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Glossary of Goal Setting Terms The following terms and corresponding definitions are meant to bring clarity and understanding of the terms used in goal-setting and personal strategic planning.
Action Plans: Plans containing "must do’s" actions that will result in achieving one or more goals. Affirmation: A positively worded phrase that supports a goal. Affirmations work best when couched in language that is Personal, Present Tense and Positive (3P’s). Alignment: Unity when everyone is working together harmoniously as a unit toward the same objective or purpose. Backward Planning: A strategy in which you visualize your goal as achieved and work backwards to where you are now to determine the steps you would have to have taken to achieve your goal. Benchmark: A reference from which measurements may be made. Benchmarking: The process of comparing performance results or processing methodologies with third-party benchmarks and then take actions to achieve or implement systems similar to or better than those of the third party. BHAG: An acronym for Big Hairy Audacious Goals. Brainstorming: A problem solving technique that involves the spontaneous contribution of ideas. The primary purpose of brainstorming is to generate ideas, not evaluate them. Buy In: A state of mind that occurs when an individual or group understands and commits to a common goal or action plan. Cause and Effect: Thoughts are causes and conditions or outcomes are the effect. There is always a relationship directly between the effort you make and the end result. Comfort Zone: A mental state that one arrives at and stops growing for numerous reasons, most likely because of fear. Contingency Plan: Contingency means something that is likely but not certain to happen. Every plan deals with what you expect to happen. But no matter how well you plan, the unexpected can and often does take place. Contingency plans are plan "B". Everything Counts: Everything Counts is a philosophy for living. Its meaning is simple, yet powerful: Every thought, decision, and action either moves you closer to or further from your goals. Goal: The three key elements of a goal are:
Therefore, a goal is a specific, measurable accomplishment to be achieved within a specific time frame. Goals Coach: A competent, qualified individual who mentors, instructs, manages, and encourages individuals or firms in a professional manner towards establishing and achieving their goals. Goals Journal: A written journal, which contains a summary of all your goals. Inertia: A property of matter by which it remains at rest or in uniform motion unless acted upon by an outside force. Intermittent Reinforcement: When you receive some type of reward just often enough to keep you on the right track. Introspection: The art of looking inward to better understand yourself and to capture your true feelings. Linkage: The connection of missions, visions, values, philosophies, goals and action plans. Mastermind: A technique where people provide advice or council in the selection of and pursuit of goals. Mission Statement: A mission statement interprets "reason for being;" it enables you to clarify your purpose for yourself and others who are interested. A mission statement is a declaration of who you are, why you exist, and what you intend to accomplish. In business the organizational mission answers the big question: "What is our business?" In personal planning, the question is "What is my life’s business?" In both cases, the answer must define the reason for being. Momentum: A principle in physics that represents the mass of a body times its velocity. Momentum is gained in the goal achievement process by developing a plan where you always know what to do next. Motivate: To inspire action. Murphy’s Law: Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. Murphy has an uncanny way of making surprise visits. Performance Standards: Performance standards indicate the level of results expected for each goal. Standards of performance serve two primary purposes:
Personal Board of Directors: A group of individuals who provide advice and serve as a sounding board for the evaluation of strategies, tactics and operational matters. Philosophy Statement: A developed statement, which expounds guiding ideologies with regards to ethics, quality standards, values and beliefs. Plan: A method for achieving a goal Process: A collection of activities structured to produce a particular output. Quantifiable: Something that can be measured or counted. Scheduling: Setting a timetable as to when things will happen. Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: A visualization where you've pretty much concluded what's going to happen and hence increase the probability of it occurring. Status Quo: Refers to things, as they are – the existing condition or state of affairs. If things stay the same or nothing changes, one is said to be maintaining the status quo. Strategy: A plan used to reach a goal. Synergy: When one and one equals more than two. It’s when the end result equals more than the sum of the parts. SWOT Analysis: The SWOT analysis is perhaps the best tool you will find for immediate and effective analysis of a given situation. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Vision: A vision is a way of seeing or conceiving what you want to create or achieve in advance. The single most important thing to have before you do any planning is a vision. Visualization: The format of visual images in our minds for the purpose of creating a mental blueprint you can work towards in reality.
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