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Focus on This

#66 – What SMART Goals Get Wrong (with Michael Hyatt)

Focus on This

Michael Hyatt

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

4.5657 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

And just like that, it’s December. You’re in the home stretch of your quarterly goals and looking ahead at the new year. But there’s a problem: you’re not feeling motivated. Your Q4 goals feel like a grind and setting new goals for 2021 sounds like a chore. We’ve been there. The good news is, you’re not the problem. Your goals are. After years of helping people set and pursue goals, we’ve discovered one characteristic that multiplies motivation and results. You need riskier goals. In this episode, the Full Focus team is joined by Michael Hyatt to discuss why setting risky goals is the key to success. They’ll show you how adopting this single change will supercharge your motivation, boost your success, and help you become who you want to be. In this episode, you’ll discover— What the SMART acronym gets wrong about goal setting Why doubt, uncertainty, and fear mean you’re on the right track How risk sparks innovation What makes quiet, confident belief contagious An invitation to design your future at Your Best Year Ever 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

0:28.2

training. This is your chance to make real progress. Spaces are limited, so sign up now

0:34.2

at fullfocus.com forward slash rise.

0:46.9

This episode of Focus on this is brought to you by our daily holiday specials,

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the 12 days of Christmas.

0:52.5

Sign up at fullfocusplanter.com slash 12 days.

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That's the number one, the number two days. Fullfocus planner.com slash 12 days. That's the number one, the number two days.

0:58.0

Full Focusplanter.com slash 12 days.

1:10.4

Welcome to another episode of Focus on this, the most productive podcast on the internet,

1:12.8

so you can banish distractions, get the right stuff done, and finally start loving Mondays. I'm Verbs here today with Blake Stratton and a very

1:19.6

special guest. Blake, good to see you, my friend. I'm going to let you do the introductions

1:24.8

as to the very special guests we have in the house today.

1:28.1

Oh, what an honor, Verbs.

1:30.0

It's good to see you on a Monday.

1:32.8

Today, we have the man, the myth, the legend.

1:37.8

Michael Hyatt.

1:39.9

Michael, for those that don't know him, is the founder and CEO of Michael Hyatt and

1:45.5

company.

1:47.1

And he has written all your faves.

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