Almost vs Good Enough – Goal Setting<\/p>\n
I have a personal saying “You may have almost made it to the toilet but you still crapped your pants”<\/p>\n
I have another saying , “If you do more than good enough, you wasted resources”<\/p>\n
Put them together and you are trying to achieve balance.\u00a0 But they work particularly well in black and white situations.\u00a0 These sayings don’t work well when there are shades of gray.\u00a0 For example, like school grades, you have A, B, C, D, and F.\u00a0 But if the goal is to get an A, then you can’t say I got a B and still passed.\u00a0 You passed but did not make the goal.\u00a0 If the goal is to pass, then shoot for a D-.\u00a0 That is still passing.<\/p>\n
A problem arises when you set a realistic goal, say saving up $100 in a year. You look at your goal but its too easy.\u00a0 My response, the goal is not worth it.\u00a0 Then you make an outrageous goal.\u00a0 Save $100,000 in a year.\u00a0 Probably not going to happen if you make less than $100,000 a year.<\/p>\n
When you watch a game and see the losers say “We almost won, if we just made that last field goal”,\u00a0 my response “you still lost” and you will see the other team saying “Wins are hard to come by and we’ll take it”<\/p>\n
When you bring in your car for a safety inspection or emissions test.\u00a0 You don’t care if you barely passed, you are just glad that you passed.<\/p>\n
When you flip on a light switch, its either on or off.<\/p>\n
The magic in all this is the requirements and the goal.\u00a0 When is it clear that you have made your goal?\u00a0 Did you meet the requirements to your goals?<\/p>\n
You don’t want to waste time with trivial goals, nor do you want to waste time with unreachable goals.\u00a0 Find that balance between realistic goals and worthwhile goals.<\/p>\n
After all, if you not going to make it to your toilet at home, a public bathroom may be good enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Almost vs Good Enough – Goal Setting I have a personal saying “You may have almost made it to the toilet but you still crapped your pants” I have another saying , “If you do more than good enough, you … Continue reading