What are mastery goals? We set mastery goals when we want improve our skills or knowledge about a specific task or subject. The focus is on acquiring skills, capabilities or knowledge – i.e. improving mastery or competence in a particular area. Mastery goals vs performance goals Understanding the distinction between mastery goals and performance goals … Read more
When considering how to further your development, for example by setting goals for yourself, understanding the difference between purpose and goal is crucial. Purpose provides the underlying reason for doing something. It is underpinned by your values and the things that are meaningful to you. It therefore influences your life choices. On the other hand, … Read more
It important to realise that working with goals is not a one-off process that ends when you’ve selected the goals you want to pursue and sketched out a plan for how you are going to achieve them. One of the critical aspects of striving to reach your goals is the process by which you monitor … Read more
In 2009 at a university in the U.K., a group of students were recruited for a research study, the results which of contain some important lessons in how we can build positive, happy and successful lives for ourselves. The great thing is that there’s no magic to this, no secret formula for happiness that requires … Read more
In this post I’ll cover some of the key principles of goal setting. But first, a confession, I never used to set much store by goals myself. Maybe it’s because when I played football as a boy I was always a defender. This was at a time when defenders weren’t Fancy Dans spraying passes around … Read more
