| Setting a target somehow depends upon the | | | | early an early age. |
| parents. If your parents didn't set targets for you, | | | | The next reason why people don't set target is fear |
| didn't talk about targets, didn't encourage you to set | | | | of failure. The fear of failure is caused by unhelpful |
| your own targets, and didn't talk about people | | | | criticism in early childhood and is manifested, in |
| outside the family circle who had targets and were | | | | maturity, in the fear of criticism by others. Many |
| moving toward a higher level of achievement in their | | | | people hold back from setting worthwhile targets |
| life, then you very likely grew up with the thought | | | | because they have found that every time they do |
| that targets are not even a part of usual existence. | | | | set a target, somebody steps up and tells them that |
| This is the case for the majority of people. The | | | | they can't get it, or that they will lose their energy, |
| important reason why people don't set targets is | | | | money or waste their time. Each of us is strongly |
| because they don't know how to do it? One of the | | | | influenced by the opinions of those around us; one of |
| greatest tragedies of the educational system is that | | | | the first things that you must learn when you start |
| you can receive 17 to 20 years of education in your | | | | setting targets is to keep your target confidential. |
| schools and never once receive a single lecture on | | | | Don't tell anyone about your targets. |
| how to set targets. | | | | Frequently, it's the fear of criticism that, more than |
| Yet we find that in certain schools where target | | | | any other single factor stops you from target setting |
| setting programs have been introduced since primary | | | | in the first place. So keep your targets to yourself, |
| grade, young people become energized about target | | | | with one exception. Share your targets only with |
| setting-even if the target is only to add to the | | | | others who are dedicated to achieving targets of |
| scores by few per cent over the course of a month. | | | | their own and who really want you to be successful |
| Children become so energized about achieving targets | | | | and achieve your targets as well. |
| that by the third or fourth grade, they are hardly | | | | Copyright © Nick Mutt, All Rights Reserved. If |
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| set worthwhile, sensible and realistic targets from an | | | | |