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What Is Goal-Setting Theory?

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Goal-setting theory describes the mechanisms that best engage and motivate employees. These tactics include setting goals that are specific and realistic yet challenging. Best practices in goal setting also require a completion date for a project. Doran later applied Locke’s theory to his own work in goal setting.

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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

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In a world with countless ways to level up your professional development, books are one of the most underestimated tools. Professional development books give insight on how to grow in our careers, grow as people and better approach work-related challenges, shifting work environments and new opportunities.

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25 Self-Help Books You (Probably) Haven’t Read

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The solution to every problem you’ve ever had is written in a self-improvement book somewhere. The critical path to the goal you’re chasing is waiting for you on a bookshelf. Here’s an alternative list of self-improvement books that you may have missed. Self-Improvement Books About Overcoming the Odds.

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8 Best E-Commerce Books for the New Entrepreneur [2021]

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The entrepreneur needs to learn the usual business basics plus content creation, data analytics, conversion funnels and more. Here, we’ve compiled the 10 best e-commerce books for the entrepreneur to get you headed toward success in your e-commerce enterprise. This may not be the book you want to read first. Ecommerce Evolved.

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7 Customer Service Books to Help You Level Up Your Business

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To help you get a handle on things, we’ve created categories for the seven best customer service books in print today. His book guides you step by step through his proven formula to build your own customer-focused team. Each step of the way, you learn to improve overall user experience, lower costs and retain your clients.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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I learned how to use Pro Tools, how to record myself and how to EQ [equalize] my vocals a little bit from Simeon Viltz and another mentor who passed away, Brother Mike Hawkins,” he says. The goal of becoming a millionaire wasn’t on Chance’s list, but it happened anyway. That was a really, really big part of me gaining my fanbase….

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Should People with Grit Ever Give Up?

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Having grit doesn’t mean never giving up; it means not giving up on our long-term goals. And sometimes the best way to achieve our long-term goals may be to give up on unproductive short-term goals. We can think of our goals in a hierarchy, explains Angela Duckworth, Ph.D., Is what you’re pursuing worth the grit?

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