Power Goaling
Live your whole life every day. – Steve Chandler
Power goaling gives our goals roots, especially when we have a firm grasp of our core values. Power goaling helps us to uncover the broader meaning of our goals. It expands the importance of our goals to cover the world outside of us. It helps us WANT to do the work needed to accomplish our goals. It helps us to stay the course.
The process is simple, but I encourage you to take it slow, detailing your power goals for each of your major goals. These goals can be quantitative or qualitative in nature, but they should be specific. I encourage you to start with 1-3 of your major individual goals (at work or in life). You can then work power goals with your team or even your family.
Caveat:
Goals are outcomes, and we guarantee outcomes because they are subject to future variables, many of which are beyond our control. By definition, we don’t control the future. We do control some of the inputs that contribute to outcomes, especially if these inputs are made up of our own behavior—the things we say or do, or the things we chose not to say or do. Goals are just tools we can use to organize and direct our behavior toward the outcomes we desire. As Steve Chandler says, if the tool doesn’t work for you, use another tool.
Despite the limitations of focusing too heavily on goals, they are useful for providing directionality, clarity, and motivation. Power goaling further enhances this last point, it helps us to actually care about the goals we set.
Instructions:
With a single goal in mind at a time write down all of the benefits that achieving that goal would create for each of the following:
Yourself
Your family and loved ones
The people you employ or work with
Your professional self-esteem
Your ability to serve others in the world
Your clients or customers
Your community
The world
References and Further Learning:
Time Warrior by Steve Chandler
The Importance, Benefits, and Value of Goal Setting by Leslie Riopel
