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Are you TOO motivated by your business goals?

By Brad Farris Leave a Comment

I love setting ambitious goals:

  • Goals help me to measure progress.
  • Goals help set the direction for my business.
  • Goals enable me to set priorities for my time and investments.
  • Goals can align my team around shared priorities.

I lived a lot of my life chasing goals, and it helped me make progress in my business. AND

  • Goals can make me myopic – I chase the goals even when the situation has changed.
  • Goals make me feel great when I’m achieving them, and they can be disappointing when I don’t (even when achieving them wasn’t in my best interest).
  • When I’m over-invested in my goals, I can lose perspective on the rest of my life.

I’m now more cautious about investing myself too fully in chasing arbitrary numbers, achievements, and outcomes. I see them more as self-imposed goal posts that I move on myself more often than not!

Living in the present moment and choosing shorter-term goals has been very freeing without a huge loss in clarity or progress.

What’s your relationship to your goals like? Do you set goals? Do you measure yourself against them? If not, what do you do instead?

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About Brad Farris

As Principal Advisor, Brad Farris guides business owners through the pitfalls and joys of growing their business. Brad is passionate about helping business owners find better ways to do things, make more money and enjoy life more. Brad is a speaker and author. Connect with Brad on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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