Mindset: Goal setting
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Kemi Nekvapil on purposeful planning, values-led decisions, and coaching presence
How I Work
March 27, 2024
Goal setting
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Management
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Relationships & family
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- Stop seeking recognition from people who have never offered it.
- Clear values make saying no a decision, not a dilemma.
- A yearly solo retreat, not January resolutions, drives real goal clarity.
Execution over consumption: Gary Vee on action, regret, and goals
GaryVee
March 2, 2024
Motivation
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Goal setting
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- Consuming motivation without acting on it produces zero results
- Regret comes from living by others' opinions, not your own
- Hold big goals seriously while emotionally preparing for them to fail
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Summoning your best self: intentionality as a daily practice
Brendon Burchard
February 22, 2024
Identity & self-belief
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Productivity & habits
6
Goal setting
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- Autopilot defaults to comfort — intentionality requires active daily work
- Gratitude, wisdom, and desire are the three core superpowers
- Frequency of summoning your best self is the ultimate differentiator
Four human desires that drive aliveness, connection, purpose, and growth
Brendon Burchard
February 15, 2024
Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
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- Routines live desires daily — goals alone leave them to chance
- Relationship quality, not individual effort, drives most life satisfaction
- Achieving a goal without a growth plan beyond it creates emptiness
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Stoic strategies for lasting happiness in daily life
The Daily Stoic
February 13, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
8
Goal setting
5
- Happiness comes from controlling your mind, not external events.
- Wanting less is more reliable than acquiring more.
- Adversity is practice — the untested person is the least happy.
Building the architecture of an extraordinary life
Brendon Burchard
February 8, 2024
Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
8
Resilience & grit
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- Most goals fail because they're tasks, not desires
- Without routines tied to desires, high achievement still feels empty
- Trying to control everything breeds frustration — strategic surrender matters
SMART Goals: Eliminate Vague Targets with Five Concrete Criteria
EOS Worldwide
January 17, 2024
Goal setting
9
Long-term planning
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- SMART means Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound.
- Vague goals force teams to debate intent instead of executing.
- "Close $1M by Dec 31st" beats "increase sales" every time.
How to steer business decisions from the visionary brain
KeyPersonOfInfluence
January 14, 2024
Goal setting
9
Long-term planning
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- Reptile and autopilot modes silently sabotage every business decision
- Your best thinking from five years ago is now your baggage
- IP is never the baggage — packaging, pricing, and distribution are
Clarify your intentions: the Stoic case for defining your end
The Daily Stoic
January 5, 2024
Goal setting
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Identity & self-belief
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- Without a defined end, no wind is favorable — Seneca
- Marcus Aurelius interrogated his own soul so no one else had to
- Defaulting to others' goals is a guarantee of directionlessness
Arnold Schwarzenegger's seven tools for a useful life
The Daily Stoic
January 3, 2024
Motivation
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Goal setting
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Founder interviews
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- No phone before the gym — mornings run on autopilot, not willpower
- Gave up $20M/year salary to govern California, with zero regret
- Took zero salary on Twins; earned far more than any studio paycheck
How to reconnect with ambition and stop settling
Brendon Burchard
January 1, 2024
Goal setting
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Identity & self-belief
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- Mid-day motivation crashes are caused by disconnection from ambition, not energy
- Ambition anchored to past circumstances is always too small to grow
- Raising ambition above yesterday unlocks people and outcomes you can't yet imagine
Designing a deep life: Arthur Brooks on spiral careers and happiness science
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
December 25, 2023
Goal setting
9
Identity & self-belief
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- Most people are wired for spiral careers, not linear ones
- Metacognition — not action plans — is the real foundation of happiness
- Deconstruct any system before optimising your effort within it
How to set and achieve transformative goals using reverse goal setting
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
November 20, 2023
Goal setting
10
Productivity & habits
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Long-term planning
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- Work backwards from your goal — every link must be evidence-based
- Hidden choke points and random-outcome steps derail most ambitious plans
- Passion is cultivated through discipline and curiosity, not pre-discovered
Why gamified learning apps can't beat social media, and what works instead
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
November 6, 2023
Motivation
10
Goal setting
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- Duolingo-style gamification can't out-reward TikTok's dopamine pull.
- Episodic future thinking — not streaks — is how humans beat distraction.
- Vivid, value-grounded visions of the future override near-term urges.
How to avoid regret: annual planning, slow compounding, and taking risks
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
October 23, 2023
Goal setting
9
Deep work & focus
7
Productivity & habits
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- Annual planning bridges vague life visions and concrete weekly action.
- Why social media is a collective trap no one can escape alone.
- Only high-stakes attempts generate enough energy to change your trajectory.