Accept The Challenge
In my previous post, I wrote about the importance of specific goals and what specific means. In addition to specific, goals need to be challenging. By challenging, I mean the goal much require two things.
- It must take effort to achieve it.
- It must require focus.
Effort and focus are relative terms. For example, for a first grader, tying shoes might be a good goal because to do so probably requires a great deal of focus and effort. However, to me, tying shoes takes very little effort and focus.
When you write your goal, check for these two items by asking yourself, "In order to accomplish this, does it require effort and focus?"
If it is something you can do on "auto-pilot" it is probably not challenging enough.
Happy New Year!
With gratitude,
Troy
