One of the most popular mantras of career coaches is “believe in yourself”. This is an attractive and positive sounding message, that clearly can be beneficial for some people in some circumstances. There are many people in the workforce who get trapped into self-limited thinking about their abilities and achievements, and as a result ...
In our haste to “get on and do something” or worse to be seen to be doing something, we rush to a plan, a goal, and in so doing we fail to consider the creative and imaginative possibilities that may offer alternatives.
Luckily, this act of gross over-simplification creates only short-term damage, because inevitably life will happen when we are making these other plans. John Lennon, the author of that observation was busy making other plans about his next album when he was murdered.
People who have heard me speak know that I have a sceptical attitude toward goal setting. Here I set out some ideas and some evidence that suggests that all is not well in goal setting land... What are your goals? What do you mean you don’t have any goals. Shame on you! You could not be ...
