i haven't written in a few months & if you've been following me on twitter or on my facebook, you know we made a big move from Phoenix to Chicago. i'll write more about that at some point.for the past few days i have been thinking about goals. here is the big question i've been wrestling with:
how do you set measurable & objective goals in a subjective situation?
so here's the deal: i work with people in beginning, building, & nurturing (couldn't come up with another "b" word) relationships. relationships are not objective - they are fluid. so how do you measure something that seems to eb & flow at different paces & levels?
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Could you elaborate a bit more on that? I feel like we always set goals that are measurable and objective in a subjective situation. For instance, anything associated with faith. But, really, is any goal measurable?
Well, there are 2 worlds that we are dealing with: the concrete & the abstract. the concrete world is easily measurable (for example: my goal is to run a mile next week.)
it's the abstract things (faith, feelings, character, motives, etc) that are much more subjective to measure.
i work with teenagers. how do i measure if what i am doing/teaching/mentoring is being integrated into their lives? what are appropriate benchmarks that i should look for to evaluate where i am at as a leader or where they are at in becoming active Christ-followers?
i'm not necessarily looking for answers for myself but how others approach subjective goals.
B words:
Breeding?
Bolstering?
Bringing-up?
subjective goals like the life-change you seek to accomplish can only be measured in hind-sight: You don't strive for abstract goals - you only track abstract progress.
In other words, you can only know how well you're doing by looking back at how far you've come. Each life you affect will exhibit change differently, so no pursued goal-point will apply to all. The mile markers will only be recognized after you've past them.
So love like crazy, challenge like crazy, and love like crazy some more...then look back, take notes, rinse, repeat...
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