Successful people ranging from Bruce Lee to Octavia Butler have detailed their goals on paper. Here's how to get the most ...

Five common goal-setting myths that undermine performance—and what behavioral science shows actually helps people follow ...

James Cameron is frequently quoted as saying, "If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success." When I was young I was diagnosed with severe ...

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If you find yourself setting goals — particularly financial ones — and failing to achieve them, you're not alone. Among Americans who made resolutions in 2024, 70% abandoned their goal altogether, per ...

We treat January like the starting line of a race we never agreed to run. The pressure have “get it together” goals is real.

With 2025 rapidly approaching, many of us feel both eagerness and apprehension. After all, a new year presents fresh opportunities. At the same time, setting meaningful goals and sticking to them can ...

The usual goals for the new year? I am going to produce $____ volume and/or ____ number of units and I am going to make $____ in 2025. First, I ask the question: Why do you want to achieve these goals ...

The Harvard Business Review suggests personal or professional goals are famously hard to achieve. If the effort outweighs the perceived reward, we are tempted to give up on our targets. Also: 5 ways ...

Ask coaching questions to help the employee land on goals that connect to their motivations and the business’s growth needs.

Let’s be honest: For most of us, New Year’s resolutions come and go within just a few weeks (or, ahem, days) of setting them. As you say goodbye to the visions you had of going to the gym, saving ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Geri Johnson January 1 ...