4 Benefits of a Weekly Review and How to Have One
One of my favorite goal-setting and achieving tools is a weekly review. It will help you “sharpen the saw” as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Teaches. But what…
3 Things You Must Do Immediately After Getting Excited About New Big Goals
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how good it feels to set big goals. I remember clearly the moments when I realized I wanted to go to graduate school,…
How to Plan for the Future Even When It’s Uncertain
To say 2020 has been a wild year would be an understatement. It’s showing us all why uncertainty is so intimidating. But I’ve also been thinking, how can you and…
What Word Math Is and Why I Do It
In many of the articles on this site, I begin with a section that I like to call Word Math. If you’re wondering what this is and where it came…
3 Quick Ways to Make Achieving Goals Inevitable
A couple of weeks ago, I published my big goal-setting how-to guide, and I can’t stop thinking that something was missing from it. I realized that finding, refining, and tracking…
Why Accountability Is Important If You Want to Achieve Your Goals
Accountability is a big word. It might sound scary and confusing, but it has massive potential to make you more successful at accomplishing your goals. Here’s the short answer to…
How to Set, Track, and Achieve Goals: The Ultimate Goal-Setting How-To Guide
Setting goals isn’t easy. You’ve probably failed so many times that you don’t even want to do it anymore. But this goal-setting how-to guide is going to change that. A…
12 Examples of Long-Term Goals That Will Inspire You
Sometimes we treat the goal-setting process as if the hardest part is sticking with our goals while the easy part is picking them. But the reality is, you probably experience…
How Long Are Short-Term Goals?
You’ve heard you should eat an elephant one bite at a time. But how big should those bites be? Breaking your goals into smaller pieces makes accomplishing them so much…
19 of the Best Quotes About Setting Goals That Will Motivate You
Although it's not exactly one of the quotes about setting goals, Jim Rohn once said that “you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.”…