Joe Cecil

Goal failure modes

In thinking about some goals I've started and abandoned, I notice a few patterns: They're too broad, consequently only weakly grounded in things I care about, and represent overcommitting. I'm going to illustrate this with some real examples, lightly scrubbing out details where they

An example of a non-obvious lag measure

Some goals come with obvious lag measures. For example: 1. Goal: Reach a body weight of 165 lbs. Lag measure: My body weight. 2. Goal: Scale my business (income) to $1500 MRR. Lag measure: Recurring revenue—monthly, annual, whatever. There measures are obvious in the sense that the goal is

To solve review avoidance, declare review amnesty?

I find I don't always keep up with my long-term (monthly, quarterly, yearly) reviews in Intend, and I think review amnesty might help. I tend to avoid the long term reviews. One reason (of at least two) is that I feel bad about not having had/made time

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