Whether you are evaluating your own goals on your self assessment, or evaluating individuals' goals on your team, it's important to consider not only the "what," but the "how." 

What you evaluate is the content of the goal itself -- timelines met, deliverables created or sent, changes made. Setting SMART goals helps with evaluating what was done in terms of goal progress. The more specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound the goal, the easier it is to assess what was completed. 

Also important is how goals were achieved. Did you collaborate with stakeholders to make sure what you created met their needs? Did you take risks and come up with an innovative solution no one saw before? Did you work with a diverse group to ensure you listened to different voices and created something that reflects our community? Providing insights into how you (or your employees) met their goals helps to show how you are living our GW values, demonstrating our service priorities, or showing leader behaviors in all you do. 

Your goals do not need to be at 100% completion in order to have a successful check-in. Some goals take multiple years to complete, so demonstrating progress that meets the expectations you and your manager set is what counts. 

We recommend utilizing milestones to show how much work has gone into your goals. Milestones are steps or achievements necessary to make progress toward goals. Even if your goal is not 100% complete, your manager will be able to evaluate your progress and give performance feedback. 

Goal comments will also be an important part of completing your check-in. Your goal comments will provide additional information and context to your manager that will allow them to evaluate your performance. 

This is the second part of our podcast on how to develop personality.

Every individual has his own characteristic way of behaving, responding to emotions, perceiving things and looking at the world. No two individuals are similar.

You might like going out for parties but your friend might prefer staying back at home reading his/her favourite book. It is really not necessary that if you like partying around, your friend will also like the same. Here comes the role of personality.

What an individual sees in his childhood days and most importantly his/her growing days form his personality. How an individual is raised plays an important role in shaping his/her personality.

Personality is nothing but the aggregate conglomeration of memories and incidents in an individual’s entire life span. Environmental factors, family background, financial conditions, genetic factors, situations and circumstances also contribute to an individual’s personality.

Every individual has his own characteristic way of behaving, responding to emotions, perceiving things and looking at the world. No two individuals are similar.

You might like going out for parties but your friend might prefer staying back at home reading his/her favourite book. It is really not necessary that if you like partying around, your friend will also like the same. Here comes the role of personality.

What an individual sees in his childhood days and most importantly his/her growing days form his personality. How an individual is raised plays an important role in shaping his/her personality.

Personality is nothing but the aggregate conglomeration of memories and incidents in an individual’s entire life span. Environmental factors, family background, financial conditions, genetic factors, situations and circumstances also contribute to an individual’s personality.

The brain is involved in everything we do and, like any other part of the body, it needs to be cared for too.

Exercising the brain to improve memory, focus, or daily functionality is a top priority for many people, especially as they get older. That said, people of all ages can benefit from incorporating a few simple brain exercises into their daily life, which we’ll explore in more detail in this article.

This is the part two of Improving Brain Power, Improving Life.

The brain is involved in everything we do and, like any other part of the body, it needs to be cared for too.

Exercising the brain to improve memory, focus, or daily functionality is a top priority for many people, especially as they get older. That said, people of all ages can benefit from incorporating a few simple brain exercises into their daily life, which we’ll explore in more detail in this article.

Destructive criticism is negative feedback that harms, undermines, or offends the recipient. It may also impact the person’s reputation and prestige or denigrate their creations or achievements.

Destructive criticism often comes in the form of a personal attack or emotional outburst. It may be based on prejudice, such as sexism or racism, or result from the critic’s own frustrations and insecurities.

For example, if you question an employee’s way of doing things, it might make them feel defensive or inadequate. They might then react by lashing out at you or others around them.

Rather than defending themselves, they attack — and the result is often destructive criticism.

Destructive criticism is usually vague and non-specific. It focuses on people’s personal attributes rather than their actions — for example, calling someone stupid for making a mistake, rather than explaining what they did wrong.

Are you consciously designing your life? Do you really understand what that means and how to do it?

This matters because, in a time when online marketers are pitching their services or products, promising that they’ll give you the time and financial freedom you need to create your “life by design,” it is important for you to have an understanding of what designing your life actually looks like and how to do it effectively.

The problem is that, while it sounds great in theory, most people don’t understand what it means to create a meaningful life by design, and they do not have the first clue where to start to make that happen when they feel stuck.

BTS is is the one of the unique topic we had picked. We hope you will find is useful (It's not about Music Band).

In previous episode we shared 3 point on how to stop procrastination and in this episode we are going to share remaining points.

Do you put off work you know you’ll need to accomplish eventually, even if this habit increases pressure for you and others? Procrastination may seem like a way to avoid stress, but it’s more likely to increase stress in the long run. And the tendency isn’t always limited to work and school; chronic procrastinators often delay important tasks in their personal lives, like household chores or scheduling doctors’ appointments.

Luckily, procrastination isn’t a permanent characteristic. Like any other habit, it can be unlearned—and the first step is usually to figure out the cause. Here's how to stop procrastinating for good.

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Despite believing to have a positive outlook, we invariably weigh the cons first, consider several times before sparing a compliment, and broadcast only the odds when someone counts on us for advice. What’s more, we prefer needless sarcasm for humour, manage a wry smile when something is genuinely funny, and believe deep down that the glass is actually half empty.

Almost all of us know about the great successful business tycoon Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft Corporation and the pioneer of the computer revolution worldwide by making software that is easy to use for almost everyone.

However, Bill Gates is also an avid reader from a very young age. Reading novels and encyclopedia right from the fifth grade to 50 novels per year even now, Bill Gates continues to read religiously. He reads a lot of non-fiction and he considers it important to reflect on what we read. He makes notes on the corner of the pages to make sure that his mind is present right there and taking in everything the book has to offer. He is also an author of many non-fiction books, the most recent being 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need' published on 5th May 2020. 

“You don’t really start getting old until you stop learning, every book teaches me something new or helps me see things differently.”

- Bill Gates

Start your new year thinking about this and try to implement it.

Do you feel that the decade-old teaching style is making your student life monotonous? In the words of Thomas A. Edison, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Life is certainly a beautiful mess and we, as students, go through a lot of rough patches that ultimately transform us into matured individuals. Patience and perseverance are the keys to tackle arduous situations but we often long for that push that can drift us in the right direction. Movies have been, and still, are the best source of inspiration for all age groups including students. There are many inspirational movies that force us to think outside the box, evoke powerful emotions, challenge us to push our limits and become better person. Without further ado, let us now look at some of the best Motivational Movies for Students which have the power to inspire and help you become the person you want to be. 

Confidence can be a tough thing to build up. We've put together some handy tips to help you out. If you're still having a hard time even after trying these self-help ideas, don't worry! We’ve also listed the ways you can find extra support and work on boosting your confidence with the help of others.

Having a healthy level of self-confidence can help you become successful in your personal and professional life. It can play a role in your motivation to pursue your goals and affect how you present yourself to other people. Research has found, for example, that people who are more confident tend to be more academically successful

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has shared his summer reading list for 2021! In a recent blog post, Gates shared that he randomly picks his next read. But this time, "I find myself reaching for books about the complicated relationship between humanity and nature. Maybe it’s because everyone’s lives have been upended by a virus. Or maybe it’s because I’ve spent so much time this year talking about what we need to do to avoid a climate disaster. Whatever the reason, most of the books on my summer reading list this year touch on what happens when people come into conflict with the world around them," he wrote.

For someone that loves to read, there might have an extensive personal library at home. As your home library grows, you may be looking to safely store some of your books away for safe keeping and possibly other household items. But, books are very sensitive, and if they are not stored properly their condition may suffer. Are you wondering how to store your books in a storage unit? Read this blog for important tips on how to preserve books in long term storage.

We are always advised to take positive thoughts and vibes from wherever we get them as they are the only means for us to maintain a steady pace in life, which is a path that has to be taken until the final destination is in sight.

There is the underlying fact that all of us are taught right from childhood that life is a race and if you don’t keep up the pace then you are bound to lag behind and be crushed by the oncoming runners that is pretty similar to a 100m relay race.

Now what is the one thing that keeps you going in this so called race of life? What is it that you require to keep up the pace with others? What do you require to keep yourself on track without tiring and giving up?

Stress is part of being human, and it can help motivate you to get things done. Even high stress from serious illness, job loss, a death in the family, or a painful life event can be a natural part of life. You may feel down or anxious, and that’s normal too for a while. When stress becomes overwhelming, or it's chronic, it can take a toll on your well-being. That's why it's important to have effective stress relievers that can calm your mind and your body. 

So it's important to have a variety of stress relief tools at your disposal. Then, you'll be able to pick a strategy that works best for your current circumstances.