840: Forget Traditional Goal Setting: Here’s A Better Way to Crush This Year

The Goal Digger Podcast | Top Business and Marketing Podcast for Creatives, Entrepreneurs, and Women in Business

Jenna Kutcher | Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy & Marketing

Business, Marketing

4.8 • 12.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

How many times have you set a big goal, only to feel overwhelmed or like it was impossible to keep up with? Or maybe you’ve just given up altogether because it felt too much? I’ve been there, too. For years, I set really giant goals and felt overwhelmed by figuring out even the first step towards them! Or worse, I’d set a goal and try to make it all happen at once – spoiler: life doesn’t work that way and goal setting that way isn’t effective. I’ve learned that approach didn’t work—especially when life got busy and boy has it gotten busy. We all know that by February, most resolutions are already out the window, right? And while we all want to make this year our best yet, it's time for a new way of doing things. We need an approach that helps us reach our goals without crushing the life out of them. Today, we’re adding some fresh takes to the strategies you’ve tried in the past—and throwing in some hot takes on how to approach goal-setting in a way that actually works for real life. No overwhelm, no burnout—just sustainable success that feels good and actually sticks! Goal Digger Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/goaldiggerpodcast/ Goal Digger Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goaldiggerpodcast/ Goal Digger Show Notes: https://www.jennakutcherblog.com/2025-goals Thanks to our Goal Digger Sponsors: Run your first payroll with Gusto and get three months free at http://Gusto.com/goaldigger! Make B2B marketing everything it can be and get a $100 credit on your next campaign. Go to https://www.linkedin.com/goal to claim your credit! Cancel unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster at https://www.rocketmoney.com/goaldigger. Get all the Goal Digger goodness you love COMPLETELY ad-free. Visit jennakutcher.com/adfree to subscribe today!

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0:00.0	Are you finally ready to start your email list, Gold Digger?
0:04.7	The new year is the perfect time to make it happen because small steps today lead to big moves tomorrow.
0:11.1	This is your moment to stop stalling and start building.
0:14.7	And the best part is I've got a totally free resource to help you do it.
0:18.8	It's my email list building mini course, $59 of value yours free right now for a
0:24.5	limited time. It is waiting for you at list build challenge.com. In just five days, you're going to learn
0:31.3	easy, actionable strategies to grow your email list from scratch no matter what type of business you run.
0:36.8	You'll also get tech
0:38.1	tutorials that break down every single step and you'll know what to do once you've attracted
0:43.1	new subscribers who can't wait to hear from you. I started from zero two and now I land in over
0:48.6	hundreds of thousands of inboxes every single week. Trust me, this mini course is the shortcut
0:54.0	you need to get your email list
0:55.6	off the ground. No more excuses, no more overthinking. So are you in? Jump in for free today at
1:03.0	listbilledchallenge.com and step into the new year with an email list that's ready to take
1:07.9	flight. It's entirely free and ready and waiting for you at
1:11.6	list buildchallenge.com. If you are someone who really struggles with following through,
1:22.6	my question for you would be, are you focusing too much on the external rewards? And if you are,
1:29.1	what would it look like for you to refocus on internal rewards? I'm Jenna Goetcher, your host of
1:36.2	the Gold Digger podcast. I escaped the corporate world at the age of 23 with nothing more than a
1:41.5	$300 camera from Craigslist and a dream. Now I'm running a seven-figure online
1:46.5	business that feels even better than it looks, all from my house in small town, Minnesota with my
1:51.6	family. Here, we value time as our currency. We mix the woo and the work, and we are in the pursuit
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