I hope you had a great holiday season!

This time of year, as we all know, everyone is talking about setting goals, and making resolutions. 

I’ve already accomplished one of my goals for the year. My goal was to go to the gym as much as possible… since all of the gyms are closed down again in my province… I got to go once, goal achieved!

I say that as a joke, and it’s also how a lot of people approach their goal setting. They make a bunch of outlandish statements about money, and health, and relationships, then a few weeks later, they’re right back to the same old habits, except they feel a little worse because they’ve let themselves down… again. 

This becomes so much of a burden to some folk’s mental state, that eventually they quit setting goals all together. 

So… is goal setting a waste of time?

Absolutely not. 

We have to have direction that we’re moving in. If we don’t have our compass set to a point on the map, life gets stagnant. We, as humans, work better when we’re progressing toward something.  

Here’s the trick, well actually it’s a two parter. First you have to know what it is you’re going after. It has to be specific, and based on real emotional anchors. It doesn’t have to be logical at first. After all, we make decisions based on emotion, and then justify them later with logic, don’t we?

The next part is breaking down the end goal by time and effort needed. Here’s what I mean, let's say your goal is to make $10k extra this year. Break that down by weeks, months, and days. $10k is a big number to think about. But, if you break it down, that’s only earning an additional $27.40 a day. 

Is it easier to figure out how to make an extra 25 bucks, or 10 grand?

On this episode of the “Investment Property Income” podcast, Geoff and I take a deep dive into this very different, very attainable system of setting your sail for the year. 

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