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Goal Agoalorobjectiveisadesiredresultananimalorasystemenvisionsplansandcommitsto achieve—apersonalororganizationaldesiredendͲpointinsomesortofassumeddevelopment. Manypeopleendeavortoreachgoalswithinafinitetimebysettingdeadlines. Itisroughlysimilartopurposeoraim,theanticipatedresultwhichguidesreaction,oranend, whichisanobject,eitheraphysicalobjectoranabstractobject,thathasintrinsicvalue. GoalSetting GoalͲsettingideallyinvolvesestablishingspecific,measurable,attainable,realisticandtimeͲ targetedobjectives.WorkonthegoalͲsettingtheorysuggeststhatitcanserveasaneffective toolformakingprogressbyensuringthatparticipantshaveaclearawarenessofwhatthey mustdotoachieveorhelpachieveanobjective.Onapersonallevel,theprocessofsetting goalsallowspeopletospecifyandthenworktowardstheirownobjectives—mostcommonly financialorcareerͲbasedgoals.GoalͲsettingcomprisesamajorcomponentofpersonal development.AgoalcanbelongͲtermorshortͲterm. ShortͲTermGoals ShortͲtermgoalsexpectaccomplishmentinashortperiodoftime,suchastryingtogetabill paidinthenextfewdays.ThedefinitionofashortͲtermgoalneednotrelatetoanyspecific lengthoftime.Inotherwords,onemayachieve(orfailtoachieve)ashortͲtermgoalinaday, week,month,year,etc.ThetimeͲframeforashortͲtermgoalrelatestoitscontextintheoverall timelinethatitisbeingappliedto.Forinstance,onecouldmeasureashortͲtermgoalfora monthͲlongprojectindays;whereasonemightmeasureashortͲtermgoalforsomeone’s lifetimeinmonthsorinyears.PlannersusuallydefineshortͲtermgoalsinrelationtoalongͲ termgoalorgoals. PersonalGoals Individualscansetpersonalgoals.Astudentmaysetagoalofahighmarkinanexam.An athletemightrunfivemilesaday.AtravelermighttrytoreachadestinationͲcitywithinthree hours.Financialgoalsareacommonexample,tosaveforretirementortosaveforapurchase. Managinggoalscangivereturnsinallareasofpersonallife.Knowingpreciselywhatonewants toachievemakesclearwhattoconcentrateandimproveon,andoftensubconsciously prioritizesthatgoal.
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