The Power of Goal Setting

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The Power of Goal Setting Abstract The Power of Goal Setting will go over where goal setting came from. I will be covering some examples of good goal setting as well as not so good goal setting. I will also cover how to be successful when making your action plan. I will talk about some pros and cons to goal setting and how goal setting has affected my life. The Power of Goal Setting Where did the concept of goal setting come from? Why is Goal setting important to be successful? Will goal setting allow you to have a better outcome? What is the best way to create an action plan for your goal? What are some problems that goal setting can cause? How has goal setting helped me achieve things in my life? Let’s explore the answers to each of these questions further. Where did Goal Setting start? Where did goal setting come from? Cecil Alec Mace discredited the notion that workers are primarily incentivized by money. He also stated that people have a "will to work." In 1935, he conducted the first empirical studies of goal setting. (Wikipedia, n.d.) To learn more about Cecil Alec Mace and his work you can refer to; Cecil Alec Mace: The man who discovered goal-setting, by Paula Phillips Carsona; Kerry D. Carsona; Ronald B. Headya; DOI: 10.1080/01900699408524960; International Journal of Public Administration, Volume 17, Issue 9 1994 , pages 1679 – 1708 (Wikipedia, n.d.) What is the meaning? “What is a Goal?” I would explain a goal as a structured plan to help us focus towards something that we are trying to achieve whether it is a degree, a career, a new home or a new computer. Some definitions for goals are; the end toward which effort is directed (Merriam-Webster On-Line, n.d.), an event, circumstance, object, or condition a person strives to attain. (DuBrin, 2008) A goal can be something that we are striving to achieve that is large like buying a new home

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