How to set effective goals

Goal Setting, Health and Parenting Ezine

In today’s article
Goal Setting – Find time for reading
Health: Eat more nuts
Parenting: Avoid over-gratification


Goal Setting – Guidelines to help set effective goal

The following broad guidelines will help you to set effective goals:
State each goal as a positive statement: Express your goals positively - 'Execute this technique well' is a much better goal than 'Don't make this stupid mistake.'
Be precise: The more specific you are the easier it will be to achieve your goals
Set priorities: When you have several goals, give each a priority. This helps you to avoid feeling overwhelmed by too many goals, and helps to direct your attention to the most important ones.
Write goals down: Something magical happens when you write down a goal – keep doing this!!!
Keep low level goals small: Keep the low-level goals you are working towards small and achievable. If a goal is too large, then it can seem that you are not making progress towards it.
Set performance goals, not outcome goals: You should take care to set goals over which you have as much control as possible.
Set realistic goals: These are SMART Goals.


Healthy: Benefits of Grapeseed Oil
(source: Igourmet)
Grapeseed Oil has long been the secret of gourmet chefs.. who love it for its light, nutty, yet neutral flavor. It has the unique ability to enhance the flavors of ingredients instead of overpowering them and leaves no greasy aftertaste! It makes savory marinades and salad dressings that will not cloud when chilled, so you can use them right out of the refrigerator. Its high smoke point (485 F) makes it ideal for hot food preparation which means you can sauté, fry or bake without any smoking, splattering or burning. Its excellent emulsification properties make grapeseed oil ideal for whipping mayonnaise and creamy dressings that will not separate when chilled.
Grapeseed Oil is an ecologically sound product that is made from the seeds of grapes after the wine is pressed. It is high in vitamin E and is 76% linoleic acid (also known as Omega 6), an essential fatty acid. It is low in saturated fat, contains natural chlorophyll and valuable antioxidants (known as proanthocyninidins). Studies have shown that grapeseed oil has a unique ability that may significantly raise HDL cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol) and lower LDL cholesterol (the "bad" cholesterol). It has also been shown to lower triglycerides, the effect of which may lower your risk of cardiovascular disease and impotency, something that no other food product has been known to do!

Parenting: Single Parenting

With single parenting becoming far more common, we thought in today’s article we would provide some practical tips on how best to cope with single parenting.

Change of attitude: Accept that this is the situation and it will become easier.
You are the boss: That might actually come as a relief!!! Let your child no this.
Deal with overload: No doubt you will be overloaded. Prioritise the best you can.
Realisation: You are doing the best you can do – realise that and things will be a lot easier.
Create a stable nurturing home: Be consistent and loving – offcourse it won’t always be that easy.
Take care of yourself.
Develop a reliable support system: You need a break sometimes, make sure you have friends etc who can help out. There maybe other people in your situation in your area – you could help each other out.
Don’t treat your child as a peer
Have realistic expectations



In other views

Your editor has just come back from presenting at a conference in Latrobe Valley. The conference was fun, and the free food and drink, as always was appreciated.

After dinner, your editor got a lift back with one of his work colleges. After driving for about 5 minutes he realised that this person might have had a little to much to drink.

‘have you been drinking’
‘not in the last fifteen minutes’

‘how much did you have?’
‘I lost count after my 8th beer…’

“pull over’.

Your editor may have recently written of a car – but at least he doesn’t, and does not promote drink driving!!!

Cheers

Andrew Collings