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

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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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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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.

By: zencontrol.net

zencontrol.net — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:06:33 +0000

I follow mixed creative visualization, where I visualize the baby steps as well as Big Hairy Audacious goals. I jotted down my experiences at http://zencontrol.net/2009/06/creative-visualization-basics/

Naresh K Singh

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:26:14 +0000

Great subject Jonathan & great discussion guys! I agree with Sean, Tim, Gustavo, Ceres, Joel,…basically with most of you people. It is possible to make both approaches work together. It just takes some calibration & experimenting. We are all different and there is no universal approach to this. I make things happen through baby steps, my big “WHY?” – source of motivation comes from BHAGs. This approach works for me if I have only one or two BHAGs at a time to maintain sharp focus.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:45:35 +0000

Hmm… Great question… Truth is (for me) it depends on whether its purely SELF-related goals or goals for a group. When its me alone (and I *do* have 100 pounds or more to lose) I do better with baby steps, I’m definitely the “shut down at the prospect” type of person. In fact, reading this and thinking about my weight made me want chips — and I realized that was my mental reaction to shutting down… so this has been good to read.

But, when I’ve started businesses before and had employees and investors to keep happy, the BHAG’s were really what drove me… we shot for the stars and hit the moon, which indeed wasn’t bad at all.