The New James Page 3
 
Strategy for attainment of short-term goal:


With a click of the mouse, he returns the cursor to the top of the page and begins to respond to each one of the three awaiting colons.

Long-term goal: To manifest the beauty of mankind in clay and stone.

This response is an easy one for James, almost instinctual. He had defined this goal years ago before resigning from the firm. He was simply copying this goal from a file in his brain to a file on his computer desktop.

Short-term goal: To create a sculpture that captures a woman’s pride in her body.

James is not happy with this articulation. He tries again:

Short-term goal: To create a work of art that captures a woman’s attitude towards her own sexuality.

James is once again unsatisfied. He has learned in business school that short-term goals must be as specific as possible. They are the lowest level of a work plan. They should almost act as instructions. He grows