Review: Falls Short
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
Goal Setting: Success Secrets to Achieving Everything You've Ever Wanted by Julianne Peyo falls short for a goal book. Chapter 1 starts with a good definition of goals but this should not be a chapter as it would be more fitting as part of a chapter as an introduction; not a whole chapter. Chapter 2 starts with "types of goals" but these are just really different goals not different "types" of goals such as personal, educational, career, retirement, etc. The coverage of short and long term goals was good and information. In Chapter 5 she introduces SMART Goals but fails to provide any relevant examples of how to actually use this method. For me this is the books failure. There is just now application on how to actually write your goals which is the most important beginning step of achieving your goals. Everything in this book is a brief overview and there is no depth.Overall Assessment:Overall, this book is more theory than practice. This book tells you "what" a goal is but never tells you "how" to write a goal. If you are looking to learn how to write your goals this book will not show you this process. The best book I have found on writing goals isHow To Set Goals and Keep Them: S.M.A.R.T.Goals. This book also provides numerous detailed examples of writing goals.