How To Set Goals And Actually Achieve Them! 5 things wrong with your goals. In this goal-setting video: - How to set goals properly
- The goal setting mistakes commonly made
- The key goal-setting lesson from Ed Mylett (and his doctor)
- How to set goals and actually achieve them
- "Why can't I hit my goals?"
People talk about goals a lot, but here’s the problem, we’re doing them wrong. In this video I wanna share with you 5 things we need to change with our goals.
The first thing we’re doing wrong with our goals is not linking a deep emotion to them. And I wanna give you an example of this from Ed mylett’s doctor, which may sound slightly bizarre.
But what he did, was instead of saying to Ed ‘you need to set a goal of eating more fruit and vegetables because your diet isn’t healthy enough’ instead what he said was, ‘do you wanna be there to see your daughter get married, because if you don't change to a healthier diet, another man is gonna be walking her down the isle’.
And when I first heard that I was like woah dude, bit much. But, when you think about it, which of those is gonna make Ed actually take the necessary action?
Because by having that emotional anchor to the goal, I’m pretty sure if he’s ever about to give up on his diet, that emotional trigger of living long enough to walk his daughter down the isle is of course gonna be more impactful than just some vague idea of wanting to be healthier.
And I think this principal can be applied to any goals that matter most to you. For example, is it really that you just want a million pound, or is it that whilst your parents are still here you want to be able to give them the lifestyle and experiences they deserve, and have them see you’ve made and how it proud of you they are.
I don’t know, I just know a goal with a emotional connection is much more powerful.
The second thing we’re doing wrong with our goals is Not celebrating when we hit them. If it feels like as soon as you hit a goal it’s straight on to another one, it’s easy to burn out. So I think most goals should have a reward attached to it.
For example, if the goal is to make 20 YouTube videos this month, well say that if you do it, you’re gonna go out for a nice meal with friends or family. Cos it doesn’t have to be anything crazy, but some acknowledgement of hitting it.
And that not only gives you some extra motivation to achieve it in the first place, but also gives you a chance to recharge slightly before going for your next goal.
And so you train your brain to associate the feeling of having fun and doing something enjoyable with successfully hitting a goal, which can be a powerful connection to form.
The third thing we’re doing wrong with our goals is they’re too long term or too short term. And you might be thinking, John make your mind up, which is it. Well, here’s what I’ve noticed, when you ask people their goals, some people will tell you quite short-term things like goals for the next few months, and other people will talk about really long-term life goals for years ahead. Very few people mention both.
And yet, for most people, it’s beneficial to have both weekly goals, monthly goals, yearly goals and much longer term goals.
Because, without the short term goals the big picture goals are very difficult to hit, and without the big picture goals, well what are you actually working towards in the grand scheme of things?
So my point here is simply that it’s good to have both short term and long term goals, as they work really well together, but most people don’t actually do this.
The fourth thing we’re doing wrong with our goals is they’re not SMART Goals. You might have heard this SMART acronym before, right? It stands for specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound.
The S is for specific because if a goals too vague how do you actually achieve it.
The M is for measurable because if you can’t track it, you don’t know if you’ve hit it.
The A is for attainable, because although you have to be ambitious, if it’s literally not even possible then you’re setting yourself up to fail.
The R is for relevant, so does it actually fit in with your overall vision for your lif and what you’re working towards?
The T is for timely, because a time limit gives a sense of urgency rather than just ‘i’ll do it one day’
So for example, ‘be healthier’ is a common goal but it completely fails these criteria. Whereas, ‘eat 5 different fruit and vegetables every day this month’ well that’s more doable.
So it’s a really simple framework but it’s important to remind ourselves to actually use it to improve the goals we set.
The fifth thing we’re doing with our goals is setting them too low. There’s a quote I really like and really believe in, which is ‘the problem for most people isn’t that they set too ambitious goals and fall a little short, it’s that they set too realistic goals and hit them’.
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