𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯: 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, by Michael Bungay Stanier.
An inside-out approach to setting worthy goals instead of the traditional SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound) ones.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆?
🤯 Worthy goals are 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.
💯 They 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
📐 And, before you commit, they ask you to 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 (𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹) 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 of your pursuit.

A worthy goal asks you to tap into that which resonates with you, to satisfy your needs and express your qualities.

In pursuing a worthy goal will you need to create? Understand? Participate?

Along the way will you be generous? Brave? Smart? Loving? Ambitious? Decisive? Trustworthy? Dependable? Vulnerable?

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.

If SMART goals aren’t producing the satisfying results you seek, perhaps it’s time to look into worthy goals. This is How to Begin.

Originally published on LinkedIn.