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The ONE Thing

324. Stop Limiting Your Potential With Realistic Goals

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

We all know the importance of setting goals. We have to know where we're headed and what we want to achieve in order to get there, right?  The problem is that most people don’t know the best strategy for setting their goals. It seems obvious that our goals should be realistic, right? Wrong. It may seem counterintuitive, but, in reality, your goals should be wildly unrealistic. Reach for the stars.  Another problem is the company we keep. Most of us surround ourselves with relationships and circumstance. But we should be striving to discover and bring specific people with specific qualities into our lives based on where we are at that point in time. If none of this makes sense as a way to find your ONE Thing, then listen to today’s episode and learn.  And if you’re still looking for help with setting your goals, be sure to check out our upcoming Goal Setting Retreat, where you can join us to learn the specific tools to know exactly how to set the right goals and how to do it the right way. Find out more by heading to the1thing.com/setmygoals. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/pods. In this episode, you will learn... [00:01] How there’s no point in keeping your goals realistic [20:40] The power of time blocking to find your ONE Thing [23:00] How important the company you keep is Mentioned in this episode: Factor 75 Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off! Factor 75

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0:00.0

This is the one thing podcasts where we teach you the surprisingly simple truth behind

0:06.7

extraordinary results.

0:07.7

I'm your host, Jeff Woods.

0:11.2

And I'm your co-host, Kaelin Les.

0:13.0

It is officially goal-setting season.

0:17.2

And we wanted to have a conversation about the things that we have learned the past several

0:23.5

years because one thing we've realized is that oftentimes we are limiting ourselves

0:30.9

and our potential with realistic goals.

0:34.8

And here's what we mean by that.

0:37.6

Jerry was teaching a class a while ago and he asked what's the purpose of the goal?

0:42.2

Kaelin, what do you say?

0:45.1

To be appropriate in the moment.

0:46.8

Yeah.

0:47.8

And he asked the question, what's the purpose of a goal?

0:50.2

And people in the room shared ideas basically summing up to achieve a result.

0:54.9

And he said, you know, I used to think the same thing.

0:57.6

But what I've realized is it's actually not about the result.

1:01.1

It's about being appropriate in the moment, which that means that your goal, it's not

1:06.2

about a finish line that you either do or do not cross.

1:10.1

It's actually a compass that tells you if the actions you're taking right now are on track

1:17.3

or in the wrong direction.

1:20.1

And if that's the case, it's not about setting goals that are realistic based on what

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