Review: Amazing info on goals. 2-3-4 rocks!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2013
The thing I loved about this book was how I discouraged (to a certain degree) the use of SMART goals. I have never liked SMART goals as I've found the process too involved. While there are some good aspects in general it is just too much. What Matt did was to simplify the goal setting process into 3 simple steps; the what's, why's, and how's. He calls this process the 2-3-4 method. The method calls for 2 What’s (a direction and a goal), 3 why's (2 reasons why you really want to do this) and 4 how's, which is about action steps. What I found particularly useful was the why aspect. Although obvious the author points out how ironic it is that most of us focus on the goal setting process rather than the reasons why we want to achieve the goal in the first place. I found this refreshing as when I thought back to recent goals this is precisely what I did. Set a up a really flash goals setting/achieving process and neglected to really think about why I want to do it. As the author says, without strong reasons why you want to do something, goals are useless. Brilliant - 5 stars!