With so many competing priorities at work, setting effective goals and staying motivated to achieve them has never been more important, though it’s not always easy! This week, Helen and Sarah are talking about how to set yourself up for success with goals and their example of what works best.
About this week’s episode:
How good are you at setting and sticking to your goals? It’s one of the key skills that can help you to be successful in your career (whatever success looks like for you), yet it’s not always easy. Often, people focus on the outcomes they want to achieve without considering the implications or systems they might need to put in place to achieve them. James Clear put this point forward when he says “Goal setting is not only about choosing the rewards you want to enjoy, but also the costs you are willing to pay.”
In episode 72 of the Squiggly Careers podcast, we explore the topic of goal setting, addressing issues like goal competition and different goal setting tools and techniques you can try out.
We discuss 5 actions you can take to improve your approach:
Finally, we mention some additional resources that might be of interest if you want to keep exploring goal setting:
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