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Are Personal Leadership Goals the Right Tool—or the Wrong One?

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Is personal goal-setting truly the most effective way to develop as a leader—or has it become a comforting illusion of progress?

Leadership Vitals is one of four powerful leadership resources produced by im4u.world, and it exists to equip leaders with immutable insights drawn from medicine, law, and science—applied directly to leadership practice. It is essential reading for any leader who wants decisions grounded in evidence rather than trends or intuition.



This article examines the art and science of leadership goal-setting, drawing on evidence from psychology, neuroscience, behavioral economics, and organizational governance. We will explore why traditional goals often fail leaders, when they do work, and what alternative frameworks may offer deeper, more durable leadership development. The objective is not to discard goals entirely, but to situate them within a more biologically realistic, ethically grounded, and strategically sound model of leadership growth.

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