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Goal Setting
Setting and Achieving Powerful Goals
The ability to set goals is at the very core of personal productivity, career success, and effective leadership; and the resources on this page help you learn how to do this. Explore the articles below, and start setting – and achieving – your goals today!
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Personal Goal Setting
Planning to Live Your Life Your Way
Setting targets has been shown time and again to a reliable indicator of personal success. Put simply, if you use goal setting routinely, you're likely to be successful. If you don't, you probably won't be.
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Locke's Goal Setting Theory
Understanding SMART Goal Setting
Many of us take goal setting for granted as an everyday component of success. Learn the origins of common goal setting principles, and find out why we set goals the way we do.
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Golden Rules of Goal Setting
Five Rules to Set Yourself Up for Success
It's as easy to understand as 1-2-3 (well, and 4-5 as too!) In this article, learn about our Five Golden Rules of Goal Setting.
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Backward Goal Setting
Using Backward Planning to Set Goals
Goal planning typically goes from point A to B to C. But what if you start at C, and then work back toward A? Find out why this can have a different, useful outcome!
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New Year's Resolutions
Planning for a Year of Achievement
Will you be making or breaking New Years Resolutions this year? With all the hype and the pressure, it’s easy to fail. Learn instead how to set yourself up for success, with our step-by-step guide to making this a year of achievement.
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Using Well-Formed Outcomes in Goal Setting
Have you ever set a goal, but not really achieved it? Use this approach to turn your vision and dreams into reality.
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