these years by just getting in that good habit. Then it wouldn’t feel like work to do goal setting. It would just be natural, kinda like cooking dinner. Hmmmm……

]]> By: Brad Isaac http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3624 Brad Isaac Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:17:49 +0000 http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/#comment-3624 Hi Cloudrider, did you mean to say "Think and Grow Rich" <i>It focuses your mind on coming up with a plan and the rest is hard work to achieve that goal. The results certainly don't come for free, but it does work.</i> I get some people who argue that it shouldn't be work at all. As humans, we have to work at something, otherwise we statistically are unhappy and die young. So you might as well work at your own goals.. Hi Cloudrider, did you mean to say “Think and Grow Rich”

It focuses your mind on coming up with a plan and the rest is hard work to achieve that goal. The results certainly don’t come for free, but it does work.

I get some people who argue that it shouldn’t be work at all. As humans, we have to work at something, otherwise we statistically are unhappy and die young. So you might as well work at your own goals..

]]> By: cloudrider http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3529 cloudrider Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:11:35 +0000 http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/01/to-the-goal-setting-nay-sayers-explain-this/#comment-3529 Yes, thanks Brad, goal-setting definitely works - I recommend reading "Getting Things Done" by David Allen as well as "Think Rich, Grow Rich" by Napolean Hill. When you set your goal, you start working towards a plan to achieve that goal. It focuses your mind on coming up with a plan and the rest is hard work to achieve that goal. The results certainly don't come for free, but it does work. Yes, thanks Brad, goal-setting definitely works – I recommend reading “Getting Things Done” by David Allen as well as “Think Rich, Grow Rich” by Napolean Hill. When you set your goal, you start working towards a plan to achieve that goal. It focuses your mind on coming up with a plan and the rest is hard work to achieve that goal. The results certainly don’t come for free, but it does work.

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