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Focus on This

#041: How to Deal with Setbacks

Focus on This

Michael Hyatt

Education, Timemanagement, Productivity, Focus, Organization, Michaelhyatt, Planning, Achievement, Business, Worklifebalance, Goals

4.5657 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

You’ve got big plans, but life has a habit of getting in the way. For every one of your goals, there seem to be a dozen setbacks or problems. Before long, you’re bogged down in delays, frustration, and disappointment. Honestly, it seems like you can’t catch a break! The truth is that setbacks and failures are inevitable! They’re not the end of the road but the beginning of a fresh start. In this episode, we’ll show you exactly how to harvest the learning from your latest setback, then toss it like a banana peel and keep moving. Get yourself unstuck and back on track to achieve your goals! In this episode, you’ll discover— How to shift from a mindset of failure to a mindset of progress. Tips for seeing real, three-dimensional growth in yourself even when things aren’t going exactly as planned. That problems are actually part of the process, not a hindrance to it. Questions to ask yourself when processing a setback or failure. How to make sure you learn from even the most unexpected turns. This episode of Focus on This is brought to you by the new Full Focus Kids and Full Focus Students planner, available for preorder now. Learn more at www.fullfocusplanner.com/preorder. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, what do you think is worse? Living in constant reaction mode or missing the goals that

0:07.6

matter most? Well, what if I told you both problems stem from the same route? And you can actually

0:13.2

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0:22.4

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at fullfocus.com forward slash rise.

0:48.0

This episode of focus on this is brought to you by the new full focus kids and full focus students planner available for a limited time only. Learn more at full focus planner.com

0:54.0

slash preorder.

0:56.3

You rate the show and we'll see you there and we'll see you soon.

1:01.4

Blake, did verbs just tell people that they can leave us bad reviews?

1:06.9

Yeah. If you pay attention to the copy verbs, I specifically wrote, you are free to leave us a review of five stars or higher.

1:21.6

Welcome to another episode of Focus on This, the Most Productive Podcast on the internet, so you can banish distractions,

1:29.2

get the right stuff done, and finally start Loving Mondays with your hosts, Courtney Baker and Blake

1:36.0

Stratton.

1:37.8

Courtney, I'm excited as ever for this podcast because we're talking about something that hits

1:43.6

a little too close to home,

1:45.3

which is those moments where you feel like you are losing momentum on your projects or on your goals.

1:53.9

You know, the last few months, I think for all of us have really shaken things up in some way, shape, or form.

2:00.8

And, you know, as a result, it can,

2:03.3

we can just feel frustrated or disappointed. Or for me, I tend to get down on myself, like, hey,

2:10.9

I've got a podcast about goal achievement, and here I am, you know, losing momentum on some of my

2:16.2

own goals. And so, yeah, I'm excited because

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