Setting goals for 2021 – A brief guide about personal goal setting
All of these present problems in different contexts<p>Specific: This assumes that the picture you currently have of what you want is the thing you actually want. Do you want faster horse, a Model T, or swift reliable transportation of a form you&#x27;ve not yet imagined.<p>Measurable: If you only value that which has a number, you&#x27;ll lose sight of what truly matters in life because of the Streetlight Effect[1]. Consider the ridiculousness of the question &quot;What NPS score would your children give you?&quot;<p>Attainable: There is a limit to the degree to which you can &quot;be sure&quot; of anything, especially without 2020 vision.<p>Relevant: This requires really knowing what your values are so that you can practice the subtle art of not giving a fuck[2] about other things. Determining those can be hard emotionally-painful work, but in any context it is a good problem you want to have solved.<p>Time Bound: Sometimes deadlines spur action, sometimes they paralyse or cause you to lose sleep. Sometimes, they are so far off in the future that you don&#x27;t think about them until it is too late because you thought you could do them. If you&#x27;re looking at a timescale longer than 6 weeks, consider instead that you might want a CGP-Grey style Theme: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Streetlight_effect" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Streetlight_effect</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.audible.co.uk&#x2F;pd&#x2F;The-Subtle-Art-of-Not-Giving-a-F-ck-Audiobook&#x2F;B01MG9416Z" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.audible.co.uk&#x2F;pd&#x2F;The-Subtle-Art-of-Not-Giving-a-...</a>
Highly recommend this to anyone who spends lots of time thinking about personal goal-setting.