This an Interesting, so thought to post it here, for you to think about !
Mark McCormick in his book What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School tells of a Harvard study conducted
between 1979 and 1989.
In 1979, graduates of the MBA program were asked to set clear written goals for their future and their plans to
accomplish them. It turned out only 3 percent of the graduates had written goals, 13 percent had goals but they
were not in writing and 84 percent had no specific goals at all–aside from getting out of school and enjoying the
summer.
Ten years later, in 1989, the researchers again interviewed the members of that same graduating class. They found
that the 13 percent who had goals that were not in writing were earning, on average, twice as much as the 84
percent of students who had no goals at all. Most surprisingly, they found that the 3 percent of graduates who had
clear, written goals were earning, on average, 10 times more than 97 percent of their graduating class. The only
difference between the groups was the clarity of goals they had set (and spelled out) for themselves when they
graduated.
What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School: Notes From A Street-Smart Executive
