1. danellaw
   Member

   Hi Everyone. I woke up thinking about the goals that we set at the last seminar. I had received the envelope that they sent to us with the copy of our goals that we made and our intended action steps, but I hadn't opened it. I was surprised to see how on track I was for some of it, but there was one item that I had totally forgot about and had totally omitted from my consciousness. I had set a goal to do a certain amount of hours of "practice and rehearsal time" by the time to Souix Falls seminar arrived. I had planned on creating a rehearsal log to record my action steps, but never got around to it. So I just created a new log and am recommitting to that one.

   I was just wondering how many of you are on track... or off track with your intended action steps and goals that we set in Tahoe?

   Have a great day!

   Posted 8 months ago #

2. Ed
   Member

   A pretty appropriate topic for the time of year Dr Danella! As I probably mentioned in a previous post I have had a pretty ambivalent attitude towards goals over the past couple of years, fluctuating from obsession to complete denial! I tended to view the goals as destinations! So invariably my goals were met (or rather not met) with disappointment and frustration or occasionally premature celebration. However all too often my focus on the goal caused me to lose complete sight of my aim or purpose! Where I also erred was that my goals were set without an appropriate course of action! They sounded and looked good yet in effect they were meaningless! Specific maybe but totally unrealistic without specific steps! In reality the only good thing I achieved was increasing my consciousness by writing them down! Lately however and largely down to the postings on this forum I have come to view them very differently. These days rightly or wrongly I have set short, medium and long term goals! They all follow the SMART guidelines; however I have set them with a lot more thought! All of them are interdependent! The short term goals are now my specific day to day steps and hopefully by following the discipline of journaling I can track my progress without stalking!! So in answer to your query am I on or off track let us just say I am back on THE track!

   Posted 8 months ago #

3. DrPerron
   Member

   Wow! I have shared your delusions Ed. The delusion of setting a goal without the steps in between to get there. The actually effort and specific ACTION steps. I would not go so far as looking at it as entitlement but definitely delusions of grandeur. I just expected things to continue to go up based on continued effort, the problem has been lack of focus and therefore the puting out of fires translated to wasted energy. So it looks like you and I, Ed, have been down similar paths in that way thanks for sharing my pain. I am also on the track with a much better plan to up the odds of staying on this time. I need to clarify my goals as well in the short, medium, and long range. I tend to tilt long range heavy with my focus. Thanks for the reminder.

   Posted 8 months ago #

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