Goal Setting
topic on 5 shows · 11 statements across 9 episodes
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11 statements about Goal Setting, every show
Perkins: Realistic goals lead to giving up when roadblocks hit
“If you start with a Reasonable goal or a realistic goal, then you kind of get to get to when you're like, oh, cool, whatever. Or more importantly, if something happens, you know, all the problems and roadblocks come along as they always do, then you're like, o…”
The true purpose of goals is mapping prerequisite operational truths
“The whole point of setting a goal is that you can have conversations about what would need to be true to actually hit that goal.”
Graham Weaver: Pick one or two goals and explicitly drop the rest
“You gotta make some choices, so you can have kind of any goal you want, but you can't have 20, so you pick the one or two that you're really excited about, and then you have to kind of draw a bright line and give yourself permission to not do, you know, goals …”
Shankar: Framing goals around proactive behaviors makes progress easier to track
“There is some research showing that you do want to frame your goals in terms of do behaviors versus don't behaviors, so you would kind of acknowledge this before. It's much more easy to measure progress when we're engaging in proactive decisions or proactive b…”
Shankar: Adding Emergency Reserves to Goals Massively Increases Goal Adherence
“And so there is research showing that when we introduce what are known as emergency reserves into our goal setting, basically get out of jail free cards, into the process of goal setting, we're much more likely to stay the course and to reach those goals.”
Shankar: Set Week-Long Goals to Minimize Predictable Mid-Project Motivation Slumps
“So what Ayelet recommends is to actually just make the middle periods of time as short as physically possible. So rather than setting a year long goal, which we might feel an instinct to do because we want to set a really ambitious goal. And so we're like, let…”
Parr: Hitting achievable goals is better than missing hyper-ambitious targets
“I actually think achievable goals are inspiring, and I try to hit, like, 75% of the goals that we set. If I'm not hitting about 80% my goal setting was quite bad. So I, hitting goals, hitting, hitting goals that are not that ambitious, I think gets you a bette…”
Stephane Kurgan: Teams must set their own goals to maximize engagement
“What's very important is for teams to set their own goals because that's how they're going to be engaged and that's how they will stretch themselves. But if you feel these goals are not stretching enough, then you should challenge them.”
Wodtke: A good goal feels somewhat uncomfortable but not doomed
“A good goal is one that makes you feel somewhat uncomfortable, but not doomed.”
Steph Smith: Hitting 100% of goals means targets lack ambition
“If you're hitting a hundred percent, you're not setting ambitious goals. If you're hitting nothing, then you're just lost in the world probably, but I hit maybe 50% every year.”
Su'a: Finite Finish Lines Create Unsustainable Sprints and Momentum Loss
“This is the problem with having finite destinations or finish lines to whatever you're trying to achieve. Because what happens a lot of times is you, once you achieve it, once you sprint past the finish line, What do we tend to do? We take our foot off the gas…”