|
Jay Eidelman
Teaching children how to accept and overcome
disappointment is one of parenting's great
challenges. Yet, how many adults fail to deal with
day-to-day disappointment in a productive way?
Worse still, how many of us set ourselves up for
disappointment on a regular basis? Case in point,
New Year's Resolutions: lofty goals set at the end
of one year and forgotten by the beginning of the
next.
The problem with New Year's resolutions is that they
are often too big to tackle and too easy to ignore.
Losing weight and quitting cigarettes (two common
resolutions) are lifelong projects; there is no quick
fix. Instead of resolutions, stress-management expert
Debbie Mandel counsels choosing New Year's
evolutions, with the understanding that there are
many disappointments on the path to success.
What is true in our personal lives is equally true in
our working life. Recognizing that failure is essential
to growth frees us to innovate; to move forward in
ways that we might not previously have thought
possible.
That said, the manner in which we set goals and the
goals we set affects success. For example, Paul J.
Meyer's Attitude is Everything suggests that
all goals be S.M.A.R.T. as in specific, measurable,
attainable, realistic, and tangible. Equally important,
is having the right people in place. By providing the
tools to help businesses find the right employees, the
pre-employment screening industry helps
businesses achieve their goals.
Jay Eidelman is a marketing and communications
consultant
|
