Greetings. I am very glad to see everyone! As soon as the New Year holidays subside, people begin to think about how to improve their lives in the new year and what goals they should set. But before you start writing a new chapter, you need to remember the previous one and draw the appropriate conclusions. So, the topic is hackneyed, but with new tips and ideas from coaches - how to correctly write goals for the year, namely for 2018.

If this year you have decided to clearly and scrupulously set goals, as I did, then I propose to walk with me through all the recommendations given by coaches and psychologists. And the most important recommendation is to determine the truth of the goal. If the goal is false, then it is unlikely that it will be achieved this year. How to do it a little below. Coaches recommend starting with an assessment of the previous year (internal and external changes, spiritual and material acquisitions) and, of course, gratitude to yourself and everyone for all these changes.

Questions for the last year

In order to revise the past year, we invite you to answer the following questions. Try to be as honest and objective as possible, because your motivation to act for the good of the future depends on your assessments.

1. How much did you like the outgoing year?
2. How many positive events were there? Which one would you like to remember forever?
3. Which of the plans did you manage to implement? What results have you achieved in various areas of your life?
4. Describe the past year in one phrase.
5. What cases did you fail to complete? For what reason?
6. What have you learned? What knowledge and skills have you acquired? What books have you read? What experience did you get?
7. How much has your monthly income grown compared to last year?
8. What are you regretting? Remember and forgive yourself.
9. Do you want to live this year the same way as the previous one?

The assignment is best done in writing to re-read the results and decide if you are satisfied with them. And if not, then ask yourself why, out of 365 days, did you competently use only a few of them for yourself? Wasn't there an opportunity to learn something new, please yourself by reading a good book, or go to some event for vivid impressions?

And, the most offensive, probably in January of that year, you imagined exactly how your life would change if you set goals and begin to realize yourself. So why have the goals not been achieved?

How to set goals correctly?

Starting a new life is not easy because it involves giving up laziness and regularly stepping over obstacles. Be sure that as soon as you set yourself a new goal, the most unfavorable conditions will be created around for its achievement. This is why people usually do not fulfill their own plans. This is directly related to the natural fear of changing one's life and one's own personality, because no goal will be fulfilled without doing a lot of work on oneself and the environment.

It is natural for a person to be in a state of lack of will and to act according to a familiar, predictable scenario, and in order to achieve a goal, it is necessary to abandon this and change everything. Understand that your task is not only to set a goal, but to act as well.

In order to overcome yourself and the difficulties that arise on the way over and over again, you need to really want to achieve the goal. You should get satisfaction from the process of working on your own desires. Imposed and other people's goals must be cut off at the very beginning of the path, because they will never bring happiness.

It is important to clearly formulate your own goals for the next year, covering all areas of life. For example, personal, work, financial, and so on. The more specific, the better. Be sure to record each step in achieving your goal.

Goal setting plan

1. To form the lifestyle of the desired next year in various areas of your life (career, family, leisure).
2. Determine your true goals for the next year.
3. Develop a plan to achieve them.
4. Act.

The story of John Goddard

John Goddard is known as a researcher, traveler, scientist and anthropologist. He has written several books, won many awards and has been in the Guinness Book of Records several times. As a fifteen-year-old teenager, he listed on paper 127 goals for life, among which were the conquest of the largest rivers, climbing the highest peaks, piloting the latest aircraft and studying lost tribes. For 87 years of his life, John Goddard has completed 114 points from his list.

Life list

A life list is a list of those goals that a person would like to achieve during his life. Often the items on such a list are called not goals, but desires, so that a person does not limit himself on one or another basis.

Life List Criteria

1. The fulfillment of desires / goals should be up to you.
2. These should be emotionally charged and significant events.
3. Don't include buying an item for the sake of the item; indicate what it is for.
4. Check if this is your desire, and not imposed?
5. Be as specific as possible.

Before taking on goals for the next year, it is recommended to draw up your own life list and write down everything that comes to mind, if it does not contradict the above criteria. Feel free to list your childhood and teenage dreams. Many psychologists believe that it is the fulfillment of childhood dreams that makes people truly happy.

And don't laugh at yourself! If you dreamed of becoming a famous guitarist, why not finally buy a guitar and learn how to play it? Maybe not a lifelong business, but a wonderful hobby that can give a feeling of happiness.

Imagine your own funeral

This task may seem gloomy and extremely unpleasant, but its completion is necessary in order for a person to understand the value of his own life, and clearly imagine what trace he wants to leave behind. Don't take these questions as a bad omen.

1. Imagine that you are at your own funeral. Recommend something to yourself in the present tense from this perceptual position.
2. What will your loved ones, relatives, friends, colleagues and acquaintances say as parting words? How will they describe you and your accomplishments in various areas of life?
3. What would you like to hear from them?

After rereading your own answers to the questions, draw conclusions that will help you improve the quality of your life and appreciate the present day. Faced with death, even mentally, a person experiences a powerful upsurge in life.

Goals and values

Now is the time to talk about urgent goals for the foreseeable future. Divide the paper into three parts and write down your goals for 3 years, 1 year and the last 6 months of life (just imagine what you would do if you knew about your imminent death). It is advisable to limit yourself to 6 items in each category.

Then take a new piece of paper, divide it into three parts again and write down the values ​​of personal life, activity and leisure (also 6 pieces in each area). Make sure that the lists are not imposed, that is, not your values.

Now draw lines from each value to those goals that satisfy those values. Those goals that satisfy more values ​​are true. You can rate the goals in this way. If there is a goal that does not satisfy any value, then it is unlikely that it will be achieved until your values ​​change.

Here's what I got. The numbers in the circle next to the goals are how many values ​​it supports.

The fact is that those goals that satisfy the maximum number of values ​​and are supported by them have a better chance of being realized, since they have strong internal support. It is very important that goals and values ​​are linked. Understanding the truth of purpose and value is already a step towards changing life for the better.

Particular attention should be paid to those goals that you would set yourself for the last 6 months of life. Often there are desires that evoke a powerful emotional response, but are constantly postponed for later for one reason or another. Sit down and think carefully, is it worth it to constantly put them in a distant box, if their achievement can give the much-desired feeling of happiness and complete satisfaction?

Checking the target for truth

If you think about your goal and don't feel anything inside, then you should immediately cross it off the list. Yes, it can be good, useful, correct on all counts. But it is impossible to achieve it without a physiological response, since the main instrument for achieving the goal is a person, and he will not act until he feels emotionally involved in the process. The thought of a goal should inspire excitement, joy, and a desire to act now. Otherwise, it is far-fetched and worthless.

How to check the target for truth?

1. When you think about a goal, do you feel an increase in vitality?
2. Presenting the image of the goal and the results of its achievement, do you want to start the process now?
3. Can you give a clear and concise answer to the question why this goal is needed? What opportunities will open up for you, how its achievement will affect all aspects of life.
4. Is there a connection with childhood dreams. After all, such goals are the most emotional and can give energy to achieve a result.
5. Will you enjoy the very process of achieving your goal?
6. Are you ready to fight to achieve your goal at the expense of your usual way of life and comfort?
7. Imagine that you have achieved your goal. Do you like changes and consequences?
8. Do you believe in your own ability to achieve your goal?

Be sure to assess the prospects of the goal, because it should be followed by new opportunities that can change life for the better. Do not work in vain for goals that are not capable of unleashing your potential.

And remember, it is not the result that is important - the achievement of the goal, but the transformation of you as a person in the process of achieving the goal. The process of achieving itself must be pleasant, you must be in a state of "intense pleasure." And this is possible only if the goal is true and desired.

The goal must be paid

A goal cannot be global, good, and convenient at the same time. Recognize the need to pay for the achievement of goals with various inconveniences associated with constant work on yourself, overcoming difficulties, changes in lifestyle. The inability to achieve a goal in one area of ​​life without affecting others.

Once you have realized this, sit down and analyze the changes that will occur in the process and as a result of achieving the goals. Do they completely and completely suit you, or do they disintegrate the established order from the ground? Are you ready to sacrifice something for the sake of a better life, or is the usual life still more expensive? If you want to give up a goal, then this is absolutely normal, you should not even get upset.

But if you are ready for all the changes that come with it, then take action and do not let your own fears and habits sabotage you along the way.

Make sure that:

• the goal is desirable and achievable;
• it is worth it to be achieved;
• the actions necessary to achieve are natural and normal;
• life after reaching the goal will get better;
• you have all the abilities to achieve this goal;
• you deserve this goal.

A positive goal statement

It is very important to formulate goals correctly. You cannot use negative language, for example, “I don’t want to live in this city,” implying a desire to move somewhere. Why not write “I want to move to Moscow / Kiev / London”?

You should not limit yourself to this point, imagine your goal in colors, images and sounds, write them down too. Realize how you know you have achieved your goal and mark this with the next item. For greater efficiency, it is recommended to describe why this goal is so important to you and whether some values ​​support it. If so, which ones?

Remember, being specific is your best friend.

Prepare for difficulties

It has been said repeatedly that achieving your goals is not easy. This is fraught with certain difficulties and challenges. It is best to prepare for this by making a list of those difficulties that may await you on the way to achieving this or that goal, so that later, when an obstacle appears on the way, you do not pass up and do not lose determination. Play all possible scenarios in your head and immediately note how you would react to certain events that could interfere with you. This is a great cheat sheet for the future.

Don't let your goals remain on paper. Your life is in your hands and you always deserve more than you have!

How to start the achievement?

Guys, I look forward to your comments. Did you like it for so long and difficult, in a new way, to set goals? Did you manage to finish reading and do everything to the end.

Goal setting- this is making a choice of either one or several goals with the definition of parameters of permissible deviations to control the process of implementing ideas. Often, of course, as a practical awareness of his own activities by an individual from the perspective of setting goals and their implementation (achievement) by more profitable means, as the best control over the time resource determined by the activities of the subjects.

Goal-setting is a kind of primary stage of management, which provides for the setting of a main goal or a set of goals that correspond to the purpose, strategic instructions (strategic goal-setting) and the nature of the tasks that need to be resolved.

Goal setting process

The concept of goal-setting is used to name short training sessions that study planning systems, methods of time resource management, the result of which will be the achievement of: the ability to plan working hours, taking into account the near (distant) prospects and the importance of the tasks; ability to identify optimal solutions; the ability to correctly set goals and implement them.

The process of goal-setting is the starting point in any activity of individuals, since there are simply no goals outside of activity. The principles of goal setting are used in almost all areas of activity.

There are 10 essential points in the goal-setting process.

1. Unconscious needs are the basis of any activity. A need is an objective need for something. Often needs are imposed on subjects, that is, they exist independently of the will of the individual. So, for example, a person must breathe, drink and eat in order to live. As a basis, you can take Maslow's hierarchy of needs - from lowest to highest.

2. Usually a perceived need is a motive. However, since the individual in the process of life comprehends many different needs, the unified motivational system of the subject is defined as rather complex, contradictory and partially conscious. In psychology, there is a phenomenon called the struggle of motives. This means that motives have a hierarchical system of significance and compete with each other. The most significant or winning motive is the goal. The components of the motivational process are motivations, that is, conscious arguments that prove and explain the significance of the motive.

3. The goal is an objectified desire, that is, the individual's understanding of what he wants. It is a flawless image that distorts reality. As an ideal image, it is a rather complex complex formation, which consists of their formulations, arguments, forecasts and expectations, fantasies, guesses, etc. how it will be realized.

4. Internal potential forecasting mechanisms are used for target selection. For staging, an event with a higher degree of subjective probability is more often chosen.

5. The real result with the goal as an internal image and subjective prediction always diverge.

6. The image of the process of achieving the goal and the idea of ​​the resources expended are always included in the image of the goal. Planning is a conscious analysis (clarification) and a written fixation of the steps to achieve the goal and the required resources.

7. Ideas about the ongoing processes and the expended resources of implementation will always diverge from what is available in reality. Even the most ideal planning combines some inaccuracies that have to be adjusted in the process.

8. The more clearly and clearly the goal is realized and presented, the more intensive the motivational processes for its achievement, as well as the more activity in achieving the result.

9. The more intense motivation at the beginning, the more the subjective potential of the goal will be distorted.

10. In psychology, there is a fairly well-known law of motivation, which is called the goal gradient. It lies in the fact that the closer the individual comes to the result, the more intense the power of motivation, as well as the activity of activity.

The goal setting process is quite lengthy and complex. Its complexity lies in the need to transform unconscious desires into a clearly and distinctly formulated goal, in building a plan of necessary actions and resources in the mind to achieve a result. And the duration of goal-setting is determined by the fact that it does not end only with the choice of a goal at the beginning of the activity. In the course of activity, many inconsistencies arise between the image and the existing results.

The basics of goal-setting are the key to the realization of desires and ideas.

Goals and goal setting

A goal is what a person seeks to achieve, an object of striving, a desired outcome, something that is desirable to realize, but not necessarily achievable.

Purpose in philosophy means a representation that an individual seeks to realize. It appears to be a product of conscious activity and will, a subjective form of volitional motivation, however, similarly to internal mental phenomena, the concept of a goal is transferred to the external objective world.

The goal is an ideal internal anticipation of the results of an activity and the possibility of achieving it using certain means. So, the goal is interconnected with the aspirations and desires of the individual, with intentions, with the ideas of the future, with consciousness and will. That is, it is the basis for any action, deed, and will also be its final result.

The goals are ranked in three levels:

• The first level is the operational target. These are momentary, mundane goals that are subordinate to tactics. They are rarely defined by themselves; rather, they are the concretization of actions in achieving tactical goals.

• The second level is tactical goals. They go out of strategic guidelines. Tactical goals concretize components such as their value. They are, in fact, steps and tasks that are aimed at achieving strategic goals.

• The third level is strategic goals. They are the most significant among other life goals. They determine the path of life progress of a person, a group of people or an organization as a whole. The life of an individual in all its manifestations and steps in life determines strategic goals. They are the guiding factor in any activity.

The nature of personality formation and its variability reflect the properties of goals. These include: depth, their consistency, plasticity, correctness.

The depth of goals lies in their impact on different areas of life and the level of such influence. This property characterizes strategic goals. The degree of interconnectedness and influence on other goals is determined by such a property as consistency.

Over time, any goals undergo transformation - plasticity is responsible for this. Due to the fact that values ​​are formed gradually, strategic goals are also undergoing changes.

The consistency between tactical goals and strategic values-goals is determined by such a property as the correctness of goals. The main characteristic of goals is their individuality. Even if they are named the same, each person for their goals has certain personal values ​​and subjective meanings.

Goal setting is the process of setting goals. This process is a kind of creativity. And the higher the goal level, the more creative the process will be. At the operational and slightly tactical levels, the goal-setting process is more associated with analytical thinking and logic, then at the strategic level it is associated with creativity and synthetic thinking.

In order for the goal-setting process to be successful, an individual must know himself well, his leading motives and values, must be creative and strong-willed, and have a good imagination. The structuredness of thinking and logic also play a huge role.

In a general sense, goal setting is a skill that can be trained with appropriate practice.

The meaning of goal-setting is the manifestation of the existential essence of the individual, i.e. it is a process of actively generating reality. This is one of the basic needs of an individual. Goal setting is aimed at increasing energy levels. It is a powerful self-motivating factor. Goal setting minimizes or completely removes the level of anxiety and reduces uncertainty.

But the rejection of goal-setting is sometimes associated with intrapersonal conflicts, with fears that are caused by the experience of setting goals without achieving them, with a lack of information about personal potential, resources for their movement and achievement.

The principles of goal-setting, development of the structure of goals lie in consistency and interconnection.

Planning and goal setting

The most important things for an individual who strives to achieve success in life is planning and goal setting. After all, to achieve a goal means to win. Successful subjects win, unsuccessful ones try to win. This is the essential difference between purposeful and non-purposeful actions. First of all, goal-setting is a goal that needs to be achieved. It follows from needs, acquires motivation, and then work takes place directly on the achievement.

The need for goal-setting and the formation of plans for the implementation of such goal-setting is the basic need of the individual, which distinguishes man and society from animals.

Happiness and satisfaction with the life of an individual are dependent on competent goal-setting.

Luck is a patterned process, and it starts with making a plan. Success can be achieved much faster if there is a strategic plan. In personal strategic planning, goal-setting most fully reveals its potential.

Strategic subjective planning contributes to:

• determination of the most important directions, finding the purpose and meaning of life;

• making positively charged decisions and improving the future;

• concentration of efforts on what really matters;

• achieving the highest results as soon as possible;

• a significant increase in the level of productivity of their own actions;

• enjoying more complete balance, freedom and money;

• elimination of fear, anxiety, uncertainty and doubt;

• more effective use of their own skills and best practices;

• improving overall calmness and quality of life;

• more production, which ultimately leads to greater results.

Strategic goal-setting is based on the fact that the life of individuals cannot go according to the plan if the plan itself does not exist.

The goal setting process is inextricably linked to the hierarchy of needs. Maslow's hierarchy of needs was created without taking into account the breakdown according to the levels of its probabilistic implementation. Themselves are expressed in general forms and only in a specific internal relationship. It follows from this that the satisfaction of a need at one level can completely close the question of this need. This means that this need will not receive any further development. The movement is directed from satisfying the needs of one level to another. That is, the satisfaction of material needs precedes the need for personal development. However, as practice shows, the satisfaction of one material need entails the emergence of other material needs, and does not necessarily generate a need for development.

Thus, Maslow's pyramid can be viewed from the position of two directions of movement, i.e. satisfaction of the needs of one level in the future leads to movement in two directions: satisfaction of the needs of the same level or satisfaction of the needs of the next level.

It is this bi-directional movement that lies at the heart of goal-setting - setting what to do and planning.

At the same time, goal-setting implies the fulfillment of two tasks. The first is to close the current level of the pyramid and move to the next higher level. The second is the transition to a need that is at the same level of the next pyramid.

The same situation is with planning: what should be done to move to the next level, and what actions need to be done in order to move to the same level of the next pyramid.

Strategic planning is a systematic, consistent and logical process that is based on rational (reasonable) thinking. Along with this, it also represents the art of forecasting, choosing alternative solutions and researching.

Generalized goal-setting, depending on the levels of the pyramid, presupposes clarification by a certain person of his own tasks at the corresponding levels. For goal-setting, the concretization of the actions of individuals and planning of movement are implemented.

Goal setting lesson

In scientific works, such definitions of goals are most widespread: the anticipated outcome of activity, the objective reflection of the future, the individual image of the desired, which is ahead of the reflection of circumstances in the consciousness of the individual.

In education, a goal is understood as an anticipated result, i.e. an educational product that needs to be real and specific.

Goal-setting today is a problem of the modern lesson. The foundations of goal-setting are an essential element in achieving successful performance. Indeed, the ways of achieving them and the final outcomes depend on how well the goals are formulated and concretized.

The essence of the problem lies in the substitution of a goal, a formal approach, overestimated goals, and the setting of teachers' own goals.

The substitution of goals lies in the fact that teachers often feel moral satisfaction from what the students are doing in the classroom, and not from the results of the lesson. There is a substitution of learning goals by means of achievement.

The formal approach lies in the vagueness and ambiguity of the goals that the teacher formulated, which leads to a misunderstanding of these goals by the students and the teacher himself.

Overestimated goals are, depending on their scale, global and local. Usually, in the lesson, a global goal is set, which cannot be obtained in one lesson. The goal associated with a specific lesson is called local.

The setting of personal goals by teachers leads to the fact that students do not set a goal on their own, as a result of which they are bored in the lesson.

Goal-setting in pedagogy implies the process of identifying the tasks and goals of the subjects of educational activity (students and teachers), their promulgation to each other, coordination and achievement.

The goal is what they strive for, what needs to be realized. In the classroom, educational, personality-forming and nurturing goals are set. They must be diagnosable (i.e., checked using certain means), specific, understandable, conscious, describing the desired result, real, motivating, accurate.

It follows that the purpose of the lesson is its outcome, which is planned to be achieved through the use of didactic, methodological and psychological techniques.

Learning goals include students' acquisition of knowledge, practical skills and abilities.

The upbringing goals contribute to the upbringing of a positive attitude towards the knowledge system and the learning process itself, the formation of beliefs, ideas, attitudes, properties and qualities of the individual, self-esteem, independence, and the acquisition of experience of normal behavior in any society.

Developing goals (formative) contribute to the formation of special and educational skills, the improvement of thought processes, the formation of the emotional sphere, dialogue, monologue, communicative culture, the implementation of self-esteem and self-control, and in general the development and formation of the individual's personality.

Organization of goal setting

Today, one of the most important problems of today's society is the problem of personal formation. That is, the development of a personality that is not only able to survive in rapidly transforming economic and social circumstances, but also actively influence the existing reality. The main place among the description of the properties of such a person is occupied by a rather relevant ability, which consists in setting goals independently and achieving them through the use of the most acceptable and adequate means. However, along with this, the problem of mechanisms and factors for the formation of goal-setting in the processes of ontogenetic development of a personality in psychological science has practically not been worked out.

There is no doubt that the individual is not born immediately with a ready-made ability for individual goal-setting. In the process of subjective development, the formation of goal-setting goes through a number of specific stages. The baby has great potential, but does not know how to do anything. It is only in the first year of life that he begins to master his body, develops hand movements through manipulation of various objects. And the adult at this time, helping to carry out such manipulations, acts for the baby as a partner for common activities.

By the end of the first year of life, children develop actions conditioned by purposefulness, and the ability to find and apply certain means to achieve a result is formed. That is, the objective actions of babies become aimed at obtaining some desired result. As individual experience accumulates, object-related actions, built one after the other, begin to become more complex. The motive for such activity belongs to the child, but the goal belongs to the adult.

The development of goal-setting is due to the special role of adults as partners of the child in collective activity, which provides all the necessary conditions for the formation of his probable capabilities.

Today, various techniques, techniques and methods have been developed that develop the ability to set goals and contribute to isolating the true goal from all "I want".

Goal setting training is aimed at developing the skills of setting goals in various spheres of life, helping to understand the choice of fundamental goals and determining the ways of their implementation, technology, principles and the development of goal setting in general. Goal setting training teaches the rules for formulating goals, SMART technologies, contributes to the setting of priorities using situational analysis, etc.

Goal-setting methods and goal setting techniques allow you to create effective motivation and good internal states for moving in the right direction, meeting the needs of the individual.

Goal setting technology

So often the question of why individuals do not achieve their goals is intertwined with another - why, instead of the expected result, they get a completely different one. The methods of goal-setting that exist today examine mainly the technology for achieving goals, while not paying the necessary attention to the main issues: under what circumstances will the value of the formulated goal be preserved, how it should be correctly formulated, how to understand the coherence of the possibilities that are available and the set goal.

The technology of goal-setting lies in the assimilation of the fact that goals differ from dreams and desires in that they contain the image of the desired future combined with an orientation towards activities to achieve such a future. Goals imply personal efforts, risks, will, however, besides this, there is also a calculation of the potential for achieving them. The main mistake in the implementation of the formed goals is an insufficient assessment of the available resources.

A truly successful and successful subject must master the ability to correctly set goals. Knowing the purpose of your own life, you can begin to set short-term goals, for example, for a month, a year or three years.

SMART methodology is designed to help you formulate them correctly. Today it is considered the most effective among other techniques.

So, goals must have the following characteristics: Specific; measurable; Achivable Result-oriented; ratio with a certain period, time resource (Timed).

Concreteness (certainty) lies in the clarity of the wording. It should be clearly expressed. Otherwise, there is a possibility of achieving an end result that is significantly different from the planned one. The precision of the expressions determines the intelligibility of the actions. And this, in turn, is an indispensable condition for their correct execution.

Measurability consists in the impossibility of tracking the achievement of a result if there are no certain measurable parameters.

The achievability of the goal lies in the fact that they are used as an incentive in solving any problems, therefore, for further progress due to the achievement of success. When formulating goals, it should be borne in mind that under no circumstances should it lead to an increase in stressful situations in your own life. It is necessary to formulate relatively complex goals that involve effort, but it must be borne in mind that they must necessarily be achievable.

The goals should be characterized based on the result, not the work done. With goal-setting in this way, the most effective result is achieved. For example, you can define and articulate the goal of getting an individual an hour early to work, but if you don’t determine the anticipated result of such an action, then the extra hour can be spent simply drinking coffee with coworkers and chatting.

Absolutely any goals should be correlated with a certain period of achievement. This means that the goal as a real category must be feasible in a specific time dimension.

For example, “to build a house” is an illiterately formulated goal, and “to build a house by the end of this year” is a more competent wording, if by the end of the year the house is not built, therefore, the goal remained unfulfilled, that is, not realized.

Perseverance, luck and the use of visualization and materialization techniques also help in achieving goals.

Mastering the art of competent goal setting is quite important, but it is not fundamental in obtaining the desired result. For the implementation of goals, an important factor is that one should not postpone their implementation until tomorrow, next month or next year. Everything needs to be done today according to planning. In addition to correctly formulating goals, you need to regularly analyze and write down all your achievements. After all, tracking results is an inexhaustible source of inspiration and creativity for new deeds and victories.

Goal setting

Goal setting- the process of selecting one or more goals with the establishment of parameters of permissible deviations to control the process of implementing the idea. It is often understood as a practical understanding of their activities by a person from the point of view of the formation (setting) of goals and their implementation (achievement) by the most economical (cost-effective) means, as an effective management of a time resource caused by human activities.

Goal setting- the primary phase of management, providing for the setting of a general goal and a set of goals (goals tree) in accordance with the purpose (mission) of the system, strategic settings and the nature of the tasks to be solved.

Term "Goal setting" is used to name short-term training courses - trainings - popular in the business environment, studying planning systems, time management techniques, as a result of which the following should be achieved:

• the ability to plan working hours taking into account near and far prospects, taking into account the importance of tasks;
• the ability to identify the best ways to solve problems;
• the ability to correctly set goals and achieve them.

The result of goal setting in production and service is to increase labor productivity and reduce the total cost of ownership of the solution.

Goal setting, also - one of the main components of proto-training (trainings by M. M. Epstein, EGM BTK), positioned among business trainings as a key component in the formation of a successful organizer, manager.

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• Modern domestic criminal procedure: goal-setting, a system of goals, tasks and functions, means, Alexey Pavlovich Popov. Last year, a monograph by this well-known author, a serious researcher and an experienced employee of the internal affairs bodies, “Goal-setting in modern domestic criminal ... eBook
• Lesson in the conditions of the Federal State Educational Standard. Goal setting. Technologization. Performance Assessment (CD). FSES, Pashkevich Alexander Vasilievich. This CD "Lesson in the conditions of the Federal State Educational Standard. Goal-setting. Technologization. Evaluation of the effectiveness" of the "Methodological laboratory" series contains a system analysis ...

For a ship that does not know where to sail, no wind will be fair.

Seneca

Goal setting is the setting of a goal and its achievement. Achieving a goal is challenging, and this explains why so many people live without a clear goal. However, the goal in human life fills it with great awareness and meaning.

Why do people find it difficult to set and achieve their goals?

The problem may be, for example, that a person has opposite criteria. The criterion for the value of choice is that on the basis of which a person makes his choice. Criteria, unlike goals, do not lie on the surface and may not be immediately obvious to a person. You can determine the criteria for value by answering the question - what is important to me in life?

An example of opposite criteria: the desire to be successful and the desire to never take risks. After all, it is known that it is impossible to become a successful person without risking anything. Thus, it is necessary to take an inventory of your goals, in order to see if there are conflicting and mutually exclusive criteria in your desires?

Also, in setting and achieving goals, many people are hindered by such a concept as time. People are concerned about the timing of the achievement, believing that it could take months or years. Such thoughts can completely discourage the desire to do something, but this is a misunderstanding of time.

Time is a resource that we cannot spend. Time is wasted on its own, regardless of whether we are doing important work or doing nonsense.

There are also concepts of the past, present and future, to which we habitually appeal, but it is worth accepting the fact that we always exist in the present. The past is no longer there, and the future is not yet. The present moment is all that a person has. Therefore, it makes no sense to constantly think and worry about long-term goals.

A person should set a goal, not in order to build his future, because it always exists only in the imagination. The point of goal-setting is to improve the quality of life at the moment. The goal in place helps to better concentrate on the business at the moment. At the moment of setting a goal, you need to ask yourself, how exactly does this goal improve the current situation? If the goal does not have a positive effect on the present moment, then this goal can be dropped. However, if the goal provides more understanding and clarity, it brings motivation, then it is a worthwhile goal to achieve.

Do not think that achieving goals will require a lot of sacrifice and suffering. This attitude can lead to failure. It is necessary to concentrate on the positive impact that the goal has on the quality of life at the present time, even if it will take a long time before full implementation. How does this goal improve life today?

Don't think too much about the enormous challenges ahead. They may not happen at all, or they may not be as bad as they seem to be today. You need to focus on how great everything will be when the goal is achieved. If such thoughts inspire and give hope, then it is worth scrolling through them more often, and also reflecting on how to improve the situation today.

Any organization was created to achieve certain goals. Goal-setting helps to formulate them, analyze the success of actions, and set priorities. Therefore, it is one of the most important components of management and the overall functioning of any organization.

What is goal setting

In short, goal setting is the formulation and setting of goals in a specific field of activity. But, what is important, the goals are correct, denoting an accurate understanding of the desired result. This is the main task of goal-setting. Setting the right goals is necessary for the formation, development and functioning of a company as a single holistic system.

Types of goals in management

The company carries out many different jobs, which determines the variety of goals. The starting point in their formulation is an understanding of the current position of the company, which is formed by analyzing its strengths and weaknesses in the internal and external spheres. The basis for formulating a specific goal can be: the mission and values ​​of the company, the principle of working with partners, relationships with customers or employees, problems or needs of the company.

Depending on the function, goals are subdivided according to certain criteria, thus, there are several classifications:

1. By time period:

• Strategic or long term. Determined for a period of 5-10 years. If the external environment of the company is dynamic and poorly predictable, then it is about 1-2 years.
• Tactical. From 1 to 3-5 years old. For these purposes, quantitative indicators are already appearing more and more.
• Operational or short-term. Goals are tasks that need to be completed within a specified time frame, ranging from a few hours to a year. Expressed, as a rule, in clear quantitative values.

2. By the essence of the goal itself:

• economic (profit, taxes, expenses),
• social (for example, material assistance to employees),
• organizational
• scientific
• environmental, etc.

3. By duplication:

• recurring
• solvable one-time
• regular

4. By the structure of the company:

• global goals of the organization
• goals of individual divisions of the company.

Such goals should not be contradictory.

1. According to the functionality of the divisions, goals are distinguished, which are set for marketing, production, financial and other divisions.
2. By areas to which the goal is applicable: external environment (product, customers, competitors) or internal (personnel, production).

Goal setting and planning

Goal setting is one of the key steps in strategic business planning. Planning is necessary for the management of the company to be more effective, therefore it is the most important function of management. The basis of planning is goal-setting - the definition of exact tasks that ensure movement in a given vector. The orientation of these tasks for a specific period of time is strategic planning. There are three stages in it:

• Determination of the goal;
• Allocation of available resources;
• Informing staff about plans.

The use of planning allows you to set clear goals, make timely decisions using methods that are understandable and appropriate, and maintain control over the situation.

Stages of the goal-setting process

Goal setting is divided into several stages:

1. Development of the enterprise mission. It denotes the meaning of the functioning, beliefs and values ​​of the organization.
2. Determination of the direction of goal setting. The vector of direction of the firm's activity in the current period of time is determined.
3. Compilation of a set of goals. The model "Tree of goals" is used, which unites goals of different levels into one whole.
4. Goal setting scheme. The main common goal is schematically indicated, the goals of the upper level diverge from it - according to the company's subsystems, then each such goal is split into several goals of the second level, depending on the sub-goals of the subsystems, etc.
5. Disagreement analysis of goals. Disagreements are classified into:

• External - if the goals come into conflict with the external environment.
• Internal - contradictions between company employees.
• Temporary - conflict between long-term, tactical and short-term goals.

Goal-setting according to the SMART concept

The principle of goal-setting SMART is one of the most accurate and effective tools in management, as it helps to form an action plan to achieve the set goals. That is why it is so popular in modern management. The name of this concept is both an independent word and an abbreviation. Translated from English as "smart, dexterous". This word is deciphered simply: each letter is the beginning of one of four English words that characterize what the correct goal should be:

• Specific - clear, specific. It is necessary to clearly define the goal itself and its results. The goal can bring one exact result, if there are more, then the goal should be divided.
• Measurable - measurable. The goal should be expressed in concrete terms.
• Achievable is achievable. Determined based on experience, resources and constraints.
• Realistic - realistic, relevant. It should be ascertained whether the fulfillment of this goal is really necessary.
• Time bounded - has a time frame. The goal must be realizable within a certain period of time, with a fixed deadline.

Each goal must be checked against these criteria. This helps to discard irrelevant, obviously failed and unrealizable goals.

Long-term planning according to this concept is not suitable in a rapidly changing situation when goals cease to be relevant even before the end of the planned time for achieving them.

Example: To increase sales of Yogurt "Malysh" in the Oryol region by December 2017 by 15%.

Today, SMART can be purchased as a computer program for installation by employees, through which a clear plan with deadlines is assigned to each employee.

Thus, it becomes clear that goal-setting plays one of the key roles in the company's activities. Any action begins with the formulation of a goal. And if the goal is set correctly, then you clearly understand what result you want to get. This means that the ways and methods of obtaining this result will be chosen correctly, which will inevitably lead you to success.