We talk a lot about business goals at our biz-e-chicks meetings. We spend time making lists of our goals for the next week, the next few months, even the next year. What we don’t do at our meetings is concentrate on our personal goals. I think this is something we should do in the future, as I believe some of us might be in for an awakening of sorts.
The other day, I decided to do some thinking about my big personal goals – I mean the really big ones, not the everyday “do something sweet for my husband,” “call my parents,” etc. And, guess what I realized? I don’t have any. Well, no, I take that back. I had many, and I’ve reached all but one of them (living on the beach, that one I’m still working on).
This was a very jarring realization. Could I really be 31 years old and have accomplished nearly all of my goals? The answer for me, and I bet for a lot of you (based on a few discussions I’ve had), is – incredibly! – yes!
We are some smart, mainly type ‘A,’ overachieving, goal-oriented girls who know what we want and go after it with a keen focus that allows not much to get in our way. So, it should come as no surprise that we meet and even exceed our personal goals … but it still does.
What’s next, then? A sense of content, satisfaction and pride at being done early? A new list of personal goals? Maybe our goals will change as we move to different phases in our lives, i.e., I’ve accomplished the goals of my 20s and need to set new ones for the next decade. I’m not sure. Perhaps a biz-e-chicks meeting on personal goals would help. What do you think, peeps?
Goals – Check!
We talk a lot about business goals at our biz-e-chicks meetings. We spend time making lists of our goals for the next week, the next few months, even the next year. What we don’t do at our meetings is concentrate on our personal goals. I think this is something we should do in the future, as I believe some of us might be in for an awakening of sorts.
The other day, I decided to do some thinking about my big personal goals – I mean the really big ones, not the everyday “do something sweet for my husband,” “call my parents,” etc. And, guess what I realized? I don’t have any. Well, no, I take that back. I had many, and I’ve reached all but one of them (living on the beach, that one I’m still working on).
This was a very jarring realization. Could I really be 31 years old and have accomplished nearly all of my goals? The answer for me, and I bet for a lot of you (based on a few discussions I’ve had), is – incredibly! – yes!
We are some smart, mainly type ‘A,’ overachieving, goal-oriented girls who know what we want and go after it with a keen focus that allows not much to get in our way. So, it should come as no surprise that we meet and even exceed our personal goals … but it still does.
What’s next, then? A sense of content, satisfaction and pride at being done early? A new list of personal goals? Maybe our goals will change as we move to different phases in our lives, i.e., I’ve accomplished the goals of my 20s and need to set new ones for the next decade. I’m not sure. Perhaps a biz-e-chicks meeting on personal goals would help. What do you think, peeps?