We've reached that time of year when most of us are thinking hard about our goals for the year, AKA New Year's Resolutions. According to a recent Forbes study, 80% of New Year's Resolutions fail.
Today I want to talk about the problem with goals.
Show Notes
The idea of having concrete, achievable goals seems to be deeply ingrained in our culture.
In the past, I’d set a goal or three for the year, and then sub-goals for each month. Then I’d figure out what action steps to take each week and each day, and try to focus my day on those steps.
Unfortunately, it never, ever works out this neatly. We all know this. You know you need to work on an action step, and you try to keep the end goal in mind to motivate yourself. But this action step might be something you dread, and so you procrastinate. You do other work, or you check email or Facebook, or you goof off.
And so your weekly goals and monthly goals get pushed back or side-tracked, and you get discouraged because you have no discipline. And goals are too hard to achieve. So now what? Well, you review your goals and reset them. You create a new set of sub-goals and action plans. You know where you’re going, because you have goals!
Of course, you don’t actually end up getting there. Sometimes you achieve the goal and then you feel amazing. But most of the time you don’t achieve them and you blame it on yourself.
Here’s the secret: the problem isn’t you, it’s the system! Goals as a system are set up for failure.
Today I break down my issues with goals, and a new mindset I'm learning to embrace.
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https://zenhabits.net/no-goal/
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