Mindset: Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
YouTube
13 daily habits that helped build a nine-figure company
Noah Kagan
June 21, 2021
Productivity & habits
10
Goal setting
8
Communication
5
- The habit of following through when no one is watching is a superpower.
- Tracking net worth monthly is what actually made the difference financially.
- Scheduled silence — no podcasts, no music — unlocks creativity no book can.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Productivity principles from 10 years of interviewing experts
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
June 7, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
7
Work-life balance
6
- A six-hour focused workday beat eight hours — and lifted revenue 50%
- Self-knowledge trumps any productivity system or framework
- Lower your goals deliberately; hitting small targets builds real momentum
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Does Productivity Impede the Deep Life?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
May 31, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Goal setting
5
- Philosophy decides what to do; productivity is a neutral tool for executing it well.
- Schedule leisure daily and weekly rest just as you schedule work—shutdown rituals and full rest days are non-negotiable.
- Passion is cultivated through building rare skills and leveraging them to shape work over time—not discovered upfront.
How committing fully — killing off options — drives decisive action
Bill Gallagher
March 2, 2021
Goal setting
8
Management
6
- To decide literally means to kill off alternatives — not preserve them
- A CEO's 'more is more' instinct was silently stalling his team
- Throw your hat over the fence: remove the exit to force commitment
How to make better decisions by dismantling hidden cognitive biases
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
February 2, 2021
Goal setting
8
Communication
6
Processes & SOPs
5
- Good outcomes don't mean good decisions — luck distorts everything
- Asynchronous independent elicitation beats group meetings for decisions
- Quitting and grit are complements; calibrate between them, don't pick one
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Cal Newport's three-scale planning system for big projects
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
January 11, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
8
Goal setting
7
- Reactive scheduling is why long-term projects never get done.
- Quarterly, weekly, and daily plans must cascade into each other.
- Default to not starting a project until the idea keeps haunting you.
Year-end review and planning practices for founders
Bill Gallagher
January 5, 2021
Goal setting
9
Productivity & habits
6
Long-term planning
5
- Memory defaults to recent weeks — a structured review corrects that.
- Ritualize the year's close before planning; a clean slate changes what you build.
- Anchor annual goals to a 5–10 year vision, then break into 90-day actions.
Seven books that shaped one entrepreneur's life and business
Noah Kagan
November 21, 2020
Goal setting
8
Delegation
7
Resilience & grit
5
- Letting employees choose their own goals took AppSumo from $4M to $30M.
- Energy, not time, is the resource that determines your best work.
- One Hail Mary in ten pays off — that's enough to justify the other nine.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's rules for building an extraordinary life
Founders
August 23, 2020
Goal setting
9
Resilience & grit
7
Bootstrapping
6
- Schwarzenegger was a millionaire before 30 — from bricklaying and mail order, not movies
- Skipping the ladder: always seek the hardest competition, never the safe next step
- Harsh upbringing became fuel — he credits his father's cruelty for driving him to America
An entrepreneur's practical guide to goal setting
Noah Kagan
June 29, 2020
Goal setting
9
Productivity & habits
6
- Three goal types cover almost every business situation differently
- Wrong goal choice caused a podcast burnout and six-month break
- Goal plus deadline plus reward equals fulfillment — a usable formula
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Using an experimental mindset to build better habits in 2020
How I Work
February 3, 2020
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
6
- Goals put you in a failure state before you even begin
- Treat habit change as experiments, not resolutions, to remove guilt
- Five criteria filter strategies: free, simple, novel, fast, science-backed
Identity & self-belief
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Bill Gallagher on coaching founders to scale up
Bill Gallagher
August 27, 2019
Identity & self-belief
7
Goal setting
5
- Flat growth is a founder problem, not a strategy problem
- You have the company you deserve — scaling means changing yourself
- A coach surfaces the vision founders are afraid to say out loud
Replacing retirement with intentional living and a legacy map
Bill Gallagher
July 31, 2019
Goal setting
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Vision & mission
7
- Why full-time leisure drains energy instead of enhancing life
- A six-priority legacy map turns end-of-life goals into daily motivation
- You have peak wealth, wisdom, and connections at 60 — don't quit
10 Rules for Big Career Changes
Masters of Scale
June 21, 2019
Goal setting
9
Resilience & grit
7
Work-life balance
6
- Follow passion, but validate it against real market opportunities and competition.
- Think in tours of duty, not lifelong careers—sideways moves and pivots are the norm.
- Build grit by learning from failure and adjusting strategy, not by repeating what doesn't work.
Essentialism in practice: how Greg McKeown decides what matters most
Noah Kagan
March 11, 2019
Goal setting
9
Long-term planning
6
Productivity & habits
5
- Why a 10-out-of-10 clarity signal beats logical decision-making
- Success itself can pull you off track faster than failure
- Separate platforms look complementary but are completely different businesses