Episode 179: Smart Goals Are Stupid

The Mind Your Business Podcast

James Wedmore

Entrepreneur, Business, Businessmindset, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurialmindset, Management

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show you’re going to hear me rant about something I’ve talked about in the past here on the podcast, but have never dedicated an entire episode to. I’m going to tell you why “smart” goals are stupid! Here’s to you going after the “impossible”…On today’s show you’re going to hear me rant about something I’ve talked about in the past here on the podcast, but have never dedicated an entire episode to. I’m going to tell you why “smart” goals are stupid! Here’s to you going after the “impossible”…

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In the episode you’ll hear:

• What the point of a goal should be

• What most life coaches are doing about their clients’ goals

• The two things you actually create the moment you set a goal

• Want to achieve more? This will have to happen first…

• How your stories are keeping you from performing at your best

• A real-life example of why having a perspective on goals is so important

• Our BIG goal for 2018 and what it means to me

For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/179

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Mind Your Business Podcast, episode number 179.
0:06.0	Today I'm going to show you why smart goals are stupid.
0:11.0	So stay tuned. Stay tuned. Hi, I'm James Wedmore and I've built a multiple seven-figure internet business that offers the financial
0:20.0	freedom to do what I want and when I want. And I'm the first to say that hard work and
0:25.5	hustle are not essential ingredients for your success. So how do you build a
0:31.2	thriving business from the inside out?
0:33.7	Now with over 1.2 million downloads,
0:36.5	this is the Mind Your Business Podcast.
0:40.6	What's up you guys, James Wedmore here?
0:42.1	Thank you so much for tuning into another episode of the Mind Your Business Podcast.
0:47.0	Oh, happy Monday. Well, if you're listening to this on Monday, how you doing? Thank you so much for being here.
0:55.0	Let's see, let's see. We're going to just dive right into this one today.
0:58.0	This is a bit of a rant. This is one that I've talked about in the past.
1:01.0	I don't think I've dedicated an entire episode to this. It's
1:04.4	around goal setting. It's around this screwy, like just crazy ickiness that we create with goals.
1:11.9	And I just want to jump right into this you know a lot of people
1:14.4	are familiar with this acronym of smart goals yeah I people then of course create all
1:19.9	these different like each one of the letters means all these different things like, are the goals specific? Are they measurable? And then
1:30.4	are they achievable or realistic and time-based?
1:34.4	And I just want to say like, you know, that's great.
1:37.0	Like it spells the word smart, that's awesome.
1:39.6	But smart goals are so stupid.
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