A goal tree is a technique for schematically depicting a path to achieving a goal. For this, the main goal is taken and divided into many smaller ones. By consistently achieving these small goals, you can eventually come to the top.
Decide on a goal
In fact, the goal tree technique simply makes the goal setting process easier and more intuitive. Too many people cannot clearly articulate their goal, let alone outline a plan to achieve it in words. And if you depict all this on paper in the form of a diagram, it becomes much easier. Thanks to the goal tree, it is also possible to identify the most successful combination of steps that will lead to the main goal.
First of all, form a goal, you can limit yourself to a few sentences. Describe the image of the target as richly as possible. Then set the criteria by which you can determine that progress towards the goal is happening. Also, according to these criteria, you can navigate in the time it will take to achieve it. Highlight and limitations that may come along the way. Since the given goal is related to the future, ask yourself what events and conditions can serve as a kind of bridge between the present and future state of affairs. Depending on this, the main goal will be broken down into subgoals.
How to work with a goal
The first type of division occurs on the basis of the genus-species relationship. For example, your goal is to increase your annual profit. There are retail outlets in the countryside and in the city. For these two types of outlets can be distinguished by sub-objective. Sometimes a goal contains many aspects, and then they can be subdivided into subgoals. This division is based on the principle of "part-whole". For example, if you want to increase your profits, you can expand your retail space and change equipment. The division must be complete, all parts of the whole must be named. The division is carried out on one basis.
After dividing into subgoals, formulate the characteristics of the goal that should not be the case. Such characteristics are usually associated with the values of people or restrictions on the part of society. These can be safety rules, environmental requirements. The next stage is the analysis of options. Now there is a primary scheme, you can explore options for achieving subgoals. There may be several paths, but you need to choose the best ones.
You need to be open to compromises on the way to achieving the goal. No matter how you think it over, it is impossible to influence all the circumstances. Such goals are recognized as effective, the achievement of which resembles a natural striving for harmony. When building a tree, free yourself from stereotypical thinking and false values. Do not follow someone else's prepared script, find your own effective ways.
