There seem to be very few areas of modern life that remain
untouched by goal-setting.
It is with some fondness that I remember the displeasure of
the lawyers in one of my first workplaces, when told they had to attend a
“love-in” to set organisational and personal goals. They were suffering the indignity of
professionals who feel like they’ve been accused of not knowing what they're doing, and they were acting like a bunch of petulant teenagers. It would have been cute if they hadn't wasted so much billable time bitching about it.
How things have changed.
These days almost everyone in an office job is compelled to
participate in annual performance planning cycles, and while it can be regarded
as time-wasting corporate arse-clownery, few now feel that the process calls their expertise into question. There are also a lot of executives whose mentors attend to personal as well as professional matters. It’s possible, and acceptable, to set very structured
objectives for pretty much anything in your life.
I bring this up because I think the blog has been somewhat
adrift over the past week or so, and my problem has to do with planning.
