But think of doing your best on a daily basis as a stretch goal.
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With just hours left, the game has hit every stretch goal far surpassing initial expectations.
"We've had some serious tailwind behind us in recent years, but this is a real stretch goal, " he acknowledges.
" The report went on to say that street estimates for Apple's December quarter "may end up being a stretch goal.
If they almost reached the stretch goal but not entirely, they will be inclined to pretend they did, and cook the books.
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Tell yourself you'll do 20 push-ups in the next five minutes (a specific stretch goal) vs. five push-ups (non-stretch) or the vague idea that you'll do as many as you can.
It seems we are inclined, when we have been set a stretch goal that we just did not reach, to tell ourselves that we sort of did, and really do deserve the reward.
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Similarly, good people can focus so much on reaching the stretch goal that they fail to realize how this has dumped other work on their co-workers, led the company to accept mortgages that are too risky, etc.
Presently, the Waltham, Mass. center is the vaster of the two, and it's Verizon's goal to stretch the California edition to (roughly) match the original location.
Taylor had a left-footer from range saved on the stretch by Gomes in the home goal, while only a Kaboul block stopped the same player's goalbound effort levelling the scores with Gomes stranded.
In this spirit, and however far Mr Powell's own vision may stretch, America's immediate goal is to jump-start implementation of the Mitchell report, the recommendations of a commission led by George Mitchell, a former American senator.
However, Brown was well positioned in the middle of his goal and was able to stretch and knock the ball over the crossbar.
South Africa midfielder Pienaar's energy and determination is vital to his side and he would have added the vital ingredient of goal if a full-stretch Cesar had not tipped his long range strike wide.
The goal is to have their cameras stretch around the globe, and for the impact to continue to be both economic and personal.
Louisville forced 12 Duke turnovers with 10 steals, held the Blue Devils to just one field goal over an 11-minute stretch in the second half and made an adventure out of something as simple as Duke's guards trying to cross halfcourt.
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However, when you think about it, a low student-teacher ratio goal, is specifically a low-productivity goal inconsistent with productivity increases needed to stretch scarce tax and tuition dollars.
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"Obviously, we had a tough stretch there, " said Henrique, who added a second goal in the third period, closing out the scoring for New Jersey.
The Rangers broke out after going without a goal since the first period of Game 1 a stretch of 124 minutes, 6 seconds.
Having "one of everything" is the project's ultimate goal, but the logistics of acquiring every new game make achieving that feat a stretch.
The EPA says it's almost half way to its goal of removing 2.65 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment from a 40-mile stretch of the upper Hudson.
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