Comments on: Goal Setting: Crash Test Dummy Edition https://www.rapidstartleadership.com/goal-setting-crash-test/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=goal-setting-crash-test Accelerating the Leader to Excellence Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:52:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 By: Ken Downer https://www.rapidstartleadership.com/goal-setting-crash-test/#comment-1475 Wed, 05 Apr 2017 14:21:07 +0000 http://www.rapidstartleadership.com/?p=3255#comment-1475 Well, training went well, and I have to say that the supporting architecture was strong enough to get me up early and out on the road, even when the weather didn’t seem so welcoming.
Last Saturday was the “day of reckoning” – and to be candid, things did not go as I had hoped. I completed the race, but missed my time goal. So does that make me a failure?
As you might expect, I wrote about the experience here: http://www.rapidstartleadership.com/goal-failure/
See if you agree!

]]> By: Ken Downer https://www.rapidstartleadership.com/goal-setting-crash-test/#comment-1183 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:03:11 +0000 http://www.rapidstartleadership.com/?p=3255#comment-1183 The first month-long training cycle is done; made it up and over the hump, and am motivated for the next step up.
Key takeaways:

Daily clarity – knowing exactly what success equals on a daily basis makes it easy to focus

Goal flexibility – building in the option to adjust and adapt to the real world helps me stay on track; my son headed back to school Sunday; the flexible schedule made it OK to spend the day with him Saturday without jeopardizing the overall effort

Pacing and recovery time – after getting over the hump, last week seemed almost too easy, but that left me hungry for more coming into the next training cycle – it’s a marathon, not a sprint, so pacing is important, whatever your goal is.

Bonus – my writing creativity seems to be going up, and weight is going down – fun to see that happening too!

Looking ahead: keeping the M,W, F runs at 4 miles; going longer on T, Th, and Sat.
What goal are you chasing?
#goalcrashtest

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