set goals

Define your targets

To set goals is to establish specific objectives or targets you intend to achieve.

The phrase implies deliberate planning rather than vague hopes: She set goals for the new year.

Goal-setting is fundamental to productivity advice, therapy, and corporate culture—sometimes to the point of cliché.

You might set goals for yourself, your team, or an organization.

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Opposites
intentionality and direction

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Accept situations without resistance

drift · meander · wing it · coast · wander

goal lifecycle

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Scores from bounce-kicks

quit

achievement orientation

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Reach final terms

stagnate · resign oneself

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