What to Do When You Miss a Goal

Focus on This

Michael Hyatt

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

4.6 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Marissa and Ken dive into the universal experience of missing a goal, showing why even the most driven people face setbacks. They share strategies for navigating the emotions that come with falling short and explain how to turn those moments into valuable growth opportunities. If you're ready to see missed goals as fuel for resilience and progress, this episode is for you.

Key Takeaways

Recognize You’re Not Alone: Everyone misses goals, even the most successful people. Give yourself grace and take a breath.
Let Regret Be Your Teacher: Instead of dwelling on the loss, use regret to reconnect with what matters and fuel future efforts.
Use the After Action Review: Assess your approach by asking what worked, what didn’t, and what you can do differently next time.
Commit to Dreaming Again: Embrace the courage to set new goals, knowing that setbacks are stepping stones in your journey.

Resources

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Watch on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/zCmzjzXmZt4

This episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

Transcript

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0:00.0	Marissa, today we're going to talk about something that none of us high achievers like to talk about,
0:05.9	and that's missing a goal. And we hear at full focus are not immune to this.
0:11.5	What are you talking about? We're perfect. We hit every single goal that we ever said.
0:16.7	Every single one. You're right. Never mind. But we've actually missed some of our goals this summer even.
0:22.1	We're not immune to this.
0:24.6	And even though we are huge goal achievers, we're not immune.
0:29.5	And it happens sometimes that you set a great goal and you miss it.
0:32.7	This happened to us earlier this year.
0:34.8	We had some really exciting revenue targets that we were working towards
0:39.4	and we missed them. And it was not that fun to go through, but we learned a lot through the process.
0:47.9	And so hopefully today, what we're going to be talking about is what to do when that happened.
0:52.8	So you can really like squeeze that experience for all the juice that's inside because it may feel like you're a failure
0:59.9	when that happens. But the truth is you're not. And you're learning and there's so much to learn
1:06.4	from those experiences. So let's go ahead and dive in and talk about what to do when you miss a goal.
1:17.8	Welcome to another episode of Focus on This, the Most Productive Podcasts on the Internet
1:23.2	so you can banish distractions, get the right stuff done, and finally start loving Mondays.
1:28.5	I'm Ken Friere here with Marissa Hyatt.
1:31.7	Hey-Hia.
1:32.4	Hey-oh, happy Monday.
1:33.9	Happy Monday.
1:35.4	I am really excited to talk about this because like you said, most high achievers
1:39.7	actually don't want to talk about this.
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