This is an IHeart podcast.

Run a business and not thinking about podcasting.

Think again.

More Americans listen to podcasts than adds supported streaming music from Spotify and Pandora.

And as the number one podcaster, IHearts twice as large as the next two combined.

Learn how podcasting can help your business.

Call 844-844-I-Hart.

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I-Hart Radio. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is that when you are making goals, focus on the process and not on the outcome.

The process is usually far more in your control, so focusing on that can make goals, in general, feel more doable.

So I have talked with a lot of people about their goals over the years, and I find that many of them

are about a desired outcome, like lose 15 pounds and fit in your old jeans, or get an amazing

new job, meet someone special, see your net worth, cross a million dollars. Now, there is absolutely

nothing wrong with wanting any of these things. The trouble is that some aspects of

these goals are not going to be entirely within your control. The market might tank, just as your

brokerage account gets close to seven figures. Unless you plan to work for yourself, you need the organization where you want

to work to agree to hire you. And your dream company might be in the middle of a hiring freeze.

Many of us have had the experience of working hard to lose weight and then needing to take medication

for something that then puts back on the pounds that you work to lose weight and then needing to take medication for something that then

puts back on the pounds that you work to lose. All of this can be frustrating. If we are not

careful, these setbacks can make us question our agency over our lives. But when we focus on process, not outcome, all of this changes.

I may or may not lose 15 pounds, but I can focus on eating more vegetables and fewer empty calories.

I can exercise regularly and get enough sleep.

...