Dr. Emily Balcetis: Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals

• Step one was to write down a few goals they wanted to achieve throughout the day ahead.


• Step two was to write down any obstacles that might come up which could potentially derail their success.


• Step three was to describe what they’d do to overcome those obstacles if and when they came up. 

Now, I use Absolute Aims (AAs) instead of goals. Aims are set with many paths to choose that lead to them. As long as you move Absolutely in the direction of your Aim, you are on target.

you should have: A clearly defined, tangible, and measurable outcome that you seek, with a metric (way to measure it) A clearly defined, tangible, and measurable action that drives that outcome, with a metric A threshold for each metric that defines success and failure

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