Rodent Regatta

Curt Rosengren writes the Occupational Adventure Blog. This morning I noticed an entry about writing down three lists of goals and reading the lists each day. The past ten years has made me skeptical to the point of cynicism about such methods. It could well be that it’s the cynicism that prevents the results from coming as they would were I a more open participant. There is, however, another side to whole goal-setting phenomenon – that is the ability to be resilient through the disappointments. I’ve seen missed accomplishments drive people to a level of performance far below that which they had before they wrote some goals on a piece of paper. It’s sad, but it’s apparently a very real condition.