Encore: 10 Tips to Achieve Your Goals

Do you ever set goals and fail to reach them? I used to do that all the time. The only goals I completed each year were my recreation goals! Over the years, though, I’ve learned some tips to help me be more successful with reaching goals. On today’s podcast, we’ll discuss ten tips about how to achieve your goals this year. I’ve asked my friend and fellow podcaster and writer, Dr. Melanie Wilson, to help me with this podcast as she is the master at completing goals!

What We Discussed on the Podcast

• 10 tips for achieving your goals
• How to let go of perfectionism
• A 3-question format you could use for a mastermind group or friends goal group
• How to be a good coach to yourself
• Why it’s important to plan for obstacles and how to do that

How to Stop Procrastinating Course

This will be an on-demand video course with 17 lessons, three live Q&As (in October 2025), journaling questions, assignments, and an opportunity to find accountability partners. It also has a community feature so you can connect with others in the class.  Click here to find more about the course.

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast

• Barb’s How to Stop Procrastinating Course
• Melanie’s routine kit
• Melanie’s book: A Year of Living Productively 
• Melanie’s blog: homeschoolsanity.com
• Melanie’s podcast: The Homeschool Sanity Show
• Barb’s James Bible study
• Freedom from Procrastination
• Renewing of the Mind Project
• Barb’s decision making sheet (Click on the link, then scroll down to “Resources Mentioned in the Book.”)
• 45 Bible Verses for Procrastination

About Melanie Wilson

Melanie Wilson is a Christian psychologist turned homeschool mother of six.  She is also the author of a fascinating book called A Year of Living Productively. For one year, Melanie made a commitment to try a different productivity strategy, app, or program each week. In the book she shares how it went that week and what she liked and didn’t like about each of the productivity strategies.

How to Listen to the Podcast

• Listen or subscribe on Apple Podcasts
• Listen or subscribe on Android
• Listen or subscribe on Stitcher
• Listen or subscribe on YouTube Music
• Listen or subscribe on Spotify
• Amazon Alexa: To listen on Amazon Alexa, say, “Alexa, play the Christian Habits Podcast.”

 

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