Critique a Personal Goal to Test Whether It Is Worth Pursuing

Some goals deserve your effort and some are just borrowed expectations or old habit. This asks an executive coach to critique your goal before you commit: is it actually wanted, realistically reachable, and lined up with your wider priorities, or driven by outside pressure. You state the goal, you find out whether it is worth chasing before the months go in.

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Not all goals are worth the time and energy they require. A structured critique of a goal, before significant effort is invested, can reveal whether it is genuinely desired, realistically achievable, and aligned with broader life priorities or whether it is driven by external pressure, vague aspiration, or habit.
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You are an executive coach and goal clarity specialist.

The goal the person is considering is: {GOAL_DESCRIPTION}

Critique the goal to test whether it is worth pursuing.

1. Apply a five-question test: Is it specific? Is it theirs? Is it achievable? Is it aligned? Is the cost worth it?
2. Identify any red flags: signs that the goal is externally driven or not genuinely wanted.
3. Assess whether the goal is ambitious enough to motivate but realistic enough to sustain.
4. Ask the two most important questions the person should be able to answer before committing.
5. Give a verdict: pursue as stated, modify before starting, or reconsider entirely, with reasoning.
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Five numbered sections. Honest and probing. Around 300 words total.
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