"There's nothing wrong with having your goals really high and trying to achieve them.That's the fun part you may come up short.I'ave come up short on a lot on my goals,but it's always a fun to try and achieve them"
- Tiger Woods
What are goals ???
There are certain things in life that you want to accomplish or milestones that you may wish to achieve.Those are your dreams and the moment to put deadline on them and commit yourself towards them, those become your goals.
It is always better to set challenging goals even if that means occasionally falling short,rather than set simple goals which could lead to dissatisfaction and leave you wondering if they were to easy.Often people are inclined to set rather simple goals for themselves & in process they forget that kind of goals one sets tells the world what kid of person you are.This is best highlighted in Harry Potter & Chamber of Secrets when Dumbledore tells the young Harry "It is our choices,Harry,that show what we are truly,for more than our abilities".This applies to young students,production managers,sales executives etc.
As Dr. Mandi rightly said when you set a goal it should be challenging. To achieve that goal you need to stretch every bit of your abilities and once to achieve it next time you need to set even more challenging goal & work towards achieving it.We need to set and achieve goals in a upward spiral.
One thing I firmly believe is that one's goals must be out of reach but not out of sight.Goals must be realistic.A good example to support above statement would be the tower building (using small building blocks) exercise conducted in class.The previous record was 27 blocks tower and the team aimed for 30 block tower which was out of reach (taking a clue from previous attempts &given set of constraints ) but definitely not out of sight.
The team succeeded in breaking the previous record which was combination of higher expectations of them from others & themselves.Such a condition where greater the expectation placed upon the people,better they perform is called Pygmalion effect or Rosenthal effect.
The Pygmalion effect is an important instrument in management theory. It makes managers be aware, that the success of their employees depends not only on qualification, personal qualities or working environment. Manager always has to believe in his people and expect them to achieve the best results. In such case the subordinates will always feel this trust and demonstrate their best skills and abilities in their work.
Signing out on a note: What you achieve is a function of what you think you are.
- Tiger Woods
What are goals ???
There are certain things in life that you want to accomplish or milestones that you may wish to achieve.Those are your dreams and the moment to put deadline on them and commit yourself towards them, those become your goals.
It is always better to set challenging goals even if that means occasionally falling short,rather than set simple goals which could lead to dissatisfaction and leave you wondering if they were to easy.Often people are inclined to set rather simple goals for themselves & in process they forget that kind of goals one sets tells the world what kid of person you are.This is best highlighted in Harry Potter & Chamber of Secrets when Dumbledore tells the young Harry "It is our choices,Harry,that show what we are truly,for more than our abilities".This applies to young students,production managers,sales executives etc.
As Dr. Mandi rightly said when you set a goal it should be challenging. To achieve that goal you need to stretch every bit of your abilities and once to achieve it next time you need to set even more challenging goal & work towards achieving it.We need to set and achieve goals in a upward spiral.
One thing I firmly believe is that one's goals must be out of reach but not out of sight.Goals must be realistic.A good example to support above statement would be the tower building (using small building blocks) exercise conducted in class.The previous record was 27 blocks tower and the team aimed for 30 block tower which was out of reach (taking a clue from previous attempts &given set of constraints ) but definitely not out of sight.
The team succeeded in breaking the previous record which was combination of higher expectations of them from others & themselves.Such a condition where greater the expectation placed upon the people,better they perform is called Pygmalion effect or Rosenthal effect.
The Pygmalion effect is an important instrument in management theory. It makes managers be aware, that the success of their employees depends not only on qualification, personal qualities or working environment. Manager always has to believe in his people and expect them to achieve the best results. In such case the subordinates will always feel this trust and demonstrate their best skills and abilities in their work.
Signing out on a note: What you achieve is a function of what you think you are.
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