YOU DIDN'T SET ANY GOALS THIS YEAR, DID YOU?

摘要

I have often wondered why some years I achieve my goals and some years I don't. Sometimes I blame it on the goals being too lofty, or someone or something got in my way. I was listening to one of our senior coaches, Geoff Berman, explain it to a client and it helped me, so I wanted to share what Geoff had to say. It is amazing how quickly time goes by-and the older I get, the faster time seems to go. What a year 2013 was! As you look back on the year, whatever you see, I can make this statement with absolute certainty: There were things that happened in your life you can be proud of, and there are things you wish were different. As a 10-year coach at ATI, I have noticed that as important as goal setting is, for most clients it simply doesn't work. So the last few years I have instructed my clients to stop making New Year's resolutions and stop setting goals. At first, most of them thought I was insane at this request (that is certainly a possibility); but after I explained why, it became clear what I was asking them to do. For some, this was way outside their comfort zone and it took some coaxing. For others, it immediately made sense. For those who participated fully, they found it to be more effective than traditional goal-setting exercises.