What To Do When You've Missed Your Goals
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The document discusses coping with missed goals by encouraging individuals to accept feelings of disappointment, learn from their experiences, and recognize that it's okay to have missed targets. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on the reasons for not achieving goals, which can lead to valuable insights for future efforts. Ultimately, it highlights the need to reassess priorities and confirm current aspirations when faced with unmet expectations.
What To Do When You've Missed Your Goals
- 1. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU’VE MISSED YOUR GOALS Lou Blaser | Second Breaks
- 2. It's great to look back on a year when you've hit all your targets. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 3. Not so much when you've missed your goals. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 4. The impulse is to get down on yourself .... cc: quinn.anya - https://www.flickr.com/photos/53326337@N00 s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 5. ... or to quickly sweep it under the rug and "try again" cc: Easa Shamih (iZZo) | P.h.o.t.o.g.r.a.p.h.y - https://www.flickr.com/photos/29695407@N00 s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 6. Instead of blaming yourself or jumping to a new list of goals, pause and consider these 3 things first. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 7. 1. Be okay with feeling disappointed. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 8. "You have to expect things from yourself before you can do them." —Michael Jordan cc: cliff1066™ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/28567825@N03 s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 9. Disappointment happens when you expect more from something, and it delivers less than that. You expect a lot of yourself. That's a good thing. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 10. It's okay to feel disappointed with yourself. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 11. It means you aren’t satisfied with status quo. It means you want to do more or do better. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 12. 2. To make it useful, learn from it. cc: Squirrel Girl cbk - https://www.flickr.com/photos/10176784@N02 s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 13. So, you’re feeling a wee bit disappointed. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 14. You may be wanting to brush it aside and start listing all the things that went well instead. That’s a common antidote. cc: VinothChandar - https://www.flickr.com/photos/44345361@N06 s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 15. There’s a time for that. Don’t let this valuable learning moment slip by. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 16. Ask yourself why you didn’t achieve what you set out to do: Did you put in the effort? Did you not know enough to do a good job at it? Was it because you were scared? Was it too hard? Did you feel lost doing it? s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 17. There are reasons why you didn’t do the work to achieve your goals. You want to understand those reasons. So that you can address them. So they don’t appear again next time you try. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 18. 3. Consider the possibility that it's okay to have missed your goals. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 19. In the process of analyzing why you missed your goals, you may discover that it’s actually okay that you didn’t meet them. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 20. Priorities shift along the way. And sometimes, goals that you set earlier in the year may no longer be in line with your new focus. cc: @Doug88888 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/29468339@N02 s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 21. This is a good time to take stock and re-confirm that you still want the same things. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 22. Part of the joy of setting up goals is imagining the moment when you get to check off the box and say “YES.” s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 23. Missed goals are, naturally, downers. You don’t get to celebrate for clearing the bar you set for yourself. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 24. But as dispiriting as it may feel initially, the moment you realized you missed your goals is a strong learning moment. You can glean valuable insights if you take pause and review why it happened. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 25. Sweeping it under the rug and focusing on a newer, more exciting plan for the next year may feel more positive. But by going there immediately, you’ll likely miss the chance to pick up key insights that would be helpful for your next time at bat. s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 26. TAKE ACTION NOW s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 27. Download the Post-Mortem Worksheet plus other tools and resources http://secondbreaks.com/free-resources-library s e c o n d b r e a k s
- 28. *your work matters Second Breaks | Reinvent Yourself and Your Career