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Consider Not Setting Goals in 2013

Harvard Business Review

Big Hairy Audacious Goals (or BHAGs, as they're known to the inner goal-setting crowd). Here are two of the examples of goals gone wild the authors described in their paper: Sears set a productivity goal for their auto repair staff of bringing in $147 for every hour of work. We all know how important it is to have goals, right?

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