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Ep. 275: Accomplishing Hard Goals

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Reverse Goal Setting: Finding the Shortest Path to Your Current Situation

Reverse goal setting is a method that involves starting with a transformative goal and working backwards step by step to the current situation./nWorking backwards can help create a directed path to reach the desired goal./nThe process of working backwards involves identifying the steps before the goal and determining the concrete activities to bridge the gap between each step./nProgress is peeled back to carefully analyze and add each step back in./nEvidence is used to establish the links between each step and to determine the necessary efforts.

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