For many of us, family is at the heart of our values, so how do you set goals around for family life? Find out how you can set goals around family andRead More…
Is giving good?
Giving to others can be a reward. If you would like to find out more about the role rewards play in IMPACT Goals, then you can join a workshop Last week IRead More…
’Tis the season…
It’s the season for giving, but what rewards do you give yourself? Claudia Hammond highlighted that the benefit of giving to yourself in her interview on self-care with Prof. Miranda Wolpert MBE and MaggyRead More…
Making sense of dreams
At an IMPACT Goal workshop recently, one of the delegates asked whether they could draw their goal rather than write it. Why not? After all, aren’t dreams visual? Well, not necessarily. WeRead More…
The gap in SMART goal setting
I touched on how values motivate us and why they are important in goal setting in my blog last week. Let me give you a simple example. Say I set a goalRead More…
Money has value but is not a value
We used to define special days by collective values, such as national pride and religion. We now have a day there is defined by when retailers reach a monetary value: “Black Friday”.Read More…
Missing values
When we are asked to set goals, we are sometimes told to make them SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timebound. When I do this, I find something is missing unless theyRead More…
The power of IMPACT Goals
The power of integrating my goals with my values became clear through a better understanding of myself, as well as the nature of goal setting. I came to realise that I couldRead More…
Book review: Built to Last
Built to Last is a management book that all aspiring executives should read. It uses an evidence-based approach to lay out corporate behaviours that separate visionary companies from the rest of theRead More…
The importance of “Why?”
“Why” can be the hardest part for us to figure out when setting a goal. You could set a goal that appears realistic and measurable, such as seeking a promotion or changingRead More…