#020: Forget Goals! Focus on Habits Instead (Pt. 1 of 2)
Release Date: 11/13/2014
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info_outlineI'm pretty much done with traditional goal setting.
I'm talking about your standard "I'm going to get X result by this specific date" approach to setting goals.
It's not that this approach doesn't work. It certainly does (sometimes).
I'm doing away with it because it's missing a core element of making the goal a reality—the daily and weekly action that needs to happen in order for the goal to manifest.
Without that key element, you're just shooting in the dark.
In this episode, I explain how I've shifted my approach to goal setting. And how focusing on habit development is changing my life and my business.