Review: Goal Setting for Success
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
I like self-development ebooks that are brief and to the point. Goal Setting for Success scores well on brevity, less well on being to the point. For someone who knows absolutely nothing about goal setting - and it's hard to imagine anyone who's never heard of it - this would be a good introduction to the process. Everyone else has seen it all before.I was a quarter of the way through the book before I learned about Eddie de Jong's personal experience of changing career, overcoming obstacles and achieving success, and I think it would have made the book more dynamic to put this at the start. The author's own story would have told us why he is someone we need to listen to. Instead, the book begins with some very general information about the importance of goal setting that may put off readers who already have some self-development experience.Eddie de Jong makes a point about goal setting that I feel could have been further explored: he states his belief that the "achievable" aspect of a SMART goal is less important than the process of working towards the goal. This point, expanded and with some appropriate examples or case studies, may have made this book stand out.The book is well written, in a friendly, conversational style. The author comes across as a caring person who wants the best results for his life coaching clients and for his readership. The various aspects of goal-setting are explained clearly and this is a  book I feel could be referred back to many times. I would like this book to be successful, but without a unique, or at least different, slant to hook the reader, I feel it may be lost in the self-development and goal-setting crowd.I received a review copy to this book from the author.