Discover the importance of setting genuine goals and avoiding external validation. Learn about the difficulties of generating ideas and dealing with failure. Explore the importance of setting and revising goals. Shift your attitude towards goals and make them fun and pressure-free for increased achievement.
Attaching heavy reasons or emotions to business goals can hinder motivation and creativity. Instead, embrace lighter reasons like finding excitement and fun in the process.
Avoid putting unnecessary pressure on business goals and be realistic about financial expectations. By maintaining motivation and taking gradual steps, individuals can overcome setbacks effectively.
Deep dives
Goal Heaviness: Finding Lightness in Setting Goals
The episode discusses the concept of goal heaviness when setting business goals. It advises against attaching heavy reasons or emotions to goals, such as trying to make others proud, proving oneself, or setting an example for children. Heavy reasons can lead to setbacks and disappointments feeling overwhelming, hindering motivation and creativity. Instead, the episode suggests embracing lighter reasons for setting goals, like finding excitement and fun in the process. It emphasizes the importance of having a healthy relationship with oneself and approving of one's efforts and progress without the need for external validation.
Avoiding Pressure on Business Goals
The episode advises against putting unnecessary pressure on business goals. It highlights the importance of being realistic and not burdening a business with financial expectations it cannot yet support. The host shares her personal experience of starting her business without solely relying on it to meet immediate financial needs. Instead, she took on part-time work to ensure stability while gradually growing her business. By avoiding excessive pressure on business goals, individuals can maintain motivation, generate better ideas, and overcome setbacks more effectively.
Finding Lightness in Setting Goals
The episode encourages a shift in mindset when setting goals, focusing on lighter reasons rather than heavy ones. It suggests setting goals that are exciting and fun, rather than burdensome or based on external validation. The host shares her experience of working with a mentor who emphasized the importance of taking the heaviness off goals and approaching them with a sense of playfulness. By embracing a lighter approach to goal setting, individuals can tap into their true potential and achieve greater success.
What is the reason behind your business goals? Whether it’s to make your parents proud, inspire your kids, or to simply have more money, putting pressure on your business in this way is not serving you.
This week, I’m sharing the difference between a compelling reason and a heavy reason, what happens when you create goal heaviness in your business, and the true reason for setting goals in the first place.