Goal Setting #394

<div>Matt & Niki discuss goal setting: clear goals, digging deep to identify your whys, and how different personalities can effectively develop goals. <br /> <br /> If you're trying to lose weight, get stronger, change your nutrition, gain muscle you've at some point identified you'd like to make change the direction of your life. Whether you formally identified your goals or made a quick decision, somehow you identified you didn't like where you were and shifted the trajectory of your life.<br /> <br /></div> <div>What can often happen, though, is that as the process of improvement continues, we can forget why we began. When things get tough, we might not be able to latch onto a clear purpose, and we will struggle to continue.<br /> <br /></div> <div>Goals guide actions. Actions determine metrics. Clear goals create clear actions and metrics. When you've dug deep into why you want to do something, oftentimes the how becomes almost self-evident.<br /> <br /></div> <div>Some perform this process of delving into their whys internally, by themselves and mostly with silent reflection. Others perform it alone but by writing down answers to questions. Others bounce ideas off other people, seeking some feedback and refining what is essentially their rough draft ideas.<br /> <br /></div> <div>The 5 whys is a good process, and really highlights how effective goal-setting is finding your deeper purpose.<br /> <br /></div> <div>Once you've hit your why, you often have a physical reaction. It's emotional. It resonates. It's not superficial or some cliché or thing you've been told you should care about.<br /> <br /></div> <div>A superficial goal is often an unsustainable goal.<br /> <br /></div> <div>If you've been floundering on identifying how to achieve your goals, you might not have pinned down your goals.<br /> <br /></div> <div>Now, you can get after the hows.<br /> <br /></div> <div>Before you start pursuing action, you might try an intermediate step and ask (and then answer as best you can): why haven't I achieved thi