GOAL SETTING TO THE NOW
I listened to an interview with Lululemon founder Chip Wilson on the Tim Ferris podcast where he said: ‘When setting goals, set them in date order, with the furthest away first and work back to today, or now goals’.
It’s easier to set goals for today if you have goals for the week. It’s easier to set goals for the week if you have goals for the month. It’s easier to set goals for the month if you have goals for the year. It’s easier to set a one-year goal if you have a five-year goal, and so on.
So, if my one-year goal was to have spent the last year alcohol-free, the setting of daily goals was easy. Goal 1 – every day, do not drink alcohol today.
If your goal is a someday goal, you should start at the top and work back. If it’s a one-year goal, start there and work back. You want to take your goal and work back until you have your today goal.
Take the example of when I wrote my book “Walking Back To Happiness: the Secret To Alcohol-free Living & Well-being”. A year before I published the book my goal setting and timing around the book would have been as follows:
One year – publish the book
Nine months – complete writing of manuscript for editing and production
Six months – complete 50% of writing of manuscript
One month – have structure and content planned
One week – plan outline content
Today – research alcohol-free book sector
Bill Gates said: “Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”
STEPS YOU CAN TAKE
Complete the following…
Someday Goal | What’s the one thing you want to do someday? |
Five-Year Goal | Based on your someday goal, what’s the one thing you can do in the next five years? |
One-Year Goal | Based on your five-year goal, what’s the one thing you can do this year? |
Monthly Goal | Based on your one-year goal, what’s the one thing you can do this month? |
Weekly Goal | Based on your one-month goal, what’s the one thing you can do this week? |
Daily Goal | Based on your one-week goal, what’s the one thing you can do today? |
Right Now Goal | Based on your daily (today) goal, what’s the one thing you can do right now? |
WHAT IS YOUR SOMEDAY GOAL?
Walking Back To Happiness: The Secret To Alcohol-Free Living & Well-Being shows you how I changed my story and found happiness and well-being and how you can to. Packed with over 70 exercises or steps you can take to improve your well-being and happiness, it’s a blueprint of how to live your best life! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nigel-Jones/e/B0B7RP6LH6/
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