One of the best lessons I got from the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki was this:
Set goals that are so easy to achieve, it takes no effort at all.
Though “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” is a book primarily about money, Kiyosaki was referring to exercising — you know, the Going-to-the-Gym kind — [...]
Mentoring/coaching doesn’t just happen when you pay someone who’s more experienced than you. It can also happen among your very peers — and such a partnership can have bond and strength that few other relationships can. Let me tell you about my peer-mentoring partner, and invite you to join me in forming a new peer-mentoring [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
This is the 2nd chapter on a series on goal-setting. Here, we examine the 5 roles process-oriented goals play, and how much more reliable and empowering they are compared to result-oriented goals. Read the previous chapter
In a hurry? Read the digest version.
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In the 1st installment of this series, we identified 7 unhealthy motivations for [...]
In our result-driven society, we are told to set goals in order to be effective. While goals have tremendous potential to improve your productivity, but focusing solely on results and outcomes also have potential for creating anxiety, overwhelmingness and failure. In this first chapter of a 4-part series, I identify 7 reasons why [...]
