Harvard Business Review: Why we set unattainable goals
17 Jan, 2021 03:00 AM
6 minutes to read
Psychology helps to explain why we re so bad at meeting our goals. Photo / Getty Images
Psychology helps to explain why we re so bad at meeting our goals. Photo / Getty Images
Harvard Business Review Every December, many of us find ourselves scribbling resolutions at the back of our journals or making mental notes on what we hope to achieve in the coming year. And yet, one study suggests that a mere 19 per cent of us achieve those goals, even over the following two years.
There are many reasons for this not knowing how to pursue the goal, a lack of willpower or the choice of vague objectives, for instance, or the role unanticipated external forces (e.g., illness, an economic downturn).
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Carolyn Hansen: Stuck in autopilot? Try the smart goals method to achieve success
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
5 minutes to read
Goal setting is like a map. It is an external representation of what our inner desires are and gives us structure and guidance as we journey towards our objective. Photo / Getty Images
Carolyn Hansen is co-owner of Anytime Fitness.
We all entertain different dreams and visions about our lives and what we want to accomplish with them. Most of the smaller visions are easy for us to grasp and realise, but the big dreams can sometimes seem rather intimidating and impossible to accomplish. So, rather than attempting them, we give in to discouragement.
January 15, 2021
Yemen’s Foreign Minister Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak has lauded the great role played by the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, to make the Riyadh Agreement a success and accelerate its implementation.
Saudi Gazette report
ADEN Yemen’s Foreign Minister Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak has lauded the great role played by the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, to make the Riyadh Agreement a success and accelerate its implementation.
Making a statement on behalf of his country to the US Security Council during a virtual open session on the situation in the Middle East, the Yemeni minister pointed out that the Riyadh Agreement is a model to be followed, confirming that if there is goodwill, the peace will be already achieved.
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