82 // Goals You Don't Actually Control
The Mindful Kind
Rachael Kable
4.6 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2017
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to episode 82 of The Mindful Kind podcast and episode 2 in the Goal-Setting mini-series.
Discover how to recognise goals you don't actually control and tips for changing them to take better control (and feel more fulfilled by them!).
For example,
A goal you don't control: Getting a promotion
Goals you do control: Getting your work done to a high standard, going to a leadership or assertiveness training and become better acquainted with your boss and colleagues.
You'll find out why it's important to focus less on numbers in goals and more on effort.
Also, don't forget to take the time to celebrate your goals!
I was recently interviewed by Aileen from the Lavendaire Lifestyle podcast, so be sure to check it out on iTunes, Youtube or Aileen's website: https://www.lavendaire.com/lifestyle-38/
I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey |
| 0:12.3 | and inspire you to create your own. |
| 0:14.9 | Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness, |
| 0:19.7 | from my personal experiences to useful tools and different |
| 0:23.6 | mindful techniques. |
| 0:31.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 82 of the Mindful Kind podcast and the second episode in the Goals Setting mini-series. |
| 0:39.3 | If you haven't listened to the first episode, I'd like to encourage you to check out episode 81 for my thoughts on meaningful goals, mindfulness and being smart. |
| 0:48.3 | Anyway, the topic for today is something I am really, really excited about because it's something which took me a while to figure out for myself, and it's a topic which I don't think is talked |
| 0:58.1 | about often enough when we're taught to set goals. The topic is setting goals you don't actually |
| 1:03.8 | control, and I'll be sharing how you can recognize these goals, how to modify them so you can |
| 1:09.0 | feel more empowered and why this is so important. |
| 1:12.2 | I thought it would be best to just dive in with an example and show you what I mean about |
| 1:16.3 | goals you don't control. Imagine I set a goal to be promoted at my work within the next six months. |
| 1:23.9 | This goal might motivate me to work really hard. It might be something I really want to achieve and I know maybe that I deserve it. |
| 1:31.7 | However, the problem with this goal is that I don't have much control over whether or not I achieve it. |
| 1:37.4 | It could be that no matter how hard I work or how much I deserve a promotion, I don't get one because maybe there is someone more qualified |
| 1:44.6 | than I am, maybe there are simply no job openings, maybe the boss like someone else better, |
| 1:50.7 | there could be all kinds of reasons which I don't have control over, which actually decide |
| 1:54.9 | whether or not I will achieve my goal. Now imagine that I set a goal based on effort rather than |
| 2:00.7 | outcome. For example effort rather than outcome. |
| 2:01.9 | For example, rather than aiming for promotion, I aim to complete my work, make an effort |
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