Here's something that might sound counterintuitive: people who achieve their goals don't actually take them that seriously. Wait, what? Let me explain. While goal-setters treat their objectives like sacred vows they can't break (and then feel crushed when they fail), achievers approach them more like scientists in a lab. They're curious about what will happen, not attached to a specific outcome.
Putting yourself out there is difficult. Rejection is tough. And feeling like you've gotten the rug pulled out from under you is the worst. When you're in charge of business development, where you're responsible for growing your revenue within your current client portfolio as well as seeking out new potential opportunities, you can easily vacillate from feeling like a hero to feeling like a zero, depending on what kind of results you're getting from your efforts.
Capricorn season is closing out with an incredibly productive new moon, perfect for finally executing some of the New Year's goals that have been swirling around in your brain for the past few weeks. Rising on Jan. 18, this month's lunar reset brings the sun and moon together in the ambitious and determined sign of Capricorn, and it's motivating people to invest in themselves and their passions. Everyone can tap into this lunation's power, but for the signs least affected by the Jan. 18 new moon, it'll be a little more lowkey.
The year's first new moon arrives on Jan. 18, and its energy is hitting at the perfect time for anyone ready to start building their personal empire. This lunation brings January's Capricorn stellium to a beautiful and productive culmination point, as it peaks at the tail end of Capricorn season and amplifies this sign's natural gifts of determination and discipline.
If you want to learn Python or improve your skills, a detailed plan can help you gauge your current status and navigate toward a target goal. This tutorial will help you craft a personal Python learning roadmap so you can track your progress and stay accountable to your goals and timeline: The steps in this tutorial are useful for Python developers and learners of all experience levels. While you may
Sometimes you have to take a step back before you can take any steps forward - and this adage definitely applies to taking care of your home. Whether you want to start a brand-new hobby or habit, do one thing to make your home your happy place, or devote your energy to physically refreshing a room, you'll want to first approach it with our productivity trick to ensure that whatever you do has staying power. That trick? The "one word" method.
Every January, leaders are told to do the same thing: set ambitious goals, map out the year, and commit to executing harder than before. We frame this as discipline or vision, but more often than not, it is a ritual of pressure. The assumption is that success comes from wanting more and pushing faster.
Extrinsic goals are things like wealth, status, and fame. These generally depend on recognition or validation from others and do not directly satisfy our psychological needs (even though we often think that they will). Extrinsic goals seem valuable, but their value is really based on what they give access to, not the goals themselves. The pursuit of extrinsic resolutions tends to crowd out more fulfilling pursuits, meaning a person can end up feeling frustrated and unfulfilled even when they succeed in their pursuits.
It depicts someone looking out across a vista and represents forward momentum, growth, confidence, as well as how fun it can be to plan ahead. This card seems to perfectly embody the last few days of the year, when it feels like something amazing is just around the corner. There's this sense of promise in the air as you watch the ball drop at midnight in Times Square, signaling a fresh start, and it really does make you excited about the future.
It's easy to fall prey to recency bias, focusing on the last few weeks and forgetting earlier events. We also tend to fixate on where we fell short—goals unrealized, tasks unfinished, issues unresolved. These linger in our minds precisely because they remain incomplete. What we often overlook, though, is what we've already achieved. To get a more accurate picture, use your phone's camera roll, online calendar, journals, work self-evaluations, and social media accounts to reacquaint yourself with the full year.
And Hall says that for much of her running career, "I got really used to being in this position of someone who is on the edge of a breakthrough yet never actually doing it." But looking at Hall's approach to running, and her commitment to the sport over nearly a decade of ultras, it seems like it likely wasn't a matter of if, but when her breakthrough would happen.
Today, I want to share a goal-setting process I use in my life whenever I feel a change is needed. I also use it in just about every client session, both at the start of treatment and periodically along the way. This creates a sweet synergy: Using a tool yourself is the best way to learn what it takes to actually apply it.
Imagine you've set the goal of running a marathon that's 90 days away. You've hired a trainer who says this a less than optimal amount of time, but if you stick religiously to her fitness routine, nutrition plan, and sleep schedule, you'll be ready come race day. Cheat in any of those three areas, she warns, and you won't be able to run 26.2 miles on three month's notice.
Goals are standards that individuals use to evaluate how well they are doing now relative to where they want to end up. Goals basically guide our choices. Once you have a goal, the hard part is figuring out the steps that will get you from point A to point B. The following guide can help you make well-defined and achievable goals. It also provides clues about the various ways that goal achievement fails (Berkman, 2018; Matthews, 2015).
Individuals are more reluctant to lose something they possess than to acquire something of value that they presently lack. This leads to a massive difference in how motivated they become to accomplish new objectives. In psychology, this is referred to as loss aversion. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General illustrates what this looks like in everyday life. Across four experiments, it became clear that the fear of loss can often be a far stronger motivator than hope for gaining something new.
If Michael Scott's 'vision board' from 'The Office' taught us anything, it's that scribbling, 'You miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky - Michael Scott' on a whiteboard isn't exactly a strategy. It's iconic, sure, but not the kind of plan that keeps your goals moving forward. A GPT vision board tool is the answer. Imagine if, instead of hockey quotes and improv flyers, The Office's protagonist had a board that showed real milestones, next steps, and the bigger picture.
The birds like to return to familiar nesting spots, but inclement weather can jeopardise their efforts to reach those preferred destinations. If they fly into a storm, they risk exhaustion or disorientation. Instead, they may have to alter their course, forcing them to spend the winter in less familiar settings. When it comes to prospering through the winter, doggedly sticking to a particular route or rigidly fixating on a particular location can be counterproductive for migrating birds; flexibility is key.
Teams are one of humanity's greatest tools of innovation and discovery. One study showed that teams are six times more likely than individuals to produce breakthrough scientific innovations. But working in teams doesn't guarantee success. Groups can also make us less motivated, conformist, and polarized. In my new book, The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups, I rifled through decades of research about how to get the most from your teams.
The Folly of Free Time I have written before about the folly of free time -how a weekend away from work, a vacation, or just an evening when nothing in particular is scheduled (but two or three hours exist between dinner and bedtime) implies that the artist should get to work and not squander this gift. But blocking free time on your Google calendar does not necessarily transform into productive hours.
