CHAPTER 7
The Importance of Goal Setting
CLEARLY DEFINE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
Predicting on-the-job success is difficult. After all, we are dealing with humans, who are complex, multidimensional creatures. Some may reasonably wonder, is accurately predicting on-the-job success even possible?
In his book The Signal and the Noise, Nate Silver sheds much needed light on predictions for a similarly complex topic by using an example about meteorologists. This profession is often mistrusted, and there is a notion that meteorologists can’t truly predict the weather. After all, how can they? Weather events are dynamic and multifaceted and are impacted by numerous variables. Just 25 years ago, the average 3-day prediction for where a hurricane ...
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