The month of January inspires the desire for change in many of us. A new year brings with it the promise of new opportunities, and the motivation to pursue them.
Defining goals and thinking big is great – but often when we make New Year’s resolutions we tend to get swept up in the excitement, and let our ambitions become unrealistic. We focus on the big stuff, like earning a lot more money, or working for a particular organisation, but goals like these take time to achieve.
Big goals, alone, don’t work
When we set big goals, they can seem so grandiose – and so far from reach – that we never quite get around to making a dent in them. Lack of action and becoming discouraged ensures the death of big goals… but it doesn’t have to be that way.
There’s a saying that the best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time, and it applies perfectly to goal setting and achievement. You can absolutely set yourself a lofty objective, but you'll only achieve it if you break it down into smaller, bite-sized goals that you can manage over time.
Big goals, alone, don't work. When we set big goals, they can seem so grandiose - and so far from reach – that we never quite get around to making a dent in them.
Here are the three reasons why you need to break that big goal into smaller goals works:
What’s your big goal for this year, and how are you going to break it down so that you can you achieve it?