Need to Pivot Your Goals? Here’s How

Focus on This

Michael Hyatt

Timemanagement, Productivity, Organization, Planning, Achievement, Education, Worklifebalance, Business, Michaelhyatt, Focus, Goals

4.6 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

We set goals—then life happens. So what do you do when you need to change course? In this episode, Marissa Hyatt and Ken Freire walk you through the four key elements you can revise when a goal isn’t working. Small changes can make a big difference—and ensure you don’t give up on your goals too soon. Stay in it. You can do this.

Key Takeaways

Revision Beats Quitting. The best goals are flexible. Instead of giving up, make adjustments that keep you moving forward.
Time Matters. If your goal is too easy, shorten it. If it’s too hard, give yourself more time.
Watch the Right Number. Is the metric you’re tracking actually undermining your success? Listen to learn how to know—and how to switch.
Play the Long Game. Change takes time. The key is staying with it.
Strategies Aren’t Sacred. Finding a better approach, accountability, or support system can make all the difference.

Resources

Watch on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/TQeKMMkEkUM

This episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ken, I feel like we've had some really good episodes over the last month. We've talked about a lot of
0:04.9	things like spring cleaning, stopping certain things, recommitting how to not quit or what to do
0:11.6	when you want to. We talked about your quarter and making sure you're fully set up for success.
0:19.4	But I feel like the one thing that we haven't talked about yet is what to do when you're fully set up for success. But I feel like the one thing that we haven't talked about
0:22.4	yet is what to do when you need to significantly change your course on a goal.
0:29.0	That is huge because life happens, right? You might have all of a sudden had a baby or a new
0:34.7	promotion or a new job. Like there's so many different changes that could happen in life.
0:39.5	So we want to make sure what do we do and how do we actually address it and keep being intentional
0:44.9	with our lives.
0:45.9	Yes.
0:46.1	As we head into Q2, this is such a good episode for you guys because we're going to talk
0:52.2	about really like pivoting and how to do it
0:55.2	well. So let's jump in. Welcome to another episode of Focus on This. This is the most
1:05.9	productive podcast on the internet so you can banish distractions, get the right stuff done,
1:10.5	and finally start
1:12.0	loving Mondays. I'm Ken Frede, and I'm here with the amazing, the wonderful Marissa Hyatt.
1:19.5	Hey, yo.
1:20.8	Happy Monday.
1:22.3	Monday. Happy almost Q2.
1:25.2	Yes.
1:25.8	It's the last Monday of March.
1:28.4	And I'm just glad that spring is here and that we're officially like not in the dark days of the winter any longer.
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