He could let go of his self-imposed goals.

Not so direct as mastering either hardware or technology was the self-imposed goal of increasing my own personal abilities.

Not so direct was the self-imposed goal of increasing my own personal abilities.

They're quite nice for self-imposed goals.

Ever since sixth grade, Karen's daily life has been circumscribed by all she must do to reach her self-imposed goal of getting into a top-tier college.

I'd prefer to hire someone who is largely self-motivated, who finds satisfaction in reaching self-imposed goals, and is willing to regularly raise the bar on those goals.

Telecom failed to reach their self-imposed goal of around 83,333 wholesale broadband customers by the end of 2005.

They said affluent beneficiaries should pay much higher premiums, but they acknowledged that they were still struggling to achieve the savings they need to meet their self-imposed goal.

Its self-imposed goal of keeping inflation below 2 percent is more restrictive than that of the Bank of England or the Federal Reserve.

Few Western analysts ever believed Mr. Gorbachev could meet his self-imposed goals for perestroika, restructuring a failing economic system, without even a temporary reduction in living standards.