Personal Human Goal

A Personal Human Goal is an agent goal held by a person.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Short-Term Personal Goal to being a Mid-Term Personal Goal to being a Long-Term Personal Goal.
  • It can be connected to a Personal Mission Statement.
  • It can range from being a Specific Personal Goal to being a Vague Personal Goal, based on the goal's goal specificity.
  • It can range from being a Short-Term Personal Goal to being a Long-Term Personal Goal, based on the goal's goal timeframe.
  • It can range from being an Unpredictable Personal Goal to being a Predictable Personal Goal, based on the goal's goal predictability.
  • It can range from being a Narrow Personal Goal to being a Broad Personal Goal, based on the goal's goal breadth.
  • It can range from being a Specific and Measurable Personal Goal to being an Abstract Personal Goal, based on the goal's goal measurability.
  • It can range from being an Attainable Personal Goal to being an Unrealistic Personal Goal, based on the goal's goal attainability.
  • It can range from being a Realistic Personal Goal to being an Unrealistic Personal Goal, based on the goal's goal realism.
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• Example(s):
  • Daily Life Personal Goals (daily life goals)
    • Specific Personal Goal: "Eat a banana for breakfast" is specific and achievable within a short term.
    • Vague Personal Goal: A more general goal like "eat food today" may lack specificity, making it less effective as a measurable goal.
  • Sleeping Pattern Personal Goals (sleeping pattern goals)
    • Short-Term Personal Goal: "Go to sleep at 10pm tonight" is both specific and actionable.
    • Vague Personal Goal: The goal to "get sleep tonight" is less effective because it lacks a clear action plan and measurable outcome.
  • Event Experiencing Personal Goals (event experiencing goals)
    • Unpredictable Personal Goal: "See today's moonrise" is specific and attainable, depending on weather conditions and your location.
    • Predictable Personal Goal: A goal dependent on factors outside of your control, like weather or location, could be less reliable.
  • Material Needs Personal Goals (material needs goals)
    • Broad Personal Goal: "Buy more clothes" is a goal that could be more effective with additional specificity, such as what type of clothes or by when.
  • Yearly Personal Goals (yearly goals)
    • Long-Term Personal Goal: A New Year's Resolution is often a long-term goal that may be harder to achieve without breaking down into smaller, short-term goals.
  • Living Conditions Personal Goals (living conditions goals)
    • Long-Term Personal Goal: "Live in a good neighborhood" is a long-term goal that may require significant planning and resources.
  • Relationship Personal Goals (relationship goals)
    • Realistic Personal Goal: "Have a loving partner" is a goal that depends heavily on personal interactions and circumstances.
    • Specific Personal Goal: "Have two children" is a more specific goal, though it also depends on personal circumstances and decisions.
  • Charitable Personal Goals (charitable goals)
    • Specific and Measurable Personal Goal: "Donate one-quarter of my annual income to good institutions" is specific, measurable, and attainable given sufficient income.
    • Unrealistic Personal Goal: If your income doesn't support this level of donation, this goal might be unrealistic.
  • Aesthetic Personal Goals (aesthetic goals)
    • Abstract Personal Goal: "Make the universe a little more beautiful" is a subjective and abstract goal that may be harder to measure and achieve.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Personal Boundary or a Personal Experience.
  • an Organizational Goal.
  • a Software Agent Goal.
• See: Intention, Personal Promise, Goal Setting, Persistent Person, Killing-Time Choice.

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References

2014

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal#Personal_goal_achievement_and_happiness
  • QUOTE: There has been a lot of research conducted looking at the link between achieving desired goals, changes to self-efficacy and integrity and ultimately changes to Subjective well-being. Goal Efficacy refers to how likely an individual is to succeed in achieving their goal. Goal integrity refers to how consistent one's goals are with core aspects of the self. Research has shown that a focus on goal efficacy is associated with well being factor happiness (subjective well-being) and goal integrity is associated with the well-being factor meaning (psychology). Multiple studies have shown the link between achieving long-term goals and changes in subjective well-being, most research showing that achieving goals that hold personal meaning to an individual, increases feelings of subjective well-being.

2010

• (Shustek, 2010) ⇒ Len Shustek. (2010). “An Interview with Ed Feigenbaum.” In: Communications of the ACM, 53(6). doi:10.1145/1743546.1743564
  • QUOTE: Interviewer: What are some of your life heuristics? Edward A. Feigenbaum: … work with that collaborator on meaningful problems

2002

• (Koestner et al., 2002) ⇒ Richard Koestner, Natasha Lekes, Theodore A. Powers, and Emanuel Chicoine. (2002). “Attaining personal goals: self-concordance plus implementation intentions equals success.” In: Journal of personality and social psychology, 83(1).
  • QUOTE: he present article includes separate meta-analyses showing that self-concordance and implementation intentions are significantly positively associated with goal progress. Study I confirmed the positive relations of both self-concordance and implementation intentions to weekend goal progress. Study 2 confirmed the positive relation of self-concordance with monthly progress on New Year's resolutions but failed to find a direct benefit for implementation intentions. Both studies, however, obtained a significant interaction effect indicating that goal self-concordance and implementation intentions combined synergistically to facilitate goal progress. The article also reports a meta-analysis and results from the 2 studies that demonstrated that goal progress was associated with improved affect over time.

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