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The Only Way To Win The Race (A New Year’s Special) w/ Matt Ragland
The Only Way To Win The Race (A New Year’s Special) w/ Matt Ragland
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68 minutes
Released:
Jan 1, 2021
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Clarity and ConsistentIf you're not consistent and you haven't had a whole lot of experience with long-term planning, then it's really difficult to do because there's a good chance. You also struggle with short-term planning. And I don't really mean struggle with a daily plan. But say even in that mid-range of what am I going to, what are my goals in the next three to six months? And so I can give you some ideas and methods and structures for just getting into that, like short to mid-range planning so that you can build some confidence, build some momentum and really have something attainable and close by, but also is enough time for you to get some cool things done.Clarity makes it measurable. And then when it's measurable, it's achievable. a pretty good place is if you have 70 to 80% clarity on what the next steps are or could be, I think that's a really good place to start because a lot of people I've found that I've coached or have had on, just on my email list or will comment on my YouTube videos is they'll actually get stuck in the 80 to 100% of clarity that they're trying to achieve And that's just another way we can get stuck in our perfectionism, get stuck in thinking like I have to have all the boxes checked. I have to have everything figured out. And even if you could get to that and maybe you can get closer. What I've actually found is. You've been getting to what you might feel as a hundred percent clarity on something is not always as positive as you might think. Because then if something doesn't go to plan. So getting to even like that, 70, 80% of clarity is still a really good place to start, because what I have found is, and we'll break this down to, into a daily system in just a minute. But what I have found is once you get started and create that consistency and momentum towards your goals, It will either clarify that last 20% for you, or just have them the mental flexibility to understand that maybe everything you wrote down in your initial brainstorm isn't actually going to work out. And the momentum that you build early on will create additional clarity, not just for what your final goal can be, but like some of the steps that you need to actually take to get there. And I think that's really important and something that's often overlooked.The 3 Big RocksThe three big rocks, those three big projects that you can usually focus on it at any given time. And so I look at, what do I want to do? What are the projects and goals that I have for the year ahead. And then I assign them based on the quarter that I want to get things done and how the year might flow out. most of the goals that we come up with are completely made up. Like literally they have no basis in any reality besides the one that you create. And so if that is the case, Why not create a goal and a reality that does balance the tension between challenging you and something that you feel good about because you can just feel good about making videos. You can feel good about going for a run and making that a year legal or something that you do weekly on an annual basis.When you're consistent with something you control, it actually creates the strategies and tactics on something measurable. If you're going to follow the Lean Six Sigma model and using side-pocket like you control the input and the process and the output. But if I focus on the inputs and like running the race, then the target becomes as a result of what that is. when you are consistent with your creation, then you will start to better understand which systems and strategies work best for you. So then when you're even learning from other experts, other coaches, other mentors in your life that are like giving you systems and strategies, then you can hold them up to the light of this is something that I'm actually doing that I can apply it to rather than being like, okay I guess I'll just try this thing now for a little bit and see if this instead of running.Something I learned at ConvertKit
Released:
Jan 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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