Simple steps to ensure the development of a strong
personality
The personality of a person is a variable value. Over
the course of life, it undergoes many changes depending on what tests we endure
and what tasks we set for ourselves. And even living in the same rhythm and
sticking to a stable schedule, we change. Often - not for the better, since the
lack of development almost always pulls degradation.
Man is so constituted: he needs constant growth, the
search for a new one. Stopping to move (not only in the physical but also in
the mental sense), he begins to degrade.
Anyone who has stepped on this path understands that
pleasure brings both the process itself and the results. And that this resource
is inexhaustible because the top level of perfection simply does not exist.
Look around and compare
happy and unhappy acquaintances. What is the difference? Happy start a new
business, study at pieces of training, go in for sports, constantly travel
learn something new. Unhappy people have been working at the same job for
decades, having fun only with the help of beer and are constantly looking for
those guilty of their failures.
The answer to our
question is simple - it is necessary to engage in self-development in order to
become happy.
This book will help you
in personal development to achieve great success in your personal life.
Introduction
Every person wants to be successful. Someone wants to succeed in love, someone at
work. One person dreams of fame and glory, another believes that true happiness
is to be healthy and have healthy children. People invest in this concept
something of their own.
But real
success is not limited to these achievements. Earn 100 thousand a month or
restore your nervous system - this is not a success, it is only a small part of
it. Of course, it's great to have goals on the road to success, but true
success is an endless journey to meet your innermost dream. This is the
fulfillment of its life purpose. This is a full and happy life. It is harmony
and good fortune in everything.
That is,
SUCCESS is a multifaceted concept that covers all spheres of life. This is an
endless development in a given direction. This is a constant movement forward
towards the dream.
And all
you need is to decide on your high goal. And follow it, believing in yourself
and in the fact that you are sure to achieve everything you desire. You are the
only person who can find your way in life. Forget about all sorts of goals that
your surroundings have imposed on you, go your own way, follow your heart and
do what you really want and success is guaranteed to you.
Table
of Contents
1. Setting goals for success
To
achieve success, you should learn how to set a goal competently in the specific situation we are currently faced with. What is our desired result? After we
have determined in detail what we want to achieve (that is, we have defined our
goals), we can formulate intermediate tasks, the solution of which will direct
our time, our talent, energy, and activity.
It is not
surprising, therefore, that intelligent managers consider the stage of setting
goals as a prerequisite for the success of the whole team. However, the process
of setting goals can be improved by formulating goals as statements — positive
personal formulations and phrases built in the form of slogans or appeals that
act as additional incentives to achieve goals. Moreover, if we supplement the
process of setting goals and formulating statements using visualization
techniques, we can increase the probability of successfully achieving the goal
by literally an order of magnitude. Let's first dwell on the process of setting
goals.
A well-formulated goal is capable of leading us, consciously and unconsciously,
towards its achievement. It also helps to recognize the opportunities that
occur along the way. The use of such features further accelerates the whole
process. If you carefully formulate each of your goals on paper, then a person
has a clear idea of his own purpose on earth, which has as it were, a kind of
binding contract concluded with himself. I have been teaching the subject of
setting goals for more than fifteen years and have formulated during this time
a specific method that is understandable and easy to apply. I call it
"SMART-method". Your goals should be:
• Specific
• Measurable
• Focused
on action,
• Realistic,
• Specific
in time.
Concreteness
The goal
should be as specific as possible. As a rule, the level of specificity depends
on the amount and accuracy of the information that a person has. Vague goals
don't inspire us much. For example, one manager, with whom I recently worked,
set a goal: "Reduce the response time." I asked him: “Time, what
answers and who are you going to shorten, and why?” Reflecting with him
further, I asked: “What do you mean by the words“ shorten ”and“ response time
”? Can you quickly define these concepts? ”His unit was engaged in servicing
employees of their own company, who are in contact with consumers or external
customers. Recently, there have been many complaints about the fact that the
information comes to the staff late. After research and analysis, he came to
the conclusion that most of the claims relate to the delay of the information
needed by the sellers. Such a delay prevented quality customer service.
After
examining the question and considering the terms and formulations, the manager
formulated his goal as follows: “I intend to cut the time it takes to prepare
answers to my employees’ requests for new prices.” Compare the first wording
with this one. See the difference? The specific formulation of the goal allows
you to more accurately determine what to focus on and why.
Measurability
There is
an expression: "You cannot improve what cannot be measured." Without
the appropriate measure, the unit, you can never determine how the situation has
become better. Measuring certain parameters of the situation before and after
the events is very important since we then have a base for comparison. Let's go
back to the previous example and think about which aspects of this goal are
measurable.
Timing is
an event that can be measured. If we rewrite our goal with this in mind, it may
sound like this: “I intend to reduce the time it takes to prepare responses to
requests from my employees for new prices by twenty-five percent.”
Action orientation
If the
goal is not action-oriented, then most likely it will never be achieved. To
realize it, you need to do something. Therefore, you should write down what
needs to be done on the merits of this goal. For example, the entry "Read
complaints" will not change the situation for the better. However, if you write
down "reduce the number of" or "eliminate complaints", then
there is a desire for action.
Realism
Goals
must be realistic. However, the concept of "realistic" everyone
understands in his own way. We all evaluate differently what is achievable and
what is not. Of course, we can always remember our past experiences and pick up
certain landmarks. That is, we can always ask ourselves: “What did I do in the
past in a similar situation?” You can also ask the question: “What can we
really do?” I remember how I worked with one brigade, which was given the task
of reducing costs project. The brigade leader said: “They [the chiefs] are
asking us to squeeze the estimate by another eleven percent over the next six
months. But we have already reduced everything that is possible! Nothing more
is possible! ”
In this
case, the team has no choice. In their understanding, eleven percent is an
unrealistic figure, since they feel that they have already done their best.
However, from the point of view of management, the goal is quite real. Some
people deliberately set themselves too modest goals. Their concept is as
follows: it is better to promise less, and then exceed it, than vice versa. In
general, this is a reasonable approach when setting goals. But we are not
talking here about how to set "safe" goals. People with a positive
mindset set goals for themselves that even somewhat exceed their capabilities.
Such tasks seem to challenge a person and help to achieve the unattainable,
require additional portions of self-confidence, creativity, and talent. Dr.
Peel usually recommended applying the “ten percent rule” in this case: whatever
goal you set for yourself, add ten percent to it from above. Force yourself to
stretch a little and get out of the zone of personal comfort. If we take our
example (“Reducing the Time to Response to Twenty-Five Percent”), then we must
ask ourselves whether this goal is real. Where did this figure come from? Many
are accustomed to complement their goals with numbers taken from the ceiling.
One way to set a realistic goal is to evaluate your own specific productivity.
That is, you need to ask: "And what is the response time now?" We
need some kind of guide. Further, what standards for comparison can we find in
our own team or in other organizations? If others managed to respond to requests
in time X, there is no reason to think that we cannot.
Binding to the times
When do
you plan to reach your goal? Goals with a “free date” give us the luxury of
constantly rescheduling. If the term is “hanging”, then there is no point in
hurrying and straining. A goal that must be achieved sometime in the future,
for example, more than three months later, should be broken down into stages,
the implementation of which must be tied to specific tight deadlines.
For example,
the goal of “Reducing expenses caused by poor quality in the 2019 fiscal year
by 8%” can be broken down into stages: “Reduce the level of marriage by X% in
the first quarter of 20191”, “Reduce the level of return of goods from buyers
by Y% in the second quarter of 2019 ”, etc. All participants in the Olympic
Games set specific goals for themselves, and then break them into stages. When
we do this, the process of reaching each stage becomes more concentrated, not
so frightening, easily broken into weekly and daily cycles.
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