Comments on: Goalsetting Smackdown: Big Hairy Audacious vs Baby Steps

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:02:39 +0000

Great debate! A majority of the comments suggest these aren’t mutually exclusive. Without the bhag the little steps spin in circles, and without the little steps the bhag gets overwhelming (and may cause lunacy!).

By: Marc, Success.NET

Marc, Success.NET — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:34:58 +0000

Both are methods of effective goal setting and as long as we have direction we will be ahead of those who do not.

By: Damon, Life Modification

Damon, Life Modification — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:18:52 +0000

Lol, or maybe bit by bit? Yum

By: Ruri

Ruri — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:00:02 +0000

In my opinion, those goal setting plan cannot be split. To be successful we should think the end result. What target we want to. After we keep the target cut it into small.

To make it easier, in business ask this, What is the target for next 10 years? What is the target for the next 5 years? What is the target for 1 year? What target for next month?

Every business should have this to make sure they are on the right track of business plan.

To make it much simple, ask this..How to eat elephant? The answer is eat it one by one.

By: Anna Meier,baby-hautpflege

Anna Meier,baby-hautpflege — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:53:26 +0000

On some projects I even tend to take bigger steps since making smaller steps would just take too long. Pretty hard to describe though.

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[...] First, there’s the mega-goal approach. Made famous in business by Built to Last author, James C. Collins, who believed the greatest companies all had what he termed “big, hairy, audacious goals” or BHAGs. Other expressions come in the form of classic saying like, “if you shoot for the stars, but land on the moon, that’s still pretty impressive.” Or, it’s gotta be worth the effort. Read more in Goalsetting Smackdown: Big Hairy Audacious vs Baby Steps [...]

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:39:48 +0000

I found setting too big of a goal is disheartening, but by focusing on smaller goals, I never had any drive to reach an ultimate goal. Now I set a list of tasks, but head a group of tasks with the project they are associated so I not only see my to-do’s depleting, but I see the project filling out towards completion. I keep other ideas for a v2 if necessary, but work on making a finished product instead of revising it to death along the way.

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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:21:28 +0000

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By: Enrique S

Enrique S — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:53:49 +0000

The “small bites” approach has usually worked for me, as it allows you to break down a huge task into smaller, more manageable ones. I’ve used this approach to rid myself of my caffeine dependency (down to one cup a day). But I’ve used the other approach when I felt motivated enough that nothing could deter me, most recently with my diet and exercise program. I find the small bites approach works better when I’m not 100% committed.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:35:45 +0000

There is a technique in Solution Focused Therapy named Scaling Questions where you create a scale from 1 to 10 and, after analysis, you focus on the things that will get you to the very next step.

10 might be something big but the things you need to do to get from 4 to 5 might not be so scary.