03/06/2024

Strategic Planning and Goal Setting

The top 10 reasons why most of us fail to meet our goals

Do you remember how much time and energy you put into setting goals for yourself and/or your business earlier this year? Do you even remember what those goals were? What actions have you taken toward accomplishing them?

Each year, Jan. 1 is a milestone that forces me to establish both my personal and business goals for the year. Whether you have a strategic plan for your business/department or personal goals/resolutions, it is exciting and motivating to set them but very easy to put them on the shelf and forget about them until next year. According to research by Tom Terez, only about one in five individuals make a resolution each year AND actually keep it. Why do so few actually realize their goals?

There are many reasons that we lose sight of our goals within even just a few months of setting them. Here are the top 10 reasons that I have found are why most of us fail to meet our goals.

Please select this link to read the complete article from OSAP industry partner Clark Schaefer Strategic HR.