10 Little Known Factors About Goal Setting You May Not Have Heard.

10 Goal Setting Quotes

Here are 10 different quotes and viewpoints on setting goals that you may not have heard. While I truly believe in Goal Setting, there are times and circumstances that they may not work or be appropriate.

“Goal setting has been treated like an over-the-counter medication when it should really be treated with more care, as a prescription-strength medication,”  ~ Adam Galinski

Goals Gone Wild

“Most concentrate so hard on the goal that they become blind to other information, utterly failing to notice when a woman in a gorilla suit walks through the middle of the group.”

The Invisible Gorilla

 ”If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them,” ~ Henry David Thoreau

Walden

“Poor goal setting makes people cynical, wastes their time and fosters confusion about where to concentrate actions and energy.” ~ Susan M. Heathfield

The Darker Side of Goal Setting

Clearly envisioned goals motivate you; fuzzy ones frustrate you. ~ Bruce Elkin

Create What Matters Most

When it comes to your goals and future, impulsiveness is the mother of regret. ~ Gary Ryan Blair

Ten Reasons Why People Fail

“The 20 percent of the population that does set goals, roughly 70 percent fail to achieve the goals they have set for themselves.” ~ Douglas Vermeeren

Why People Fail To Achieve Their Goals

“Once we’ve given people excuses and accepted failure, we’re only a short hop, skip, and a jump from creating a culture where failure is expected. ” ~ Ted Harro

Three Reasons Unrealistic Goals Create a Culture of Failure

I cannot think of a single person who has successfully reached his goals and done it all by himself. You need other people’s help, however small it is and in whatever form. ~ Leslie Knowles

12 Ways to Fail in Goal Setting

It’s the ultimate goal setting cop out. “Ahh, I’ll set a goal that’s impossible to gauge! I will never fail because there’s no way I can tell if I’ve failed!” ~ Karol Gajda

Truth. No Consequences

Positive Reasons To Set Goals

5 Visual Goal Setting Quotes
Inspirational Goal Setting Quotes

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