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Set unrealistic goals
Ever been on a time management course and been badgered about SMART goals? Apparently, we should only have goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timed.
I’ve had to sit at the back of these classes gnawing my complimentary hotel pen to stop myself leaping up to seize control of the flip chart.
What’s the point of having goals and dreams if they’re realistic? If they were reasonable, ‘achievable’ or ‘realistic’ then they wouldn’t be goals. The whole point of having audacious goals is that they seem unrealistic.
Was it realistic for a young, black, Jewish, poverty-stricken schoolgirl from the toughest housing project in Harlem to think she could win an Oscar? Tell that to Whoopi Goldberg.
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