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Goal setting

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Ambition is an innate human trait; we have strived since the beginning of time to succeed.   History tells us great tails of achievement with the construction of megalithic structures of days long past.   Writing epic tails of love and loss, poetry, Inventions, and innovations we still see today.   Humans have always set goals and achieved them   Thought it was only in the most recent history that the power of setting and shoving goals was embraced by organisations as a tool that every person should use.    1968 Dr. Edwin Locke published “toward a theory Talk Motivation and incentives” in this publication he established that setting goals enhances results in senior management. Most industries and professions have used or still do use the SMART goal method.   Leaders, managers, and HR professionals advocate for this method of goal setting as a tool to provide a direction for their staff.   As a person who has come form sales the smart goal is something that was often talked about th