RE: TARGET SETTING

["Dirk van Putten" <dvanputten@linear.com>]

Hello DEN:

I set a target for myself to be completely moved out of my house by this
Sunday. Is that wrong of me? Should I be managing my time some other way? My
aim is to have housing that I enjoy. My target is to be out of my current
house by the end of Sept. 11, 2005.

Are we saying that setting this target is non-optimal because I might do
something like throw my treasured belongings into the trash so I can say I
meet my goal to be out by Sunday?

I know this might be a trivial example. It is not an example of a business
environment. But based on this, I believe that target setting can be
helpful. Maybe I don't "see" the harm in the goal I have set?

Thank you, Dirk van Putten