#042: How to Escape the Messy Middle

Focus on This

Michael Hyatt

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

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🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

You get really excited about goal achievement. But after a few weeks, the buzz wears off. Momentum slows, enthusiasm wanes. It seems like it will never end! Why does every goal turn out to be a marathon? Actually, that’s all pretty normal. To get to a preferred future, you always have to get through the “messy middle.” We’ve been there too. And based on our experience, we’ve developed a simple solution for getting through the doldrums of goal achievement and regaining your momentum. Try it, and you’ll escape from the messy middle and get back on track to accomplishing your plans. Finally, you can stop feeling stuck and get excited about your goals again! In this episode, you’ll discover— How to make progress toward your goals even when things get tough. Why context matters in goal achievement—and what to do when it changes. The importance of revisiting your motivations and reconnecting with your why. How to identify when a goal needs to be dropped, adjusted, or moved to a different quarter. Practical steps to lay out a clear path forward toward a successful year. 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	fix it, starting now. Join our free training where Michael Hyatt and Marissa Hyatt are going to be talking about rising above
0:22.4	the noise, reclaim your potential and achieve your goals in 2025. It's not just another online
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0:34.2	at fullfocus.com forward slash rise.
0:48.4	This episode of Focus on this is brought to you by the new Full Focus Kids and Full Focus Students Planners,
0:50.4	available for pre-order now.
0:55.0	Learn more at fullfocusplanter.com slash pre-order. Okay, but for real, when they go against Iceland, that's not the first money ducks.
1:01.6	That's the third one, right? I mean, this is important. You're going to lead them totally astray.
1:08.0	Oh my gosh. Okay, let me do it.
1:17.2	Welcome to another episode of Focus on This, the most productive podcast on the internet.
1:25.7	So you can banish distractions, get the right stuff done, and finally start loving Mondays with your host, Courtney Baker and Blake Stratton.
1:29.8	Verbs, I feel like you just did Blake's name a little different than normal.
1:31.1	Is that kind of a new take?
1:31.9	I did.
1:32.2	I don't know. The same to me.
1:32.9	It sounded like he was just kind of going in order of excitement there in terms of his tone.
1:38.9	You can verify.
1:41.0	I want it a little bit up at the end.
1:43.6	Blake Stratton and Courtney.
1:49.7	Oh, well, okay.
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