Mindset: Goal setting
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Resilience & grit
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Solo sailing around both poles in a figure-eight: lessons for leaders
Bill Gallagher
February 13, 2019
Resilience & grit
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Goal setting
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- No one has ever attempted a solo figure-eight around both poles.
- Plans always break — setbacks are data, not failure.
- Mid-journey, inspiration is irrelevant; endurance and routine win.
A practical framework for planning personal and business goals each year
Noah Kagan
January 10, 2019
Goal setting
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Long-term planning
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- Your goal list exists to tell you what to say no to.
- One numeric business goal beats a scattered list of priorities.
- Missing an outcome means it was scoped wrong, not that you failed.
Sam Altman on focus, risk, and choosing what to work on
Y Combinator
November 8, 2018
Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
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Resilience & grit
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- Why feeling busy for a decade can mean zero real progress
- The deferred life plan almost never works — pick one thing now
- Long-term wasted potential is the real risk, not short-term failure
Why you should (or should not) work at a startup
Y Combinator
November 2, 2018
Goal setting
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Case studies
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- Getting rich from startup equity is statistically unlikely — don't join for that.
- Startups hand you roles you're unqualified for, compressing years of learning into months.
- Slope matters more than starting point — failing startups teach as much as winning ones.
Five career resolutions to set and act on every year
Cameron Herold
February 5, 2018
Goal setting
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Communication
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- A written three-year vivid vision beats vague career intentions every time.
- Sharing your goals publicly creates accountability and unlocks help from others.
- Showing up early and solution-first signals the professionalism most people skip.
Life coaching works when it's rooted in the real world
Noah Kagan
December 13, 2017
Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
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- Coaches who stay practical make money; woo-woo ones struggle.
- Accountability — not inspiration — is what changes behaviour.
- A painful public stake beats a life coach for most people.
How to stop starting things and actually finish them
Noah Kagan
July 31, 2017
Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
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- One goal beats many — splitting focus means nothing goes great
- Know your reason before you start; it's what stops you quitting
- Commit for just one quarter if long-term sacrifice feels too big
Why you should set bigger goals than you think possible
Noah Kagan
July 7, 2017
Goal setting
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Motivation
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- Shooting for a billion makes the journey extraordinary regardless of outcome
- Break any massive goal into daily increments to make it tractable
- Higher targets produce higher results even when you fall short
Productivity & habits
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How to prioritise your time, plan daily, and use time blocking
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
February 28, 2017
Productivity & habits
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Goal setting
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- Productivity means investing your best time in your best activities.
- Conflicting goals can't be fixed by scheduling — you must choose between them.
- A five-step daily planning routine shifts you from reactive to proactive.
How to create a meaningful life purpose statement
Bill Gallagher
February 21, 2017
Goal setting
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Identity & self-belief
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- Purpose is something you create, not something you find
- The funeral exercise surfaces what you most want your life to mean
- Sharing your draft purpose with others is how you refine it
Work-life balance
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Use the Wheel of Life to design a balanced life
Bill Gallagher
February 13, 2017
Work-life balance
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Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
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- A bumpy wheel reveals exactly which life areas need attention
- Commitments and a one-year vision anchor the exercise to real change
- Scheduling new habits as recurring calendar events makes balance structural
Five things to tell your 25-year-old self
Noah Kagan
January 19, 2017
Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
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Resilience & grit
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- Block calendar time for thinking, not just doing.
- A written 10-year vision — posted everywhere — keeps you on track.
- Young people get meetings; pay for dinners and shortcut years of mistakes.
Identity & self-belief
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How subconscious survival strategies undermine business growth
Bill Gallagher
December 30, 2016
Identity & self-belief
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Goal setting
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Delegation
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- Your subconscious runs 95–99% of the day and overrides conscious goals
- The language level you use — desperation to inspiration — determines outcomes
- Business plateaus and hiring failures are symptoms of subconscious blocks
How to use a one-page personal plan to connect life and work
Bill Gallagher
December 30, 2016
Goal setting
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Work-life balance
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Communication
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- A 10-year personal vision beats annual goals set in a vacuum.
- Not naming your spouse in your plan is a relationship mistake.
- 90-day recurring actions — not resolutions — drive lasting change.
How to build a one-page personal plan that connects life and work
Bill Gallagher
December 22, 2016
Goal setting
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Management
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- A 10-year life vision produces better annual goals than planning forward.
- Reconciling your plan with your partner reveals hidden assumptions.
- 90-day habit design — starts and stops — drives lasting personal change.