How does one go about pursuing one's ambitions which
are sky-high?. Especially, if those ambitions necessitate goal-setting and
their implementation with the help of teamwork. Here is an activity that we
performed in our class which helped us understand what went into setting smart
goals.
Tower
building Exercise
We
were given a set of wooden blocks and build a tower using them. These blocks
had to be placed on top of one large block. There was one person who was
building the block and the rest were asked to assist him. Also, whenever the
tower falls, the game was as good as over.
We
were then asked to arrive at an estimate for the height of the tower to be
built. The rest of the class was asked to give suggestions about goal set, goal
history, and goal achieved in terms of the height of the tower as we all made
educated guesses about them.
This
activity was then used as a platform to explain the concept of S.M.A.R.T goals.
The picture below shows the importance of S.M.A.R.T goals and what they really
mean when it comes to achieving the goals.
The
process helped us understand that human potential is infinite and that it
always comes on top of the other parameters. The parameters considered were:-
1. Potential
2. Goals set
3. Performance (actual)
4. Performance (history)
The
goals set will always be less than the potential. It's our efforts to bridge
the gap between potential and goals set that will help us move closer and
closer to our goals and become near-perfect.