DB 271: "Want to" Goals Versus "Have to" Goals? (the difference is HUGE!)
Dream Big Podcast for Kids
Dream Big Podcast
3.8 • 975 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Susan David, the bestselling author of Emotional Agility, has identified a powerful difference between "Have to" Goals and "Want to" Goals. Eva shares that difference in this episode, and offers some examples of "Want to" and "Have to" Goals in her own life. This includes the recent experience of hatching baby quail from an incubator (definitely a "Want to" goal). But more importantly, Eva shares how she was able to apply Dr. Susan's advice to convert studying for math, which she always thought of as a "Have to" task, into a "Want to" task by connecting math with her love of farm animals. Eva also challenges all Big Dreamers to identify a "Have to" goal in your life, and reframe it as a "Want to" goal using the strategy that she shares in this powerful episode. A huge thank you to Dr. Susan David for outlining this important distinction. For our show notes, visit DreamBigPodcast.com/271
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Eva Cartman, host of the Dream Big Podcast Show, the place to go, to learn, laugh, and grow. |
| 0:08.0 | A big part of accomplishing our big dreams is setting goals and making progress. On the journey to your big dreams |
| 0:15.2 | however you may find that there are some things that you have to do that if you are |
| 0:19.2 | honest maybe you would rather not do. Well today I'm going to share a simple trick on how you |
| 0:25.2 | can reframe those tasks that you have to do in a way that will make you move |
| 0:29.9 | forward and get it done. You know what time it is? This is episode 271 of the |
| 0:35.9 | Dream Big podcast and it's time to Dream Big. |
| 0:40.0 | My name is Eva Cartman. I'm part of the squad of super kids that are here to change the world. |
| 0:48.0 | We don't believe you need to be adults to have big goals and start working towards your dreams. |
| 0:52.8 | We believe age is just a number |
| 0:55.4 | and you're never too young to make a difference. |
| 0:58.4 | We may be young but we are not naive. |
| 1:01.4 | We understand that achieving our big dreams will not be easy. |
| 1:05.0 | It will take incredible dedication, hard work, and yes, massive action. |
| 1:10.0 | There will be ups and downs, but we embrace the challenges and relish pushing outside of our |
| 1:15.9 | comfort zone because this is how we grow. They may not teach us these concepts in our school |
| 1:22.0 | textbooks. |
| 1:23.0 | But we are smart enough to know that the tools and tactics to achieve our big dreams are out there. |
| 1:29.0 | And we are willing to do the work to seek out these skills and master them because we know that our future |
| 1:36.3 | depends on it. |
| 1:38.0 | We are the big dreamers and it's time to dream big. Time to Dream Big! |
| 1:47.9 | Before we dined in this week's episode, here's Silly Sophia to make us all laugh. |
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