Goal Achievement: Review

This is the last part of a 7-part series on what it takes to successfully achieve goals.

• Part 1: Goal Achievement: Introduction
• Part 2: ESPER
• Part 3: Establish
• Part 4: Strategy
• Part 5: Planning
• Part 6: Execution
• Part 7: Review

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Review is the final step of ESPER.

Importance of Review

Review serves two important objectives: (1) Accountability (2) Feedback.

Firstly, Review strengthens accountability to yourself. When you review, you make yourself answerable to your goals. You take ownership of and responsibility for your actions. If you don’t review, how will you know how you are reaching your goal? This is especially important if your goal is not immediately perceptible, such as how much weight you are losing or savings generated in a month. You can always operate under the assumption that you are at your goal, but you will never know for sure until you review.

Secondly, Review is where you get feedback on everything you have strategized, planned and executed. Reviewing lets you understand what’s working, what’s not working and how you can improve. Without Review, you will have no clue on whether your actions are leading you towards or away from your goals. You will be stabbing in the dark, blindly repeating the same steps, wondering why…

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Published Jan 25 2009
Filed: Goals & Success
Tags: achieving goals, esper, evaluation, Reviews, tracking