I was talking with Catherine Caine (who runs the wonderful Cash and Joy ) earlier this month about setting goals. During our chat, I came to the conclusion that although goals are very useful things to have in any endeavour, they can leave you a bit cold.
This might seem contrary for someone in my line of work, but I see two problems with them:
- They’re often a bit arbitrary: “I will have X clients by date Y”, or “I will make N thousand pounds whilst working P hours per week.” Hardly the stuff of great inspiration.
- Even if you come up with an amazing, inspiring goal, you’re going to spend far more time working towards that goal than you will basking in the brief moment of achievement.
Now, I’m not a fan of picking holes in something if I don’t have a suggestion for improving it. So I got to thinking about what I prefer. And I realised that the stuff that really inspires me isn’t the goal, it’s the adventure you have on the way there.
Having spoken to a few people about this, it seems I’m not the only one who feels this way.
So Catherine and I put together this 11-minute audio interview on how to stop worrying about your goals and have an adventure instead.
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This is the first time I’ve used audio on this site, and I rather enjoyed it putting it together.
Let me know if you’d like to see (or hear) more of these in the comments, and what adventures you’re planning this year!
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OMG, YES PLEASE!!! :>
Found this piece of awesomeness by clicking on your testimonial over on Cash&Joy to see what you were up to of late. So glad I did!
Thank you both for doing this!
Just what I needed to hear today – been stuck on this particular topic, of late, and this gives me some ideas of how to keep moving in a happier way.
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