<P> Managing goals can give returns in all areas of personal life . Knowing precisely what one wants to achieve makes clear what to concentrate and improve on, and often subconsciously prioritizes that goal . </P> <P> Goal setting and planning ("goal work") promotes long - term vision, intermediate mission and short - term motivation . It focuses intention, desire, acquisition of knowledge, and helps to organize resources . </P> <P> Efficient goal work includes recognizing and resolving all guilt, inner conflict or limiting belief that might cause one to sabotage one's efforts . By setting clearly defined goals, one can subsequently measure and take pride in the accomplishment of those goals . One can see progress in what might have seemed a long, perhaps difficult, grind . </P> <P> Achieving complex and difficult goals requires focus, long - term diligence and effort (see Goal pursuit). Success in any field requires forgoing excuses and justifications for poor performance or lack of adequate planning; in short, success requires emotional maturity . The measure of belief that people have in their ability to achieve a personal goal also affects that achievement . </P>

Who stated that an organization's quality effort must be focused on a single goal