Thu, 1 October 2009  Avoidance goals create a focus on avoiding or eliminating undesired outcomes. For example, avoid failing my exam. Approach-oriented goals involve reaching or maintaining desired outcomes; get an "A" on my exam. Although approach-oriented goals are related to more happiness and goal success overall, we all have avoidance goals in our lives. In this podcast, I discuss one of my avoidance goals and some strategies I use to help me get going on the task that is ripe for procrastination.By popular request, I end this episode with my dog team howling good night after the evening feeding. If you'd like to learn more about my "other life" as a dog musher, check out this story from Mushing Magazine (Note: This is a 6 MB PDF document). To learn more, see procrastination.ca. Our latest Carpe Diem cartoon has a focus on approach and avoidance goals. Comments[1] |
Good post and I had never given much thought to goals being base on approach or avoidance. It will should be helpful in understanding why I've avoided even coming up with goals if the majority of them were based on avoidance in the first place.
Related to you podcast but only with regard to trimming your dogs toenails (so maybe not for posting). I had a terrible time with my Beagle using the clippers, for all the reasons you stated. Mostly for fear I'd cut into the quick.
I found on the internet however, the idea of using my Dremel tool with a medium course sanding drum. On low, the sound didn't bother him at all and you can make your way down the nail pretty quick but with a very minimal risk of hitting the quick.
Hope is was appropriate to leave a message via your comments section for toenail cutting.
Greg in Colorado
Related to you podcast but only with regard to trimming your dogs toenails (so maybe not for posting). I had a terrible time with my Beagle using the clippers, for all the reasons you stated. Mostly for fear I'd cut into the quick.
I found on the internet however, the idea of using my Dremel tool with a medium course sanding drum. On low, the sound didn't bother him at all and you can make your way down the nail pretty quick but with a very minimal risk of hitting the quick.
Hope is was appropriate to leave a message via your comments section for toenail cutting.
Greg in Colorado
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