Dare to
think!!!
Aim for the moon, if you fail, you may hit a star. This is what the
teachers have told me throughout my schooling. I have always wondered how anyone
would even think of reaching the moon. Many a times I have pondered over the
fact, what it takes a man to reach a moon. How does one go about pursuing
one's ambitions which are more than sky-high?. Especially, if those ambitions
necessitate goal-setting and their implementation with the help of teamwork. Here
is an activity that we performed in our class which helped us understand what
went into setting smart goals.
Tower building Exercise
We were
given a set of wooden blocks and build a tower using them. These blocks had to
be placed on top of one large block. There was one person who was building the block
and the rest were asked to assist him. Also, whenever the tower falls, the game
was as good as over.
We were
then asked to arrive at an target for the height of the tower to be built. The
rest of the class was asked to give suggestions about goal set, goal history,
and goal achieved in terms of the height of the tower as we all made educated
guesses about them.
The target was set and then
came the complication. The person building the tower is to be blind folded but
the target could not be revised. The activity started and two teams with three
persons - one blind folded and the other two were giving instructions. The
teams went on to build the towers until they collapsed. Eventually they
collapsed at a point of time.
This activity was then used as a platform to explain the
concept of S.M.A.R.T goals.
The targets which we set
for ourselves should be evaluated by the S.M.A.R.T goals. The human mind has
endless potential. What it needs is some manifestation to be able to achieve
the goal set.
Dr Mandi through the tower
building exercise showed us where we lack in working as a group and what is
takes to achieve not just the goal but much more beyond that.
