Comments on: Effective Goals http://www.fixyourtodolist.com/blog/2006/03/04/effective-goals/ Thoughts about personal (and relaxed) productivity. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:39:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jeffrey http://www.fixyourtodolist.com/blog/2006/03/04/effective-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-13 jeffrey Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:40:39 +0000 http://www.fixyourtodolist.com/blog/?p=27#comment-13 What a great comment; thanks TjL. :-) Looking at the "R" - what's realistic - makes the goal do-able and "A"chievable. What a great comment; thanks TjL. :-) Looking at the “R” – what’s realistic – makes the goal do-able and “A”chievable.

]]> By: TjL http://www.fixyourtodolist.com/blog/2006/03/04/effective-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-12 TjL Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:55:23 +0000 http://www.fixyourtodolist.com/blog/?p=27#comment-12 All of these are important, but I find that "Achievable" is a difficult one for folks to wrap their heads around. For example, what can you control in a Membership drive? You can't *make* people join a program, but you can make sure that you invite them. If you figure out that it takes, on average, 10 invitations to get 1 new member, the goal is to make at least 10 invitations, because that is what you can control. Setting a goal of "10 new members" leaves your success in the hands of others. Setting a goal of "Inviting 100 people to become new members" leaves your success squarely in your hands. All of these are important, but I find that “Achievable” is a difficult one for folks to wrap their heads around.

For example, what can you control in a Membership drive? You can’t *make* people join a program, but you can make sure that you invite them. If you figure out that it takes, on average, 10 invitations to get 1 new member, the goal is to make at least 10 invitations, because that is what you can control.

Setting a goal of “10 new members” leaves your success in the hands of others. Setting a goal of “Inviting 100 people to become new members” leaves your success squarely in your hands.

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