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Rethinking Goals: the Science of Nonlinear Goal Setting
but a generative series of experiments. Linear Mindset Experimental Mindset Response to Uncertainty Response 1: Automatic Fight/Flight/Freeze. Not knowing the destination triggers anxiety. Response 2: Autonomous Engage/Explore/Experiment. Not knowing the destination triggers curiosity. Mental Model of Growth Ladders Lists of milestones with predict
... See moreAnne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
Many new possibilities will open when you switch from a linear mindset to an experimental mindset and focus on showing up rather than perfecting everything.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
My preferred method doesn’t involve fixating on an external outcome or destination, but instead emphasises the feel-good journey. It’s based on what I call NICE goals.
Ali Abdaal • Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
This common shift from boundless curiosity to narrow determination is at the heart of why the traditional approach to goals keeps on letting us down; it impedes
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
The authors make six recommendations for what to do instead of setting goals:
Optimize for novelty and interestingness
Follow your gut instinct about which direction is most promising
Hold your plans lightly and be open to changing direction
Pay attention to the past
Double down on what makes you unique
Collect stepping stones
Optimize for novelty and interestingness
Follow your gut instinct about which direction is most promising
Hold your plans lightly and be open to changing direction
Pay attention to the past
Double down on what makes you unique
Collect stepping stones