Why SMART goals are stupid. And here’s what I do instead.
Don’t set goals for the sake of achieving them. Set goals for who you grow to become in the process of achieving them.
SMART goals stands for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time. Later on, I will share why I don’t really believe in setting SMART goals and why I have another way of setting goals called “Intention + Freedom from Outcome” which I’ve learnt from Owen Cook (RSD Tyler).
Why setting SMART goals did not work for me when I was 16 years old.
When we set smart goals, either we achieve it or we don’t.
When I achieved it, I’m only a little happy. And it only lasts for a while.
When I don’t achieve it, I get frustrated
So I don’t really like it, because it doesn’t make me fulfilled. There’s too much downside with too little upside.
Intention + Freedom From Outcome (I+FFO)
I do whatever I can to achieve what I want.
At the same time, I am not attached to the outcome.
If you have 10/10 intention and 10/10 freedom from outcome, then that’s the best.
No matter what happens… I am enough. I am happy. I love myself.
It’s coming from the space of “I know I did my best, so whatever the outcome is, I am happy. Because I know I did my best.”
When I play pool. Instead of aiming to win the championship, I just focus on playing each shot well, each game well, each match well, and I know if the input is optimal, the result would be that I win the championship!
I’ve never aimed to have 500 students in 12 months or to make $500,000 in 12 months. All I focused on was to add value to each client to the best of my ability, and to be the best coach that I can be to empower them. To be the best closer/presenter that I can be to acquire more students. And then because I focused on that, a community of 500 students naturally formed.
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