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Goal software 101: Trait #1: Systems approach

Consider two situations, that might occur on the day you plan to set some goals:

1. You sit down with a cup of (beverage) looking forward to your goal setting session just to find out your (prefered information storage utility) is not at hand. You get up, gather the needed utilities and sit down. In midst of setting your goals you continuously have to look through your notes about goal setting. The creative mind gets bogged down by the other functions it has to fulfill. You end up exhausted and with no particular feeling of excitement or expectation towards your goals.
2. (beverage) in place - let's set goals. The run the goal software you're using. It gives you clear, predefined suggestions on what to do step-by-step. Goals set. Well defined. Attaining to your standards. You feel great.

The second point ilustrates the power of a process approach. Once set up - your software can do all the repeatable work for you.

The mid-tech approach would be to have a digital checklist with all the appropriate qualities of a goal made once and then copied to subsequent goals. This is the approach I use, with the help of the greatest to-do and checklist manager - Todolist. This however is not perfect - it does not guide you effortlessly throught your steps.

Low-tech would be just printing some sort of questionnaire - but as above - this is not the ideal.

The software I am testing now - "Achieve-IT!", does have some of the functionality I seek (but more on that on the upcoming review).

Bottom line - goal software should have a system of wizards for setting goals.

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3. Goal software 101: Trait #4: Total accessibility
4. Goal software 101: Trait #5: Choosing GS Systems