10 Goal Setting Quotes
Goal Setting Factors
Here are 10 different quotes and viewpoints about goal setting factors that you may not have heard. While I truly believe in Goal Setting, there are times and circumstances that they may not work or be appropriate.
“Goal setting has been treated like an over-the-counter medication when it should really be treated with more care, as a prescription-strength medication,” ~ Adam Galinski
“Most concentrate so hard on the goal that they become blind to other information, utterly failing to notice when a woman in a gorilla suit walks through the middle of the group.”
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them,” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“Poor goal setting makes people cynical, wastes their time and fosters confusion about where to concentrate actions and energy.” ~ Susan M. Heathfield
The Darker Side of Goal Setting
Clearly envisioned goals motivate you; fuzzy ones frustrate you. ~ Bruce Elkin
When it comes to your goals and future, impulsiveness is the mother of regret. ~ Gary Ryan Blair
“The 20 percent of the population that does set goals, roughly 70 percent fail to achieve the goals they have set for themselves.” ~ Douglas Vermeeren
Why People Fail To Achieve Their Goals
“Once we’ve given people excuses and accepted failure, we’re only a short hop, skip, and a jump from creating a culture where failure is expected. ” ~ Ted Harro
Three Reasons Unrealistic Goals Create a Culture of Failure
I cannot think of a single person who has successfully reached his goals and done it all by himself. You need other people’s help, however small it is and in whatever form. ~ Leslie Knowles
12 Ways to Fail in Goal Setting
It’s the ultimate goal setting cop out. “Ahh, I’ll set a goal that’s impossible to gauge! I will never fail because there’s no way I can tell if I’ve failed!” ~ Karol Gajda
Positive Reasons To Set Goals
5 Visual Goal Setting Quotes
Inspirational Goal Setting Quotes