Goals Get You to Where You Want to Be
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GOALS GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE 2
Setting goals has been known as the most practical and valid measure for
motivation, as per a research held by Edwin Locke and Professor Gary Latham. (Langton’s et al,
2016. Pg. 139). Goals provide a direction and path that needs to be followed to achieve success.
There are many ways that goals can motivate individuals at work or in their personal lives. These
motivations can be in the form of creating a sense of attention, regulate effort that needs to be put
in to achieve a task, increase persistence and encourage the expansion of strategies and plans.
For goals to be effectively set individuals should identify their task, specify a deadline, prioritize
the goals, rate the goals for difficulty and importance and get feedback. (Langton’s et al, 2016.
Pg. 162) These are some ways that individuals can follow to make sure goals are being followed
and are effective. These steps can help employees and individuals be focused and determined to
achieve their goals. In contrast, even though goals seem to be a positive way to bring the best
outcome they are not always effective. As there are many advantages of goal settings in
individuals and business practices there are many negative impacts for the same.
Personal goal is a result which requires efforts to meet. “Personal goals are goals set by
an individual to influence the direction of his efforts. Personal goals are dreams trying to become
reality.” (Rebecca, 2015) In order to achieve personal goal, individual need to commit and
motivate themselves to make sure they are focused. Goal setting can be a good motivation but
there is always some advantages and disadvantages of setting personal goal but most of them are
advantages. Some of advantages include. Personal goal setting can provide a future direction
which can which can guide individual in everyday decision-making process, also it help in
planning strategy to work towards the individual target.
