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Brooke Craig's avatar

Love this! A couple of years ago I started reframing my goal setting, based on some readings and trainings I was immersed in at the time. So many “experts” in productivity and goal accomplishment stick with the SMART goal format and think we need a deadline to arrive at the goal, we need metrics to know we’ve met the goal, blah, blah blah! So it always felt like the arrival was the goal. And I rarely hit those goals and if I did, it didn’t feel like winning. I felt like I cheated because I did “whatever it takes” to hit the number by the deadline. It didn’t feel authentic, there was little connection of “my WHY” of the goal and my actual contentment. So when I switched to more of a how do I want to live and feel and be in my life kind of thing, my goals became more me and more about the process. There’s no deadline, there’s no sharing on LinkedIn, no certificate, but it’s been a hell of a lot better and I’m actually creating a life I love and making more progress and not beating myself up constantly for missing some arbitrary deadline for some public accomplishment I had a hard time convincing myself was really what I wanted.

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Pat Budd's avatar

You’ve described it exactly, Scott. Great piece. 🥰

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