Taught To Profit

The Mythology Of Goal Setting And The Truth Of Goal Setting

The Mythology Of Goal Setting And The Truth Of Goal Setting

Learn more about setting goals with these books:

Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want — Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible: http://amzn.to/2yOhmZp

S.M.A.R.T. Goals Made Simple: 10 Steps to Master Your Personal and Career Goals: http://amzn.to/2y4QDJr

If your favorite self-help or business success speaker is telling you about a Harvard study where 5% of the graduates who wrote their goals down were successful or a Yale study from 1953 where 3% wrote their goals down and were successful, then you are being sold a lie. Neither study ever happened and are simply goal-setting mythology. With that being said, is there any truth to the importance of setting goals and writing them down? Yes, there is a study that confirms this from Dominican University of California. The study results can be found here: http://www.taughttoprofit.com/ResearchSummary2.pdf

Music Credit:

“Relaxing Piano Music” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Exit mobile version