I always answer seriously: first of all, I set a goal, I want to lose 40 pounds. In order to achieve this goal, I set myself a deadline, and it will take me two years to achieve this result.
In order to achieve this result, I collected some information about losing weight online in the early stage, and found several classmates who also want to lose weight as mutual supervision partners in life.
In action, I adhere to the principle of "keep your mouth shut and keep your legs open", insist on eating less and eating more, and insist on exercising. Because there is no professional teacher's guidance, my sport is walking and running.
In fact, many people have the goal of losing weight, but they have not achieved it. Actually, it's because they didn't manage by objectives.
Why are goals important to us?
Paying attention to the value behind the goal can make you not afraid that the action itself has a goal. It is human instinct to change your life, but most people pay attention to the action itself. A person who only pays attention to the behavior itself will often make this behavior unsustainable because of lack of motivation. Paying attention to the goal and the value behind it can solve this problem.
For example, there are more and more writing and output partners, and many people will have such inner feelings in the process of writing: I can't write, I don't want to write, and I don't know what to write. But if you extend the target value of writing:
For example, if you interact with readers through writing, then all the points that can cause you to think are topics;
For example, if you get paid by writing, you can make money economically. Then naturally, we should pay attention to the current hot topics and create articles according to them.
Goals contribute to self-change and improvement.
The goal is actually the only way to bid farewell to the "ordinary". The existence of a goal will motivate people to change and restrain their behavior in order to achieve the goal. In this process, individuals need to improve their abilities, accumulate learning, and even change and form habits.
The most common example we encounter in our daily life is "saving money". When a person has the goal of "saving money", what self-changes will often occur?
For example, use cooking instead of takeaway to cultivate your own cooking skills; Buy second-hand goods instead of new ones, and start to pay attention to the relevant information of the second-hand market; You need to know more about the subway and bus routes in the city instead of taking a taxi.
The existence of goals will drive people to entrust and change themselves, which is a process of accumulation and learning.
Set medium and long-term goals to guide your current behavior.
This kind of example is actually quite common in life. When you have a long-term goal, the goal will have a guiding significance for your behavior. For example:
I want to hold a school-wide dance competition in my freshman year. First of all, he became a minister through his own efforts. After becoming a minister, he formed a departmental team with himself as the core. Finally, by mobilizing the human resources of the department, Qi Xin cooperated to hold this competition.
In my junior year, in order to get a scholarship, I laid out the courses in advance. By doing this project, I won national and provincial awards. Finally, I got a scholarship, which exceeded my expectations.
In fact, people who do things can produce results. What matters is not weekly plans, monthly plans and various complicated forms, but a strong sense of purpose.
When you realize the importance of goals and really set goals for yourself, you will be one step closer to your desired results.
What do we mean by management by objectives?
Management by objectives needs: For you, knowing what you expect to do is really valuable and needs to be considered. In fact, many people don't know their goals because they don't know their expectations and needs at all.
A word that college graduates often say: confusion. I don't know what job I want to do, which city I want to go to, and what industry I want to choose. In fact, it is the lack of exploration of one's inner demands and self-expectation.
The fundamental reason why many people can't achieve their goals is that they don't particularly want to do it. Actually, the goal is what you really want. Do it step by step, and finally it will be realized.
Management by objectives includes three dimensions: domain, duration and project scale.
Simply put, life, study, workplace, entertainment, fitness and so on. What we often mention belongs to the category of management by objectives.
Duration is what we talk about doing every hour. What to do every day? What do you do in a month? What to do in a quarter, and so on.
The size of the project is also easy to understand: for example, I am going to eat in the canteen, and my goal is to solve the hunger problem. In fact, each small task has its own task goal, and a large task composed of multiple tasks has a large task goal. For example, it is often heard in the workplace that companies will go public within three years, which is a big goal composed of multiple tasks.
Management by objectives is the core of self-management.
In essence, the most difficult part of target management lies in grasping one's own ability. For all people, the difference is not whether they want it or not, because everyone has a goal, and the difference lies in knowing and controlling their own abilities.
What is the relationship between self-management and target management?
Self-management is a tool, just like we need chopsticks to eat. Through self-management, we can find the right direction and go all out.
Management by objectives is the core of self-management, and everything must have goals. For example, when you know what is the ultimate goal of your value accumulation, your behavior is meaningful. When you can't define your goals, your value accumulation is inefficient or even ineffective.
Everything needs to focus on the goal, just like fighting.
How to use MBO quickly?
In fact, many people will be confused by the three tips to achieve their goals. How do you achieve your goal? In fact, you only need to master three tips.
First of all, in the field dimension, you need to find a field with the greatest energy. We often say that interest is the best teacher. In fact, the support behind your interest is that you have more energy and enthusiasm in this field.
Second, a little beyond the ability. For example, the little friend who is practicing calligraphy already has Zhou Geng's writing experience. Then on the basis of their own ability, increase the frequency to two classes a week, which is easier to achieve.
Third, in the time dimension, choose how long you can persist. We often experience such a thing in reading. I want to match 20 books with one Harle, and then I haven't read any of them. But if your time dimension is reading five pages a day, then you can easily achieve this goal and persevere with the encouragement of positive emotions.
Through the RSQC tool, the goal of "quality" is set.
The RSQC model contains four dimensions, namely:? Scope: scope, progress: progress, quality: quality? Cost: cost.
Take losing weight as an example, if I need to make a goal: lose 20 Jin. Then use the model to analyze my goal is like this:
Scope: scope (if you want to lose weight, lose 20 Jin)
Timetable: progress (6 months to lose weight)
Quality: quality (minus 20 kg)
Cost: cost (exercise in spare time after work, reduce invitations to eat out, and control diet)
The RSQC model is used to objectively analyze the four elements of the target. If there is a problem when the goal is advanced, it can be adjusted, and the four elements are interrelated to form a dynamic whole.
In fact, when we encounter emotional obstacles in the process of achieving our goals, this tool can help us adjust our progress and jump out of the anxiety zone. For example, when my scope, quality and cost cannot be changed, what I need to adjust is my progress. Adjust the weight loss time from 6 months to 8 months, then the frustration caused by the temporary platform period of weight loss can be eliminated and the goal can be continued.
Use the port model to avoid "tampering"
First, we need to know what a port model is:
What is the purpose of my doing this? )
Goal: goal (what is my goal in doing this? )
Results: What results do I want to output in the end? )
What specific ways, methods and tasks do I need to achieve this goal? )
Using the port model actually allows you to do several things in the target management process:
What is the purpose of my doing this? How can it be achieved? Avoid being "quiet" or "fidgeting" after rational thinking and judgment.
What is the most important result of my execution? What tasks do I need to complete in order to achieve this result? Let you really pay attention to your abilities and resources, instead of setting whimsical goals.
Any teacher Yong Cheng wrote in the article "Port, the first thinking mode of managers": "The core idea of managers is to put all resources into the direction related to value and enhance the value by constantly realizing the development of things in the direction of value."
Why can't we achieve our goal?
Of course, in the process of implementing the goal, we will often have unsatisfactory situations. I can't help asking myself, why can't I reach the goal I set? Then you can, but you have encountered these five problems:
The set goal is not the real goal.
The goal you set is not something you particularly want to do. Many people have herd mentality when setting goals. Because everyone takes the civil service exam, I also take the civil service exam, but in fact, you resist this choice in your heart and naturally have no enthusiasm to do it.
The greedy snake swallowed the elephant and wanted everything.
Many people will have this situation when making goals: I want to study, I want to write, I want to socialize, I want to study online, I want to exercise and I want to socialize. It is unrealistic to achieve all the goals in all fields in a limited time.
The most important thing is to get twice the result with half the effort, not step by step.
Setting goals needs to be based on ability and resources, and a goal is valuable only if it conforms to a person's actual situation. It is obviously unattainable for a person who studies writing from scratch to set the goal of publishing a book a year later.
Be optimistic when planning and pessimistic when implementing.
This is the most likely problem when we manage by objectives. The plan was too optimistic, and it was found that it was not in line with the actual situation when it was implemented.
For example, I spend an hour writing the day shift every day, only to find that I haven't finished it for two hours. Because we can't achieve the goal within the set time, we have negative emotions and give up halfway in the implementation process.
Unable to adjust in time after an error.
The process of management by objectives is not smooth sailing. In fact, many people will realize some problems in the process of promoting the goal itself. Fast error correction can ensure that the target continues to move forward.
However, in fact, many people can't adjust their mistakes in time, which leads to all previous efforts in vain.
Not all the goals are worth your best efforts. If your goal can't bring you energy, then it can't inspire you immediately. It's not surprising that a goal that doesn't inspire you will fail, so you can put such a goal down.
There are a lot of contents about management by objectives, but the most important thing is to find your true inner demands, formulate and implement effective plans, and finally realize them step by step.
Setting goals may be instinct-driven, but it is necessary and very important for us to manage goals with methods.
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