Tag: goal setting
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Week 21: Goal, aim or target – what’s the difference and why does it even matter?
I’ve been giving career guidance sessions now for ten years. During that time, one thing that has been consistent is the lack of agreed definition with regards to the words we use about career progression. Some people say goals, others use aims, some even use targets. Because they’re all the same anyway right, and really,…
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Week 20: ”I think therefore I could be”: all goals start in the mind.
Ten years ago, I was teaching philosophy to 17 year olds. One group in particular had been kind of written off as low achieving, and were only in my class to fill their timetable. There were four of them (students, not classes.) And me? I have no degree in philosophy, and knew nothing about it…
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Week 19: Why Plan B is the key to success.
This post introduces a slight, but very important, change in trajectory for this weekly series. I am going to take you through the theory and advice on creating, setting, and achieving your goals. Whatever they might be. I’m going to take ten years of guidance and reflecting on my job, on what has worked and…
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Week 16: The ‘Plateau of Progress’ and how to handle it.
I’m not too sure why I put that phrase in some kind of quote marks. It’s not a quote that I know of but it sums up how I feel regarding my ongoing recovery. So let’s say that you’re aiming for something. An end point. An achievement of some kind. Big, small, short term long…
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Week 15: Having a problem reaching your goal? Why refocusing is the key.
What happens when we see danger ahead on the path towards our goal? Generally, we don’t like to feel like we have failed. Or perhaps worse still, feel like others see us as a failure. Goal setting is often used as a way of making us feel we are becoming better, more improved in some…
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Weeks 12, 13 and 14: Christmas Highs, New Year Lows, and how to use goals to recover your physical and mental health.
I’ve been learning how to walk again. This is a lengthy post about my recovery from a lower back/spine problem. I’ve added tips about how I manage recovery mentally and physically. The Christmas and New Year period were for me emotionally tough (first without my mother who passed last year), then very physically challenging. I…
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Week 11/52: Downtime.
I’ve learned the hard way in previous projects that a key component in achieving a goal is having downtime. Proper rest. Not scheduled in, not with any kind of aim, but just time to rest and recuperate. I have a series of warning signs I look out for, mentally and physically, which usually mean I…
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