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…when an extrinsic goal is paramount… its presence can restrict our view of the broader dimensions of our behavior.
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Goals may cause systematic problems for organizations due to narrowed focus, unethical behavior, increased risk taking, decreased cooperation, and decreased intrinsic motivation.
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Failing to understand this conundrum – that satisfaction depends not merely on having goals, but on having the right goals – can lead sensible people down self-destructive paths.
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If people chase profit goals, reach those goals, and still don’t feel any better about their lives, one response is to increase the size and scope of the goals – to seek more money or greater outside validation.
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…no one in his right mind would set a goal over which he had no control.
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Goals you can control, objectives you cannot. By following your behavioral goals, you get to your objectives.
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By following your valid goals you obtain your objective. By obtaining your objective you further your mission and purpose.
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When we have the habit of setting goals only activity that we can accomplish and that is genuinely productive, we’ve taken the first step to getting some real work done.
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’A goal is a dream with a deadline’… Before you start writing down your goals, you’d better know what your dream is.
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Coming up with goals, updating them, and monitoring our progress in achieving them is less important… than the process of emotionally deciding what it is you want to do.
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