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By: Focused Goals | Glen's Blogger Life

Focused Goals | Glen's Blogger Life — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:13:19 +0000

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By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:37:25 +0000

This is a great chapter! I do admit to missing some connections in the flow of the content, but it could simply be how I am interpreting it.
I took the first part to be about discovering internal motivation, passions and the “why” behind them – as you stated “conducting an audit on who you are”. I got lost right after that when it reads “it’s critical to take these goals and cut them down into actionable bites.” It didn’t seem to me in the process of auditing who you are that goals were being established so I got confused and lost the connection from that point on.

I feel I would have liked to see an example of what the written process might have been from answering “What am I here for and how can this move the world?” to memes, to the sample list of three word goals.

Still a great chapter!

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:20:39 +0000

Great article.

If you’d like a tool for setting your goals, you can use this web application:

http://www.Gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A Vision Wall (inspiring images attached to yor goals) is available too.
Works also on mobile, and syncs with Evernote.

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By: Dave Everitt

Dave Everitt — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:40:50 +0000

I’m not saying it’s selfish to serve others (even if the motive is only to feel better about ourselves), only that collaboration and co-operation are more inclusive than the individual path, and can stimulate our growth and usefulness on the way.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:13:20 +0000

Dave — Thanks for the insightful reply. The argument that those who server others in order to make themselves feel better, and thus acting selfishly (through selfless acts), is a very interesting one. I don’t buy it though because I don’t think it’s sustainable.

By: Dave Everitt

Dave Everitt — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:53:08 +0000

I appreciate what you’re trying to say here. However, I perceive a strong emphasis on the individual, even when serving others.

In reality, I invariably find myself involved in collective or group activities within interlocking webs of individuals; all functioning ‘well enough’ as individuals, yet having reached the limits of what they can do alone. I do not depend on this web, but it enhances my life to such an extent that my goals are heavily influenced by it, and by what it generates and offers beyond the framework of my own skills/contacts/drive/empathy.

Consequently, my individual goals often depend for their actualisation on how well-integrated they are with relevant groups and other key individuals, especially as most of my interests are trans- and inter-disciplinary. These connections inspire and motivate to the point where I find it hard to realise totally individual goals, or even think like an individual. I often think ‘I don’t need to read/learn/attend A or B because X or Y is already doing it, and I trust X or Y to share the essential findings’.

I’m not brilliantly successful, or rich, or motivated, but beginning to feel as if I’ve exhausted the possibilities of individual life (family, career, relationships, creative expression, psychological challenge and growth), and – instead of trying to be a more effective individual – I feel a strong pull toward group life; some kind of collective of self-responsible adults working together for a more inclusive ‘trans-individual’ life, spanning various cultures, disciplines and backgrounds.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:27:09 +0000

Just updated it. Thanks, again.

P.S.

Glad you liked my take on SMART goals.