840: Forget Traditional Goal Setting: Here’s A Better Way to Crush This Year
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Jan 1, 2025
Feeling overwhelmed by traditional goals? Discover a fresh, flexible approach that prioritizes sustainable success without the burnout. Learn how to shift focus from strict outcomes to enjoying the journey, celebrating small wins along the way. Explore tools like Rocket Money for financial empowerment and Breeze for streamlined marketing efforts. Embrace a new mindset that sees setbacks as growth opportunities and aligns personal goals with joy and creativity. Say goodbye to rigid resolutions and hello to goals that truly stick!
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Goal Relinquishment
Embrace "goal relinquishment" by loosening rigid goal structures.
Allow for spontaneity and explore evolving desires for deeper creativity.
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Flexibility in Goal Setting
Traditional goal setting methods may lead to missed opportunities.
Loosening goal structures can unlock unexpected joy and fulfillment.
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Enjoy the Process
Focus on enjoying the process of achieving goals, not just the outcome.
Jenna Kutcher enjoyed the process of writing her book, leading to a more fulfilling experience.
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In this novel, the protagonist, a burned-out bisexual woman, faces a series of challenges as she attends her five-year college reunion. She must confront her old demons, reconnect with her estranged chosen family, and navigate the complexities of her past relationships, particularly with an ex she may have left too soon. The story delves into themes of identity, family, and personal growth.
Option B
Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
Adam Grant
Sheryl Sandberg
Option B is a book that delves into the themes of grief, loss, and resilience. It begins with Sheryl Sandberg's personal account of her husband's sudden death and her journey through acute grief and isolation. The book extends beyond her personal story to explore how various individuals have overcome different types of hardships, including illness, job loss, sexual assault, and natural disasters. It offers practical advice and research-based strategies for creating resilient families, communities, and workplaces. The authors emphasize the importance of processing feelings, avoiding self-blame, and finding small victories to rebuild emotional equanimity[2][3][4].
How many times have you set a big goal, only to feel overwhelmed or like it was impossible to keep up with? Or maybe you’ve just given up altogether because it felt too much?
I’ve been there, too. For years, I set really giant goals and felt overwhelmed by figuring out even the first step towards them! Or worse, I’d set a goal and try to make it all happen at once – spoiler: life doesn’t work that way and goal setting that way isn’t effective. I’ve learned that approach didn’t work—especially when life got busy and boy has it gotten busy.
We all know that by February, most resolutions are already out the window, right? And while we all want to make this year our best yet, it's time for a new way of doing things. We need an approach that helps us reach our goals without crushing the life out of them.
Today, we’re adding some fresh takes to the strategies you’ve tried in the past—and throwing in some hot takes on how to approach goal-setting in a way that actually works for real life. No overwhelm, no burnout—just sustainable success that feels good and actually sticks!
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