In my post earlier this week titled, “Where are your goals?”, I talked about the importance of location in where you keep your goals as well as the actual significance of the goals themselves.
Today I’m addressing both issues in my life. I recently realized that many of the goals I set at the beginning of the year didn’t even make sense. My good friend Warren helped me identify some of the issues with those goals as well as possible solutions.
In doing so he’s helped pushed me into setting some new goals as well as posting them here for public accountability purposes.
Perhaps the biggest problem with my old goals was that many of them were over things I couldn’t control. I can’t will myself to get 100,000 views on Youtube.
I can’t force myself to fall in love. But, I CAN maximize the chances of it happening. This is key. Even if I’m going out on dates and meeting new girls everyday, I may not end up finding my dream girl anytime soon. However, I’ve got a much better chance than if I chose not to go out on a regular basis.
The lesson to be learned here is that goals should be focused on the process rather than the result. Intelligent goals emphasize things within your control instead of random variables.
Another issue I had with my New Year’s resolutions was that although making big year long goals was a lot of fun, they were ultimately too far into the future to provide me any sense of urgency. I felt that time was on my side and this attitude often encouraged me to research my goals rather than take action on them.
Anyway, the main point is that I need to set new, more intelligent goals. These goals will be more short term, covering the remainder of June. At the end of the month I’ll write a post about how I did with my goals and I’ll likely continue to do so monthly as I think this new style of goal setting and accountability will prove to be much more effective than my previous style.
So without further ado, here are my goals for the rest of the month.
Goal #1
Do at least one social activity per day. I’d prefer this to be hanging out with friends, but there’ll likely be some days where plans fall through or I simply can’t keep my schedule full. In those cases I’ll practice cold approach, go door to door marketing my juggling services, or perform AND stick around to chat with my audience afterwards. The purpose of this goal is to develop my social skills, have fun, and maximize my chances of developing new, more fulfilling relationships.
Goal #2
Write and publish at least 24 articles by the end of the month. This is a pretty self explanatory goal. There’s 24 days left of June so I’d be satisfied with averaging a post per day the rest of the month. I understand writing is easier on some days than others which is why I’m making my goal to average a post per day rather than simply write one post everyday.
Goal #3
Practice Spanish for an hour per day. Similar to my writing goal, I know that I probably won’t be able to practice Spanish every single day. My goal is to be consistent, but if I happen to miss a day it’s not the end of the world. The important thing is I don’t miss two consecutive days and that I’m averaging at least an hour per day. I’ll be using Anki to learn new words as well as speaking with natives over Skype.
Goal #4
Continue writing daily in the book I’m working on. I’m currently working on a book regarding my 90 Day Social challenge. I’m currently producing at a rate of about 600 or so words per day, but the amount of words I’m writing is unimportant to me. The thing I care about is that I’m recording my experiences and insights every single day.
Thanks again to Warren for his help in pushing me to set new goals. I really appreciate your support. If anyone has advice or questions about my goals feel free to leave a comment below! 🙂
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