If you set yourself a goal and don't reach it, is that 'failure'?

i dont think that is failure. before a programe, i always set myself a goal, then i try my best to reach it. definitely, my target waht i set myself is not unrealistic.

For me, to be real, I considered it a failure because i did not reach my target. But I considered it a lesson learned. I am sure if that's happened to me I will not repeat my mistake. Next time I will lower my target so that I can easily reach it, so it will be little frustration on my part. Success for me is reaching your target with learning experience, failure is not reaching goal but I still learned from it , Im sure.

i always appreciate even small things. he got from his works already so why not have complains. things are not always in our hands. there are other factors that would not conform to your goals. there are also other ways to cover up that said failure. i would be upset but it would be short term. im always positive on things. as long as we are still alive, more options are still bound for us and always go for it. poeple are failures and losers because they think that it's already the end of the world.

In my opinion if he gives up then he would have failed. When I set myself a goal, in any aspect of life (including getting all the ironing done by a certain time) I consider myself a failure if I give up midstream. However if I do not reach my goal by the time I set myself but I alter my course and get there eventually then that is fine by me. I never feel I am running a marathon in anything I do but I must finish what I set out to do in order to be able to consider that I have reached my goal. I set my self small goals not huge almost impossible ones. It helps boost confidence in what I'm doing when I can tick off lots of smaller goals rather than never reaching a huge one. When I started earning online, for example, I was very doubtful that I would ever earn anything. When the first few cents arrived I decided to set them aside and use them as spending money when I get to visit my sister in USA. Then they started adding up quicker so I changed my goal - I could pay for the air ticket to get there. Now my goal is different - looks like I will end up paying for the whole trip, return ticket and spending money included Making goals is good and in my opinion it is not failure if you don't reach them, it is failure if you give up trying to reach them.

For me success or failure really depend on whether I enjoy the process of doing.Even if I dont earn a dollar after 90 days,if I enjoyed that time working on the task,I would say its a success for me.And of course,when we enjoy what we do the results are going to be many many times better.Coming to your point,I guess this man enjoys writing his blog and setting a high goal is a great way to start.Not worrying about the result,its great if he works towards the goal.At the end of the duration of 90 days,the the evaluation of the process in these 90 days can be done and worked on to improve the results for the next 90 days.Surely,this process is going to be make him reach his goal in the long term.

What is success? I am determined you must follow your target to do, as long as you streve to do so to complete the process of doing that is your success,regardless of your goals did not achieve.Success of your efforts to do!

I don't believe in falure. I've set up websites which have had no visitors. I see the fact that I managed to set up a website as a success in itself! The only thing I have every "failed" would be A-levels. And actually, failing them just meant that my life took a different turn and, as I had my brilliant, fantastic, wonderful little boy not long after I left college, I think it turned out for the better. I can always go back to college (which I have and will again!). I don't often set myself targets but I have done recently. I find that I take on more things than I ought to so if one thing doesn't go to plan, it doesn't matter, I just continue putting more effort into the other things and perhaps put the "failed" thing on my "to do" list. I think earning $20 a day from a website is good. I wouldn't mind that! Perhaps this fellow set his sights too high. He should maybe have set himself a target of $10 a day and then, once that had been exceded, should have set higher targets for the next year. That's usually how businesses work isn't it?!

The failure would be in giving up! If you have tried and not succeeded then that in itself is NOT a failure. How are we expected to learn if we succeed in everything we did in life? It would be totally boring, everything went right, how could we measure ourselves if we always won, always got what we wanted, life would be depressing to say the least, we need to have failures to be able to appreciate the successes in life. No one is a failure if they have taken part or set themselves a goal. The trick is not to set unrealistic goals to set yourself up for failure, small steps to reach your goal, patience, persistance and perserverance, you will get there in the end!

It is never good to set a goal and then ignore the lessons along the way. Many times the goal needs to be adjusted, but the trip is never a waste and if the goal is not high enough you may not be inspired to climb the necessary mountains to reach it.

If a person 'fails,' according to society or his false values, then as long as he gets up and tries again then how could he posssibly be a failure? He set a target and did not reach it - so what? At least he tried. To me, the person who keeps on trying is a big success. Was his target too high? what does it matter - he tried. Ther man who works so hard for minimum wages and takes this money home fo rhis family is a hero in my eyes. Blessings

I would not consider it a failure. I would treat it as a learning experience and make adjustments to make it better.

I say if your out on top your a success. What the man did is defiantly a success!

for me it is not a failure still. He may not reach what he really hoped but that doesn't mean that he has to give up. He simply must think that this is just a little trial of life. Well, he must not be upset of it, since getting $20 was still that big for a blogger. Maybe he should adjust and modify more strategies.

I still think he did a great job to be making $20 a day from blogging. I think as long as you're actually making money from doing it, it's a success. Many people would never even get close to earning that much.

I never seem to reach any goals I set for myself. I don't feel as if I've failed though because I've learned an awful lot about myself and about lots of other things. I know I am not focussed enough on anything to make a good career but then again I have one of the most lovinng families you could meet, maybe I had a small amount of impact on that. One goal I did set myself and feel proud to have achieved is to make sure my girls were loving, polite and helpful, I know I'm biased but I think I brought up three lovely people, that may not seem much to some but it means a lot to me.

Very interesting read! I wouldn't call his case a failure at all. If he had of made no revenue at akl, or only a few dollars a day, then I would thik differently, but this isn't the case. He may not have achieved the $100 a day he was aiming for, but he DID walk out the other side far wiser for the experience. It's this aspect most of all that helps me personally to determine whether I've succeeded or failed at something. It's not the finite tangibles at all! Did I end my "journey" wiser then when I started it? Did I learn something that will better my chances in future endeavours? Did others gain knowledge or CAN they gain knowledge from what I achieved? If the answer to any or all of these points is a resounding YES, then I certainly didn't fail! On the flip side, I've failed if I become ignorant or blase about the why's and how's that contributed to something not achieving it's intended goals. If I ended up in this situation, it would mean I've pretty much cruised down a pointless path just for the sake of doing so. There's nothing to be gained from that at all. And last but not least, no, I don't think he should have set his target level lower at all. Nor should he have adjusted them mid project. He set the bar high, learned a lot from the process and now has $7000 a year coming to him. The goal figures he sets are ultimately irrelevant because the end result is the end result! What matters now is how he takes this knowledge and applies it moving forward.....

I would certainly feel bad but then I would try something different to push my earnings up. So I feel that modifying them as I go up would be much better.

I would say earning $20 from a blog is a success. If the target is only $10 a day then perhaps not so successful even if it increased. I think the goal has to be set realistically and based on personal expectations. I am sure there is some motivational theory or formula that can be used to record this kind of question that you are asking.

Hu owlwings, Very interesting indeed and it caused me to think. Targeting a goal equates to one's desire to achieve and surely this is a positive trait but to set a target without weighing one's capability and resources is not what I would go for. The person under discussion probably overrated himself and thought the set target was easy invadible but his $10 a day was too less an amount for the great bull's eye. Now after this debacle if he has no regret he possibly accepted as a success but for me a goal is a goal and that must be met within stipulated time or else it would be a failure for me.

You don't know until you try. In any case, the best way to learn is by making mistakes, and it doesn't mean giving up! Its more of a failure to never try what you really want to do and not to take risks. Big risk takers are also potentially the big money makers. In your given example the money reaped is not to be laughed at! And a blog can still develop, can be changed, can grow into something bigger over time. Not being an ' instant' success does not mean never being a success ! I'd happily give up my job do earn $ 7000 a year by blogging!