What is your approach to setting and achieving long-term goals?
Ernest Wolfe
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Mukhtar Mohamoud@mukhtarmohamoud
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I set long-term goals by defining clear, actionable steps and tracking progress regularly.
I stay flexible, adjusting plans as needed, and maintain focus on the end goal while celebrating small victories along the way.
I love having the long-term goals that are always out there in the horizon.
But to achieve them I need to first create some steps that become my daily short-term goals.
While I achieve them I feel motivated because I don't stand still, but rather constantly improve.
There are lots of cool goal setting techniques, I personally like need/want matrix a lot.
I also tried using ChatGPT to help me with goal setting and sort of made it my mentor:
https://productiveimpact.com/p/m...
I like to start by breaking down my long-term goals into smaller, more manageable steps.
BodySherpa
I will echo what others said re: breaking the longer-term strategic goals down into. tactical actions. I'll add though a critical piece for me on the achieving side is re-affirming that "the journey is the goal". If my happiness is only tight to the outcome, then that's one fleeting moment before the next goal comes into view... gotta find presence and fulfillment in the journey imo.
I establish specific milestones along the way. Tracking progress with these smaller goals keeps me on track and makes the big goal seem less overwhelming.
I review my goals regularly to assess my progress and make adjustments as needed. This helps me stay focused and adapt to any changes.
By taking each day at a time. I mean the planning of your path can be done up to an extent but uncertain problems might occur so you have to be ready to solve them. Mainly you can plan small goals first and let them make you achieve towards long term goal.
In my opinion, the best thing you can do is to get something done every day. No matter if it's small or big, keeping the streak going is what's most important. Once you start breaking the streak, a negative cycle will follow.