It’s another one of Covey-isms, but as widely accepted as the concept is, I am afraid many of us simply don’t get it.
To create an outcome, you need to create it twice: first in your mind, and then in the physical world.
Many of us are troubleshooters, problem solvers. We get caught up in solving problems [...]
Note: This is a digest version of a longer essay on goal-setting, the final installment in a 4-part series. And here’s the previous installment in this series.
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In reality, we can’t live on process-oriented goals alone. We set little and big goals everyday, without even being aware that we do, because we do need to produce [...]
In this final installment of the 4-part series on process-oriented goal-setting, I’m going to discuss how to make peace with the result-oriented world by applying process-oriented principles where it counts. Along the way, we’ll clear up some misunderstandings and pitfalls, paving the way for truly best of both worlds: great results produced by enjoyable processes. [...]
The 3rd full month since I started this blog just ended. I am still very much a newbie.
In the last month, I’ve been going out and “meeting” a lot of fellow bloggers. I never knew that there was such a tight-knit community. I already feel like I “know” some of you, because I see same [...]
The other day, I received a question from Vivian, a married woman in her 30s. She is a bit consumed by her curiosity about her past romantic interest, so she asked me what I think about it.
Here is her story, and my response, printed with her permission. (Names and details are changed to protect privacy)
Hello, [...]
Tonight was perfect.
My wife and I have this tradition of having dinner together with another family, our long time friends. They came over, and we were all hanging out in our courtyard of our condo. The kids were running outside, playing. My wife cooked a delicious meal of Tex-Mex — tacos made of whole foods. [...]
Note: This is a digest version of a longer essay on goal-setting, the 3rd installment in a 4-part series. And here’s the previous installment in this series.
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To set process-oriented goals, you have to ask different set of questions than those you run through to set up result-oriented goals. With result-oriented, you consider the effectiveness, impact, [...]
Note: This is a digest version of a longer essay on goal-setting. If you agree with the points made here, read the original to understand all the whys and hows. Also, read the previous installment.
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Instead of the common yet ultimately unreliable grounds on which to base our goals, we need to explore a different set [...]
This is the part 3 of a series on how to set process-oriented goals. In the last chapter, we learned what it means to be process-oriented and what the benefits are. Here, we’re going to look at how to set goals based on new paradigm, and start living the benefits of your goals right away.
In [...]
