I feel like a goal is the best non-habit producing non-addictive form of happiness.

Like I rarely meet somebody where I go, I think you could try that and they try it for a month or they try it for

three months and they go, yeah pursuing that goal made me sadder.

Like usually they come back and go, I tried this one thing and it turned to the second thing and this third thing.

Start with a fun goal. What would that look like if you gave yourself permission?

Don't make it something really difficult right out of the gate.

Make it something you enjoy because I want you to learn the rhythm of a goal

and then you can do all sorts of types of goals once you're like now I can do this thing

I want to help you find a goal you love so much it makes Netflix boring.

So how do you think about goals and achieving things that really matter to you?

If you're like most people, the answer is you don't and when you do you're clouded by confusion and overwhelm and probably a history littered with the ghosts of failure

that don't exactly make you feel awesome about yourself.

What if you could look back on your life and pinpoint the moments and accomplishments that brought you the most joy and learn from them and then use them to rediscover these peak experiences to guide you towards your best future self.

My guest today is an old friend John A. Tough. New York

Times best-selling author of The New Book All It Takes As a Goal, The Three Step Plan

to ditch regret and tap into your massive potential.

John is on a bit of a mission to help people set and achieve goals they love.

He believes the key is ditching external pressures and truly connecting with what lights you up inside

And as one of Inc's top 100 leadership speakers he has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people worldwide,

bringing humor and practical wisdom to unleashing your potential.

And he's developed and tested a goal methodology

that has been refined by thousands of people over so many goals, literally around the world,

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