Episode 29 In this episode we help you prepare for a sharper new YOU for next year, by revisiting the subject of goals. We've produced a compilation episode on the subject, with all the really useful stuff from episodes 18 and 19.
If you'd like to listen to the FULL episodes, the links are here:
* Episode 18 (Why Your Goals Aren't Working) where we cover:
* The resource out there on setting goals
* 5 steps which many people agree on when setting successful goals
* 1) Visualising your goal – invoke all of your senses
* The brain’s link between sounds, smells and memory
* 2) Writing your goal down – using the S.M.A.R.T. acronym
* Be Specific about what the goal is
* Define how you would Measure whether you’ve achieved the goal
* Use ‘Action’ language – Do, Become, Develop
* Realistic – either take this literally and make the goals realistic, or take the ‘Big Hairy Audacious’ approach and set really stretching goals. You decide!
* Set a Time limit to when you want to achieve the goal by
* 3) Sharing your goal
* Two schools of thought on this, make them public, or keep them private. Here are two perspectives:
* Fast Company say make it public
* Derek Sivers says keep them private
* 4) Break it down
* Be sure to split bigger goals into smaller steps
* Be clear on the NEXT step
* Make it something you can do within 24 hours
* 5) Plan
* Set yourself dates in the diary to review your progress AND to celebrate your success
* The one thing missing from most of the advice – WHY
* Why WHY?
* Never underestimate the power of stating the obvious
* 30 million people have given up smoking this way
* 5 whys according to iSixSigma
* 5 whys according to Toyota
* A version delivered from our kitchen table
* How you can make reviewing progress more satisfying
* Use a good planner to manage your progress – this is nice Action Day Academic Diary 17/18
* The importance of being flexible – your goals don’t have to be set in stone
* In fact if you set the wrong ones, and you’ve changed them, then the process works!
* Episode 19 (10 Great Ways To Track Your Goals) where we cover:
* Why it’s no good just deciding on your goals
* Apps and mobile based resource can track and support your goals, because your device is always with you