Tag: “Goals”

Each new year arrives loaded with resolutions. Learn a new language, exercise more, read more books, develop a personal project… The list grows and grows, fueled by the excitement of becoming better versions of ourselves. But there’s a problem: our attention span and energy are limited, and as we continue to add commitments to our lives, we rarely stop to ask ourselves what we should eliminate.

You have probably already returned from your holydays and have been thinking about your goals for this new year, both personally and professionally. If so, congratulations! Defining your goals is an important incentive to achieve results in life.

The Swedish psychologist K. Anders Ericsson spent a lot of time investigating how experts in different fields (such as medicine, music, athletics or chess) acquire a higher level of performance than others, and how important deliberate practice is in that process.

As Steve Jobs says in the brief interview in the video linked below, we all have the ability to influence our world, to make things happen, or to make them happen better, or maybe faster.

People set long-term goals to achieve delayed but highly-beneficial rewards like financial security or improved health. But even though most people are aware of these advantages, many still struggle to achieve them.