Quit smoking. Improve fitness. Lose weight. Travel more. Create more work-life balance. Learn a new skill. Spend more time with loved ones. These are some of the most popular new year’s resolutions found on Google. Any of these on your wish list? Well, it doesn’t have to be a pipe dream any longer. Here’s a simple yet effective way to get you moving towards your goals and maintain your progress.
Continue readingOr if you’ve seen ‘Loot’ starring Maya Rudolph on ‘Apple TV+‘, what would you do if you suddenly had $87 billion at your disposal (although there is significantly different emotional baggage associated with receiving this money through a divorce settlement)?
The actual dollar amount is immaterial. In fact, whether or not the scenario is extremely realistic is not relevant either. The essential question behind this scenario is:
Is it worth goal setting in times of uncertainty?
The events of this last year or so have prompted me to reflect on how I plan and set goals. There were some days when I felt so unsure and powerless about the future. I couldn’t be certain of what I would be doing the following week. So, how could I feel confident in setting and reaching a longer term 12-week goal? But the thought of throwing out all of my goals felt too pessimistic. It left me feeling rudderless and without direction. I still needed something to act as an anchor of stability while also guiding me forward.
On reflection, I discovered that rather than having one SMART goal for a specific amount of time I needed to create ‘goals’ or guidance at four different levels. Consequently, I created the 4M planning framework to help me create structure in my day while giving me the flexibility and direction to work towards what I wanted in life and business.
Drumroll, please. Continue reading
If you’re looking for instructions on how to create a vision board where you slap a picture of a car onto a piece of paper, hang it onto your wall, and then cross yourfingers that this car will magically drive into your driveway the next day, then this this blog is not for you.