How can you tell?

Question

If you are just in a temperary slump or that you have done all you can to complete a task?
Are goals needed to be sure you have achieved all there is to achieve?

It may sound confusing, but thats the idea. Give me your thoughts.

Answer 1

If we're talkin about one task then yea , you should have goals and then once you know you completed all of them, then you achieved your goals.

You can tell by testing what you've done. If whatever you've done satisfies the needs of what you were doing it for, then you've got it, you're done,.

But if you expecting more from what you did , but you haven't quite gotten everything, then you know there is still more you need to work at.

Answer 2

No Goals are not needed to achieved all there is to achieve, that is persistence, determination, willpower, and belief in the project and yourself.

Yes Goals are great. Without them the end is hard to see cause you have no vision of it.

You have some good advice with the other answers. A lot depends on you and your desire. Do you want this thing? Then find a way to complete.
If you have come to an end of ideas or work effort to complete the task the I would ask another for their opinion. Often another point of view will solve something instantaneously. (wow what a word)
.Any way good luck, goals are always valuable but are they your goals or the goals of someone else?

Take it easy on yourself, call on a friend.

Answer 3

Goals are tools to help get things done in a particular time frame. What can do is give you a since of pride and accomplishment. If you complete your task by the specified time, you will say "well that's done on schedule" and I'm ready for the next project.

Without the goal you will feel like it's a never ending project.

Answer 4

I think the only way to get some perspective on the matter would be to step back, take a break, think about something else for awhile. This gives your mind some time and space to climb out of the mental rut. It may take an act of will but it's worth a try.

(Any help there?)

Answer 5

Gauging how much effort one has truly made, and whether something more exists to "give" realistically, is a subjective issue and impossible to define for everyone.

Often the only person that really knows is the individual himself/herself... and sometimes they aren't even sure what the right answer is. We rarely know ourselves completely.

See, people often find themselves in situations (such as purely physical survival situations, where quitting means death; or perhaps giving birth to a disabled child) where they are forced to rise to the occasion in order to survive... and somehow, amazingly, they do.

Sometimes it's also a matter of acclimation: The person couldn't deal with the situation if they were dropped straight into it, but they are allowed to immerse themselves slowly over time and thus are able to deal with something that would have been impossible for them earlier.

(Parenthood fits in this category, since the parents can "grow" with the kids; mountain climbing is a physical activity where the body can adjust to the rigors of climbing and survive heights where it would normally perish.)

As far as judging whether you yourself have given all you have in your situation (whether it be a job performance, or a relationship, for example) is mostly something you have to determine for yourself.

1. Accept (but critically evaluate) other people's observations. You can get insight from other's expectations, but they are not necessarily correct. Accept them for what they are, and find people who love you and whose opinions you trust.

2. Honestly look at your situation and the impact of what your efforts will do (long-term and short-term) to you and those you love. If you keep trying, what will happen? If you quit, what will happen? Sometimes we can win a battle but lose a war, so to speak (such as working hard at a project, only to suffer ill health later from not properly resting).

3. Ask yourself what you are willing to commit to and what you will give and risk. Sometimes persevering will allow one to accomplish a goal one thought impossible originally -- not just through willpower, but because the body and spirit grow enough in the difficult process to eventually succeed.

4. If you are spiritual, pray for guidance and support. (For me, I believe that God provides strength to do whatever he might ask and suffers along with me in hard times.)

I don't know. I know personally I am too intellectual to have a good sense of my realistic emotional/physical needs, and it's easy for me to just think, "Well, here's the goal, so I just need to push myself harder" -- and then I end up crashing later because I was assuming my mind and will was all that mattered.

We are limited mortal beings, so we do need to learn to gauge and pace ourselves.

I do remember having my parents displeased that I got some B's in high school and college, because I was supposedly "smarter" than that.

Sometimes I had not applied myself, true; other times I had and just wasn't able to get an "A"; and sometimes I tried as hard as I could at the time and couldn't do better, although now I could if I tried again at my age.

Anyway, be fair to yourself and realistic, decide how far you want to push yourself, and then commit to that. Meanwhile, watch yourself along the way, and be willing to change if you decide the cost is too high.

Never be afraid to try harder; yet never be afraid to change your mind, if necessary.

Answer 6

Yeah, compare your progress to the goals you have set. If you fall short, figure out where the problem is and make corrections if you can.

this brings to mind the Serenity Prayer. Knowing what you can and cannot change, then going for it

Answer 7

hmm.....well i guess if it was a temp slump then there is a solution to the prob....if you have tried every poss. "solution" you could come up with and the outcome stays the same then i would say you have done all you can do and it is time too drop it and move on too something else.......confused yet ?

Answer 8

You know the expression life is full of ups and downs. Sounds like you are on a 'down'. Take time to refresh, rejuvenate and rethink about where you are going. What you are feeling is natural, when you are ready you will raise up again.
Relax, take it easy.

Answer 9

you need to be more specific if you want a decent answer

Answer 10

i dont get it.......