Goal setting
Common Mental Traps Related to Goal Setting
Common goal setting traps, cleaner fixes, and a better way to judge what comes next.
Where it goes sideways
The usual trouble in Common Mental Traps Related to Goal Setting is not a lack of effort. It is a golfer letting the previous miss shape the next improvement target instead of reading what the practice journal is showing now.
A cleaner fix
A cleaner goal setting fix starts by naming the miss that actually matters. If review rounds with one honest note is the problem, do not repair it with three unrelated changes. Adjust the process-goal checkpoint, setup, or target only if it explains the result you saw.
Coach’s note: For goal setting, the best correction is often the one you can still remember after a bogey.
Reset before the next one
Before the next improvement target, say the goal setting job plainly: what trouble are you avoiding, and what result would keep the round moving?