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>> Personal Goals What is personal goal setting? Well it's about being as serious with your personal life as you are with your career. It's about knowing how to set goals in both these areas - using smart goals, for example - to help you achieve a good life-balance. And David Dutch's setting goals article helps, as does the goal-setting YouTube video by Mindtools.com. And you'll find goal setting examples too - well, my personal goal setting example, anyway. But if you'd like to contribute your favourite goal setting activities, tips, templates or examples yourself, then feel free. ( Contact us here! ) And, remember, it's all about motivation and goal setting, whether you're setting career goals or personal goals... Setting Personal Goals - Are You Living a Balanced Life?Setting personal goals - what me and David Dutch say...There is no point in setting career goals if you're not involved in personal goal setting, and thus you leave your personal life aimless and goal-free! Well, that's what David Dutch says, and I'm in agreement with him. (It's all about balance, right?) And David goes on to say that "those who set goals in each area of their lives have greater life satisfaction than those who only set career goals". (And this philosophy sounds like a recipe for success, no?) Anyway, the good news is, according to David, that "you set goals every day of your life" just to get basic things done each and every day. So we're all used to setting personal goals, actually - we just need a little focussing. And that's where David's concept of a 'Tower of Life' comes in. (As you'll see when you read David's personal goal setting article, 'Are You Living a Balanced Life?'.) David provides us with one form of goal setting template and one type of goal setting activity - and there may well be other setting personal goals templates and activities, but David's 'Tower of Life' is a start. It's all about taking a big long look at your life, asking yourself some tough questions, and thus recognising where your life - personal or career - could need some more attention. And then, of course, it's about taking the necessary action via smart goal setting: "When we are motivated by goals
that have deep meaning, So, having said all that, what could be more personal for setting goals than for me to follow the advice that David Dutch gives in his personal goal setting article below. So, personal goal setting examples? Well, here's mine, according to Dave's TOWER OF LIFE notion of a goal for each part of your life: Setting Personal Goals a la David Dutch's Tower of Life
* For a full list of questions to help you set your goals see David Dutch's article below, but you are free to set your own questions here. Remember this is about setting personal goals - your personal goals! NOTE: (2) If you're at all interested in personal goal setting tools then I can recommend you take a look at the goal setting workbook (and other life-tools resources on offer at HigherAwareness.com) Okay, that's enough from me and my own personal goal setting, let's see what David Dutch has to say on the subject... Read David Dutch's article on goal setting here! Setting personal goals - what YouTube (and Mindtools.com) say..This setting personal goals video from Mindtools.com pretty much covers everything said above when it comes to personal and career setting goals. The goal setting tips are short and sweet, but Mindtools.com is an extensive resource on self-help, particularly from a career perspective, so you'll find all the goal setting templates, activities and examples you'll ever need. (If you need more than this goal setting page provides, that is...) Setting personal goals - what YOU say...Well, what do you say about personal goal setting - I'd love to know. Either contact us or fill in this personal goal setting form. Thanks. There's a free goals quotes ebook in it, if you do! :-) Oh, and a reminder that HigherAwareness.com offer an excellent collection of personal goal setting tools (as part of their inspiring and powerful membership site). Return
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