Goal-Setting
Can goal setting improve self-esteem?
4.4 (14)
48 mins
Explore how setting realistic, aligned, and challenging goals, you can experience improved self-esteem, confidence, and motivation, and make progress towards personal growth and development, even if you don't always achieve your specific goals.
Ep 1:
Why We Chase Goals At All
Explore the hidden psychology driving our goals, how identity secretly shapes what we pursue, and why breaking big dreams into tiny steps unlocks real progress.
Ep 2:
Goals, Identity, and the Sweet Spot of Difficulty
Discover the delicate balance between challenge and attainability in goal difficulty, plus how shifting workplace goalposts and motivation styles can make or break your drive.
Ep 3:
Escaping Procrastination Through Purposeful Growth
Uncover why procrastination isn't laziness but misaligned commitment, and how the messy journey toward a goal can transform your self-belief more than the outcome itself.
Ep 4:
Guiding Goals and the SMART Blueprint
Learn how guided goal-setting empowers others without losing structure, then master the SMART framework that turns vague wishes into achievable, motivating targets.
Ep 5:
Bringing It All Together
Tie every insight together into one practical system for setting goals that reflect who you are—and who you're becoming.
Discussions (14)
Justin
Level 2 · 9 mo agoJust move the goalposts.
Justin
Level 9 · 9 mo agoThis. There is a lot of smoke blown up people's asses about identity alignment. Let's be real. 99% of goal setting is just trying not to get fired. You don't need a salient self concept to know you need a paycheck.
Stella
Level 6 · 9 mo agoYeah, SMART goals are actually not a good method
