Purpose of life

Goal setting

How boring? What is this? Never applied it beyond my work!! When I work my company and my bosses want this so I do it, to get incentives and bonuses. Sometimes even if I don’t make my goal, others do, and hence I should get my bonus , irrespective of the blow the company may take due to my underperformance…..Familiar?

In life , if you don’t know where you are going , any road takes you there. If you have a target , a goal to achieve something  and you have the available productive hours as I mentioned in my previous article ( I hope you recall!!), you can reach it provided you have a road map. Now , what is that ? All the roads I travel on here are full of potholes and make my life miserable when I need to reach my destination. Same here. Do you want to achieve your goal or reach your destination in the most optimal and smart access route? Then chalk out a plan and make that your route map or road map , finding out the best way to reach the goal.

This goes beyond the professional Goal setting exercises which major companies do and set the course for the year to achieve a common objective. Others, just dream and  drift. Learning from these and applying it to your day to day activities , one can make short term,Mid term and Long term Goals for each individual that will help you cruise through life. Let those be financial, Educational , Health, Marriage, Family and many more .Take  a book or on your tablet or PC and start putting things in sequence of priority as you see this life unfolding .Then put key milestones you wish to achieve with specific time line so that you don’t waste precious hours. Take a target date and benchmark it with the actual and tick of every step of the milestones you set to measure where you are at this moment. What you cann’t measure , you cann’t improve.

While working on the time charts , review these goals and milestones periodically as you may deem fit, as they are your goals. Create plan “B” just in case you need one for a rainy day. Keep moving ahead and you will realise how awesome you feel achieving those small steps you set for your self and later on in life look back and immerse your self in those moments.

How many of us refer to the KRA’S? How many review them quarterly to see if we are on course? Is it only the Managers job or you are accountable as well. Learn to own these , only then you have really “W O N “( O W N reshuffled ).

If you think you have really strived and achieved the goals individually and as a team, will you realise what it takes to be a good Manager. You not only own your own goals and KRA’s , but also your family and team members at work. Hence it is crucial to align the goals in such a way that all gears of the motor run in a direction that gives immense traction to the effort put by every individual. It’s  a WIN –WIN situation then. Help others, motivate them and synchronise where necessary to get your results. Communicate clearly and set the expectations at the start of the journey . You may make mid course amends , but these too should not be knee Jerk, hotch potch and erratic , that send confusing signal to you and your team members at work and home. Inclusive growth and prosperity is what one should seek and make each agenda clear and set priorities to make that happen.

Makes sense? If so , give it a shot and may be we could discuss this a few years down the line and evaluate if it made sense or not? For me and many others it worked. Degree of success etc.is relative and each has his own views of where he or she is today as compared to yesterday.