{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/review-goal-progress-before-changing-the-goal",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0943",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Review goal progress before changing the goal",
  "summary": "A changing target can hide a stable execution problem.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Before abandoning or rewriting a goal, review the outcome, progress, stalled step and current constraints. The knowledge-worker goal-setting review emphasizes monitoring as part of productive goal systems. Change the goal only when the target itself is wrong, not because the next action or capacity was unclear.",
  "limits": [
    "Goals should still be abandoned when priorities or evidence genuinely change."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-execution-rhythm"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-399621F642855083"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Goal clarity and ongoing monitoring are recurring features in the 2025 review of knowledge-worker productivity.",
      "source_id": "RS-399621F642855083",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Goals should still be abandoned when priorities or evidence genuinely change.",
      "locator": "See source record"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A goal feels unmotivating and you are tempted to replace it without checking what blocked progress."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Goals should still be abandoned when priorities or evidence genuinely change."
  ],
  "example": "A stalled article may not need a new goal; it may need one missing source or a protected writing block.",
  "check": "Goal changes are justified by evidence about the target rather than by vague frustration.",
  "steps": [
    "Goal changes are justified by evidence about the target rather than by vague frustration."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-399621F642855083",
      "title": "The influence of goal setting on the personal productivity of knowledge workers: a systematic literature review",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-10-2024-0727"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-86F22D8037A34580",
      "title": "Turn goals into work that finishes and stays finished after hours",
      "url": "/collections/turn-goals-into-work-that-finishes-and-stays-finished-after-hours"
    }
  ]
}