I used to stress over getting my goals exactly right. Maybe it’s the early financial analyst in me, but I would think way too hard about what happened before, how long I had, what was going to happen, not happen, could happen, should happen. And the act of goal setting became so exhausting that I basically exited the process tired and confused.
Instead, I’ve found that picking a goal and then deciding the NEXT THING that needs to be done has been very helpful - and dialed down the overwhelming feeling that can come from trying to change everything at once.
Building this newsletter is a perfect example. I want to have an active list of thousands of subscribers. But I actually have no idea how to do that.
So, I’ve set the intention: Have a vibrant, engaged community of newsletter subscribers where I can see evidence my experiences and stories are helping.
The first step? Tell people about it at the end of every presentation I give. That’s it. That’s the only thing I’ve done - and this list already has hundreds of people who receive it.
