Personal Goal Setting - 10 TipsWritten by Steve Gillman
Does personal goal setting work? Many people want things, situations or accomplishments, call these goals, and then are disappointed when they don't get them. Call desires goals if you want, but just naming your desires sure isn't effective goal setting. Good goals have some or all of following: 1. They are specific. "I want to be healthy" is too general. "I want to lose weight and walk three times a week," is better. 2. They are measurable. How many pounds do you want to lose? How much money do you want to make? How will you know if your relationship is better? 3. They are in writing. There is power in writing down your goals. It makes them more real, and this influences your subconscious mind, especially if you review goals regularly. 4. They are realistic. Sorry, but even if it is possible that you could become an astronaut, if you're already 55, you better try for becoming a pilot for now. Unrealistic goals set you up for failure. 5. They have deadlines. You'll have a new job by when? Setting dates really helps your progress. 6. They become plans. Making a goal into specific steps makes it much more likely. It isn't overwhelming to take one step at a time.
| | Can’t Memorize Anything? Why Your Memory StinksWritten by Sten Andersen
If you're like everybody I know and their grandma, you feel that your memory stinks. You can't even memorize your grocery list - and when you're finally done shopping, you've got no idea where you parked car. If you're lucky, you don't mix up names of your two youngest ones, who you've left and forgotten in back seat.But Do You Know Why Your Memory Acts Like A Rebellious Teenager? Now, before we delve into intricacies of memory and science of memorizing, let's perform a tiny experiment. Okay, do this. Try and see if you can recall incidents of same day as today, one week ago. Stop reading this article, look away from computer, and try recalling what you did exactly one week ago. Do it now. How much could you remember? Now try this. How about yesterday? How much can you remember from yesterday? Most people hardly remember anything from last week, and only some occurrences from yesterday. What would your situation be like if you where to testify in court, regarding happenings of previous day, or day of week before? A bad place for you to be? But relax. It's not your fault. You've never been trained on how to use your memory properly. That's why you don't know how to memorize things. Where Is My Cow's Ears? So here's a secret: For most people, problem does not lie within memory. Sure, we blame our bad memory, but usually, that's not real problem.
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