Problems in Goal Attainment

Most of us spend our lives juggling a variety of pursuits. At any given time, each of us has around a hundred different goals, which may be as insignificant as picking up milk on the way home from work - or at the other end of the spectrum, they may target an impact as large as changing the philosophy of the industrial world.

Why is it so hard for some people to finish what they set out to do? The three most common causes of frustration are:

Not knowing what you really want: People don't always know what they want, so they set their sites on a project that may seem meaningful at first, but turns out to not be what they're truly after. Once the shiny object loses it's luster, any motivation to obtain it fizzles out.

Setting unreasonable goals: People sometimes set goals that are beyond their control; or sometimes they shoot for an objective that simply can't be achieved in the amount of time they allocate to work towards it.