If you’re anything like me, you try to be a skeptical Grinch about all things New Year. Technically, it’s a new year and a new decade every single day (it will always be one year or 10 years later ...

It is possible to be involved in a lot of things and not have any outcome. This is because doing a lot of things doesn't necessarily mean one is productive. Activities don't ultimately mean progress.

If you're going to set SMART Goals, you deserve to know the truth about their limitations. Every company in existence has set its share of SMART goals (the SMART acronym most commonly defined as ...

A colleague of mine recently shared that he’s been doing a hundred pushups and a hundred squats each day. I was thoroughly impressed with his commitment, which he maintained even during his jet-lagged ...

Why do some employees do better than others? According to goal-setting theory, one reason is that they have better, clearer goals. These goals guide their behavior towards better workplace output.

Here’s the gist: Goal-setting restructures your brain to make it more effective. A key article in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews explains: First, emotional significance is evaluated ...

Setting goals can feel overwhelming, especially if you're neurodivergent. I get it; sometimes even figuring out where to start can feel like climbing a mountain. Prefer to listen rather than read?

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a goal junkie. I love setting goals. I love achieving goals. I love crossing things off my to-do list and feeling like I’m getting somewhere. And I am a total ...

Fitness goals have an air of gravitas to them—especially in the era of social media. Your feed may be packed with people running a marathon in every state to raise money for a great cause, or trying ...

In terms of setting goals in your organization, if you know where you want your organization to go, you'll be in a strong position to know whether or not you've arrived at that goal. Goal setting is ...

Your small business must achieve the goals you set so it can succeed. However, you must achieve those goals by motivating others in your organization. The threat of punishment has long been ...