Question Reality, Have a Great Year
[This is a follow up post to A Truly Creative Approach to Yearly Goals] Your mind is a slave. I’m not talking about the matrix or the borg. I’m talking about the involuntary knee jerk reaction to sensory stimuli. Touch a hot stove and your brain produces pain. Show you a sexy picture and your brain makes you turned on. Ask a question and the mind searches for an answer. My friend, mentor, and coach Seth Braun has often repeated this wisdom to me. “The mind triggers on questions. Ask a higher quality question and get a better result.” Creative Goal Setting The blogosphere is bursting...
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Practical minds want to know: Is this Feasible, Doable? Will I have the Time, Energy, or Guts? Often when we try to set goals the mere process can bring up anxiety. Did we even accomplish half of what we set out to do last year? The practical part of us is quick to find excuses that lead us away from brainstorming on big dreams, and toward the everyday realities in life. But why would our rational side stop us from setting yearly goals? Isn’t it practical to set goals? Well yes. Setting goals that are doable, possible, given current time and resources is practical. However,...
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