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10 Tips for Setting Your Greatest Goals

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Before we set off on this path together, let me make one thing very clear: The word “goals” can be intimidating. Instead, think of goals as a to-do list with deadlines. Goals can be added, subtracted and, most importantly, scratched off the list as you move through your life. Your most important goals must be yours.

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Mel Robbins: How Your Instincts Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

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And when it comes to your goals, your instincts are a powerful weapon but your feelings are a major obstacle. A research study by the University of Alberta found that your instincts help you achieve goals. Once you set a goal, your brain works with your intuition, signaling you with an impulse when your goal is within reach.

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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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After several months of research, they attended a two-week sailing course in Gibraltar before selling Darsy’s apartment and buying Polar Seal in March 2016. “On Ellison and Darsy purchased Polar Seal in March 2016, but they didn’t hit the waters full time until June 2018. These are five of those lessons. Your speed is the right speed.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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In 2016, he co-created the Warmest Winter project, which created coats that doubled as sleeping bags for the homeless. Only in his 20s, Chance had already accomplished major goals he’d set for himself, including hosting and performing on Saturday Night Live and winning Grammys. Chance the Rapper never had a Plan B.

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10 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done

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Experience has shown that when people go after a big goal at once, they invariably fail. Proactive goal achievement means taking every project and cutting it up into bite-sized pieces. Proactive goal achievement means taking every project and cutting it up into bite-sized pieces. Using this method, the goal becomes manageable.

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4 Ways to Turn Obstacles into Opportunities

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Perceive obstacles as merely a detour to your final goal. Have the conviction that your goal is achievable. Actor Chris Burke once said, “I have a motto on my bedroom wall: ‘Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.’ Once your eyes are set on the goal, don’t allow minor obstacles to distract you.

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10 Things Exceptionally Successful People Do on the Weekends

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The weekend is a good time to put things in perspective and gain clarity, to refocus on your most important goals. This article was published in August 2016 and has been updated. They plan for the upcoming week. Twitter’s Jack Dorsey has an insane work ethic—he works 16 hours Monday through Friday. How do you spend your weekends?

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