ECOLOGY CHECK
This is the wisdom that says that “if I achieve this goal, who would it affect?” If you get that job you are so keen on getting, will it take you away from your family? If you secure that visa, will your relationship suffer for it? If you start producing that line of product, will the environment suffer for it?
We have heard about people who read so hard for an exam so much that they can’t even sit for the exam. Because they ended up in the hospital from almost running mad or a compromised health of some sort.
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Ecology Check is one of the wisdom in the CREATE Model of Goal Setting that makes it smarter than SMART goals. This is the QUESTION one more time; “If I achieve this goal, who (or what) would it affect negatively?” Maybe the goal isn’t worth it after all. Or NOT achieving that particular goal is much more significant than actually achieving it.
Ascertaining that yours passes the ecology test lets you establish congruence in your mind about your goal. A double-minded man is unstable only all his ways.
