PECSAW Goal Setting is a very useful NLP goal-setting model to set powerful well-formed outcomes. It helps create goals that connect your own desires, thoughts, and emotions. This makes the goals achievable.
There are many goal-setting techniques. The main thing to look for is that the technique should help you connect to your own latent potential. When it connects to your inner potential you will feel the emotional energy that you will need to achieve your goals. You can choose the one that works for you.
PECSAW Goal Setting
6-Step PECSAW Goal-Setting Model
The acronym PECSAW stands for
- P – Positive – State Positively What do You Want?
- E– Evidence – Set the Criteria to recognize the achievement of the outcomes in sensory language.
- C– Context – Where, When
- S– Self-achievable – Is it achievable by Self or dependent on others
- A– Advantages and Disadvantages – Pros and Cons
- W-Worthwhile – Does it really matter to you?
PECSAW Well-Formed Outcomes Questions
Questions for Positively Stated Goal
- Where are you now? Your Current State
- Where do you want to be? Your Desired State
- What do you want?
- What do you want to achieve?
- Is it specific?
- Is it positive?
- What are you going towards? Avoid moving away
Questions to incorporate Evidence into Goal
- What will you see?
- What will others see?
- How exactly will you know?
Questions to have the relevant Context in the Goal
- Where do you want your goal to be achieved?
- When do you want to achieve?
- When you don’t want to achieve it?
Questions to Check for Self-achievable
- Is the goal dependent on Self or others?
- What resources do you need to achieve your goal?
- What you can do by yourself?
- What support you will need from others?
Questions to Understand the Tradeoffs -Advantages & Disadvantages –
- What are the changes you will have to make to achieve the goal?
- What are the advantages of achieving the goal?
- What are the disadvantages of achieving the goal?
Questions to establish Worthiness of the Outcome
- Why is the outcome important?
- Is the outcome really worth your time and effort?
- What are the benefits that the outcome will it attract?
These questions can help you set realistic, achievable goals. The PECSAW questions are a nice adaptation to create well-formed outcomes. The 5-Step PACER model is also very good for creating well-formed outcomes.
