From Rita Jenson and Therese Kiley

"If that seemed like a lot of work, it's only because it is a lot of work."
-- Rita Jenson & Therese Kiley, on the proper formulation specific, attainable, measureable goals. [_Teaching, Leading, & Learning_]

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"Unfortunately, neglecting to respond to the question, 'Why am I going to do it?' can result in specific, attainable, measurable, but meaningless objectives."

From Gutoff's "Meaning What We Pray, Praying What We Mean: The Otherness of Liturgy"

From Gutoff's "Meaning What We Pray, Praying What We Mean: The Otherness of Liturgy"

~A person must say a blessing upon the evil just as one says a blessing upon the good.~ Berakhot 60b

The force of this injunction is in the word evil, ra'ah. Evil is frequently a subjective term, but even those things which are subjectively bad must first be recognized as such if a person is to say the appropriate blessing. By referring to something as evil, the mishnah specifically points to an event which is *not recognized* as being a product of God's justice; else it would not be called "evil" but rather "just" or "hard" or "painful." This mishnah could be rephrased as, "Precisely when you feel least like saying a blessing, you must say a blessing."

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~A person who sees idolatry says, "Blessed [are You...], the Long Suffering.~ Tosefta Berakhot 7:2