008 - How to Achieve Your Goals and Resolutions
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2016
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we talk about goal setting and why so many of us never hit the goals we set. It’s time to check on your resolutions because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.
You Will Hear:
- Why our brains are wired to move away from goal setting.
- Why stretch goals are a waste of time.
- How to approach your goals in the future.
Book Recommendation:
Today’s book recommendation is the Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday. The Obstacle is the way is a phenomenal look at stoic philosophy as it applies to the problems we face on a daily basis.
In context for today’s episode, the obstacle is the way teaches us that while the fear of failing at our goals may be holding us back, it is in this pain that we will experience the greatest growth.
You can pick up this book for about $15 on Amazon but why spend that $15 dollars when you can get the audio version of The Obstacle is the Way for free by going to tinyleapsbook.com and signing up for a free trial of Audible. You can cancel any time and keep the book so what have you got to lose? Check out tinyleapsbook.com and pick up your copy of the Obstacle is the Way for free.
Connect:
Resources:
psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201407/why-goal-setting-doesnt-work
lifehack.org/articles/featured/the-science-of-setting-goals.html
Links:
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode we talk about goal setting and why so many of us never hit the goals that we set. |
| 0:06.5 | It's time to check on your resolutions because you are now listening to tiny Leaps, Big Changes, where I share simple research-back strategies you can use to get more out of your life. |
| 0:36.1 | My name is Greg Klunis and one of the biggest goals I've ever set for myself was a complete and utter failure. |
| 0:44.7 | Back when I was 13 I read a copy of Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins. |
| 0:50.8 | This book kicked off a summer, in fact a year of reading personal development and self-help books. |
| 0:58.0 | By the end of that summer I was so confident in my ability to accomplish great things that I decided I was going to make |
| 1:06.1 | my first million dollars by the age of 21. Now of course at the time I thought that |
| 1:11.7 | no goal was complete without announcing it to the world |
| 1:15.1 | so for the next five years I made sure to tell every single one of my friends and everyone who ever asked me the dreaded question of what do you want to do |
| 1:26.0 | when you grow up. This goal became my identity. So of course when I hit 21 and I hadn't accomplished it, there was a huge sense of disappointment. |
| 1:37.0 | Not to mention, my friends and family went out of their way to remind me of the fact that I hadn't accomplished it. |
| 1:44.0 | Now I'm telling you this story because it's a perfect example of why so many people choose not to |
| 1:50.1 | set goals for where they want to end up in life. Setting big goals that are completely out of your reach leaves you feeling |
| 1:57.4 | disappointed, depressed, and honestly like a complete failure, which is how I felt felt but with that said there is a significant amount of research to prove that |
| 2:06.8 | Setting goals can do wonders for helping you to create a better life. So what are we supposed to do? Is it just as simple as |
| 2:16.1 | embracing failure and disappointment? Well it turns out that the answer lies in our |
| 2:21.6 | approach to setting goals. But before we dive into that, let's first talk about |
| 2:27.6 | disappointment and pain, or rather the fear of disappointment and paint. |
| 2:33.0 | In an article for the website Life Hack. |
| 2:40.0 | Dustin Wax writes |
| 2:45.0 | according to the research of psychologists, neurologists, and other scientists |
| 2:50.0 | setting a goal invests ourselves into the target as if we'd already accomplished it. |
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