Failure to Achieve a Goal
Here it is, just over 3 months after we all made our New Years Resolutions.
People have historically made goals on January 1st and failed to achieve them. It is almost a given and widely joked about.
When we are in business for ourselves, particularly if we are running a small home based business, we often set goals for ourselves throughout the year.
Our goals include personal and business growth.
It is our intention that we achieve all of our goals. We are a community of success driven dreamers who fully intend to reach those dreams.
There are those times that we do not reach our goals.
I have just experienced one of those times.
A few months ago I made the commitment to enter the Ezine Articles 100 articles in 100 days.
I was on a roll, then things changed on the homefront and I didn’t have the time to continue writing.
I didn’t meet the challenge of 100 articles.
What I did do was write 28 more articles than I had before the challenge.
Most of those articles are ones I wouldn’t have committed myself to writing had I not been in the challenge.
You see, we are better off when we set goals for ourselves, even if we don’t achieve them.
It gives us a personal challenge to grow and practice success.
If we do not meet our goals, it is important that we look at what we did accomplish.
By setting the bar high, as long as we work to reach that goal, we have achieved the goal of trying.
As everybody knows, there are two groups of people:
1. People who give lip service to success.
2. People who push towards meeting goals.
So what is the next step?
Evaluate what you did. Identify what worked, what didn’t, and what you need to do differently next time.
Then, set a new goal.
It really is that simple.
In the world of teaching it is called Review, Reflect, & Revise. We must always be doing this to ensure that we are being effective.
Believe in Your Success, I Do!
Karen
mentor.karen.j.miller@gmail.com
