Tag: Goals

There are plenty of non-psychological reasons why it might be hard to stick to your goals: Maybe you want to commit to six months of couples therapy to strengthen your marriage but your spouse is flaky about attending… Or maybe you want to restart your old photography hobby ...

There is psychological safety in having unattainable goals. I didn’t know this until I traced the footsteps of my past and realised I’ve been doing this my whole life. For years and years, I’ve been making extravagant goals in an attempt to make myself feel good but destroy any ...

Goals-setting is not a magical one-stop solution to cure all your ills. Like powerful prescription medication, it can be effective when used for the proper indication and at the correct dose but toxic when misapplied. In my previous article, I explored some ways that misuse of goal-setting c...

The first goals I ever set didn’t last a week. It was New Year’s Eve and everyone was talking about their resolutions. I thought to myself, ‘Why don’t I join the moving train and become better?’. Well… joke’s on me. It didn’t last long before I gav...

Are you certain about your primary goal at work right now? Do you know what you want to accomplish by the end of the day? Setting goals is essential for success. You lose focus and direction when you don’t have goals. Setting goals not only allows you to take charge of your life’s cou...

Before moving on to the goal-setting system, let’s analyze the main mistakes so that you know the enemy in person. They understood how to deal with it, and why exactly these tools are used. When you understand what mistakes, they help to exclude, you will understand the principles of their wor...

I think whoever has at least read one self-help book in their life knows the importance of long-term goals. Here, I don’t want to reiterate what you probably find easily elsewhere about why long-term goals matter and the like. My purpose for this blog is to discuss why those important go...

I’ve often found this RuPaul quote under-utilized and under-referenced. The quote carries profound wisdom about leadership. It urges us to envision the leaders we aspire to be and to step into that role with unwavering authenticity. In the realm of leadership, we inherently mimic the styles...

I’ll preface this post with a note that you need to have a good idea of the roles and responsibilities of each level of position at your company in order for this to be effective. Quick link to the template we’ll be using: Competency Quadrant Example Spreadsheet [MAKE A...

If you’re on the path to self-improvement, these five questions will help make sure that your 2023 goals put you on the best track: Are your goals too vague or too concrete? Are you putting your outcome goals first? Are you forgetting to adjust the defaults? Are you framing your go...

Lionel Messi, widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time, has had a career filled with numerous records and accolades. Starting his professional career at Barcelona at the age of 17, Messi quickly established himself as a key player for the team, helping them win numerous dom...

South of the city centre in Copenhagen, a residential area called Ørestad is being constructed and it may just become the most sustainable neighbourhood on the planet. While it wouldn’t be the first village constructed with the planet in mind — we’ve written abo...

It’s exceptionally easy to become attracted with these posts and start standing separated your relationship from these ‘objectives’. Regardless, seeking after these relationship targets isn’t strong or sensible. We ought to investigate why you should not be seeking after t...

My first school week has passed so fast. Although my professor is generous and the class has been going well at a moderate pace, it gave me some challenges. One thing is that a lot of the contents I learned this week were new to me, and I struggled to memorize those stuff for the quiz. And I actu...

Note: this is a companion blog to a conference presentation from October 2023. This blog is written with a German audience in mind, but even if you are not based in Germany, you may find this blog useful! Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash. Many organizations I’ve worke...

Being a good human is an admirable goal. My problem is, I don’t think whiteness can be good. I also don’t think it needs to be. Hear me out. I’m not implying that having light skin makes one incapable of goodness. Nor am I suggesting that those of us on the paler side should hat...

Rapid changes are happening around the corners; everything changes by the minute, even the second. Back then, we had limited access to the sneaker brands we could choose from, but now we have — way too many options! With that being said, our standards and expectations of sneaker shopping sk...

What did this challenge mean to me? I didn’t know how to describe my goal and what I wanted to achieve in those 30 days. I was surfing the internet to find the best way to define my goals. And I found the most effective way to define my goals. It was SMART goals. If you are...