Oh how I love goal setting. But collecting goals is a completely different hobby than maintaining goals 😅

Now if you missed the mark in January, it's ok... because I did too lol

So we are starting fresh with Jon Acuff's actionable book on goal setting. And I know Atomic Habits is all the rage right now - BUT PLEASE - that book was published in 2018...

All It Takes is a Goal was published in 2023 - now that's what I call relevant!

🌞 Life List

Sometimes its annoying when authors ask you to do things. But this exercise I genuinely enjoyed. He asks you to write down the best things that have happened to you over the last 20 years. Then categorize them between (4) buckets:

• 🥇 Accomplishment - winning something you had to work towards
• 🏖️ Experience - a memory of something you experienced
• 💖 Relationship - a memory that involves experiencing something with someone else
• 🎁 Object - an physical object

I made my list in Notion:

Now notice what is not on your list?

* Cough cough * ... Men.

Ok, only kidding... But typically you will see very few objects. I noticed a ton of relationship and experience categories which shocked me.

🎯 Types of Goals

He also categorizes goals differently than most goal related books.

• 👍🏼 Easy goals - 1-7 days, not expensive, and should feel like they are not enough
• ⭐ Middle goals - 30-90 days, flexible
  • For example there are 25 things that could count towards a writing middle goal like watching a show on writing, listening to a podcast on writing, or actually writing
• ✅ Guaranteed goals - 90-365 days, easy to measure, and should sound impossible
  • These typically are "guaranteed" because the habit is formed by the time you reach this level of goal setting

✅ Scorecard

Now I appreciate a man with a scorecard. Yes. Bring me the scorecards. I have been doing this for years. I have a YouTube Scorecard and I have a Work Skills Chart Scorecard:

Notice how its easy to see what my weekly goals are for 🎬 YouTube and only (5). Although I am thinking about removing the ones outside of my control. I can't really control things like Subscribers, Views, Revenue, and Watch Time.

This is a 💼 work scorecard focusing on the data software I want to master as the headers of the chart. Blue is expert, Green is proficient, Yellow is good, and Red is beginner. I was able to get out of all the reds at least!

I have been focusing on Power BI for the last 3-4 weeks now. I am 54% through the best course on Power BI that I could find by Leila Gharani - if she sounds familiar she has several million subscribers on YouTube.

Here is a 30% off discount code if you have stalked her course before - I was DYING to find a discount a few weeks back - but I ended up paying full price 😒

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📖 Companion Reads

Any habit book will go great with this one. The GOAT is The Power of Habit which started the trend of all the habit books.

🎬 Full Video

If you wanted the full detail of my favorite tips from his book check out the full video on my YouTube channel 👇🏼