goals

As I read Alderman the theories of motivation are all starting to run together and overlap. Because if one element of motivation lacks the rest are effected. Self- worth, attributes, self efficacy, and goals are interelated. Goals are important for anyone in any profession, sport, family, school exc... because it is the essence of making things better. Big goals are always followed by small goals. The steps it takes to get to one place to another and then finally the big place, the distant GOAL. I was a very luck child growing up in the world of figure skating. I was competitive on the national level and setting goals were always part of my daily workout... it wasn't the physical workout that tired me at the end of the day, it was my goal setting. Thinking about breaking down and synthesizing the big goal to come up with smaller ones was a challenge. Because I always wanted it all! It is challenging to work backwards from the ultimate goal back to what I was going to do tomorrow in training that would help get to the distant goal. Self efficacy and self worth were important because if I didn't believe I could reach my weekly monthly goal, my performance and training were effected because in the end.. it is your mind... and what you believe in!!! The hardest thing I had to learn is to believe in myself:) once I did that goals were accomplished, not without challenge, and I saw progress and attributed my task accomplishments to success... it only took my 15 years to do that.