You Need a Goal, Not A Resolution

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Management, Intentionality, Selfdevelopment, Education, Teamleadership, Personaldevelopment, Productivity, Self-improvement, Business, Achievement, Influence, Selfleadership, Leadership

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

2020 is coming to an end. Before us is a year full of possibility and opportunity, and we have agency to influence what happens. But if you want 2021 to be your best year ever, follow this advice: Don’t create resolutions. Set goals instead. As Michael and Megan unpack why goals, not resolutions, are what your year needs, you’ll discover how to move from good intentions to effective action. They’ve helped thousands of people achieve their goals, but it’s their personal stories that drive the lessons home. Don’t drift to where you didn’t intend to go. Design 2021 to be your best year ever. In this episode, you’ll discover— The power of the “fresh-start” effect The differences between resolutions and goals A brief overview of the SMARTER framework Why you shouldn’t “settle” as you create your goals for 2021 The unexpected way Michael and Megan discovered their spouses This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by Your Best Year Ever Live, a virtual event to help you set powerful goals for the new year. Claim your seat today at bestyearever.me. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by Your Best Year Ever Live, a virtual event to help you set powerful goals for the New Year.
0:09.0	Claim your seat today at best year Ever. Me.
0:13.0	Hi I'm Michael Hyatt.
0:17.0	And I'm Megan Hyatt Miller.
0:18.0	And this is lead to win,
0:20.0	our weekly podcast to help you win at work and succeed at life.
0:24.2	And this week we're going to be talking about why you need a goal but not a resolution.
0:31.8	Now if you're a little bit skeptical about goal setting you're not alone because maybe
0:37.8	you set goals in the past and they didn't really work or you thought you said
0:41.2	goals and they didn't work and you think that's a bunch of you know kind of motivation
0:45.8	whatever you know but we're here to tell you the goal setting can work but resolution
0:52.2	setting which is what most people are used to, just flat out doesn't work.
0:56.0	Well, in fact, according to US News and World Report, 80% of people fail to follow through on their New Year's resolutions and in fact most of
1:05.4	them give up by mid-February. I mean that is not very long in terms of how long
1:10.8	people are able to stick with these resolutions and I think this point is
1:14.6	really appropriate as we're thinking about you know how are we going to make
1:18.0	2021 better than 20-20 after, for a lot of people,
1:23.1	2020 was a really tough year, and they're thinking about,
1:26.6	you know, what could they do differently?
1:27.8	And I think setting goals is one of the big levers to pull.
1:31.0	Yeah, no doubt.
1:32.0	And I was thinking as you were reading that US News and World Report that 80% of people fail to follow through on their English resolutions, that sounds like a big number, but I think at least 15% of the remaining 20% are lying.
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