This is an interesting concept and I once tried to build a company around it. Productizing the concept led to me understand some of the problems inherent with g

This is an interesting concept and I once tried to build a company around it. Productizing the concept led to me understand some of the problems inherent with goal setting, and what you can do to counter them. Most people share a similar set of vague goals. "Eat healthier." "Make more money." "Do what I love." "Fall in love." But very few want to take the time to break down how they would accomplish it. The more time you spend on this step, the closer you'll get to understanding challenges you might face and learning how to overcome them. The act of sharing your goal makes you put less effort into achieving it[0]. We get a kind of high from imagining ourselves completing it, and this partially satisfies the urge to complete it. How do you set a time limit for your harder goals? And what happens when you don't achieve them within your established timeframe? For many people, failure can be depressing. Know in advance that timelines are fluid and that missing a milestone is okay. It's hard to group daily life tasks under your broader, overarching goals. Take time out daily (ideally at the start of the day) to remind yourself why you're doing what you're doing. At the end of the day, review whether what you did helped or hindered your stated long-term goals. Just a few suggestions from a year's worth of seeing how 20,000 people try to accomplish their goals. [0] http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself.html http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_you...