↗️ About NOT working efficiently on the wrong goals in 2022!
Are you also too good at working on some wrong goals?
It feels a bit arbitrary, but a switch to a new year helps many of us zoom out.
On a personal level, I found it helps me tackle a nasty pattern: On the one hand, I tend to become efficient in the detailed tasks of every-day life. Yet, I rarely take the time to consider whether I am moving towards the RIGHT goals in the first place.
Here’s a truth that’s hard to deny:
There is nothing more unproductive than working on the WRONG thing.
And here I am, declaring a BIG personal victory.
Over the last 3 days, I have accomplished something which I have procrastinated on for the last 6 (!) years: I built a very first 5-year plan that finally combines professional and personal ambitions.
It was HARD!
I love working in the detail. Defining these long-term professional and personal goals, then breaking them down into sub-goals for years, then defining some first quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily goals took gruelling HOURS.
And it opened my eyes!
I now see the sheer imbalance in some of my priorities. I see where there is a clear (duh!) disconnect between short-term activities and long-term goals.
I see where I have been working efficiently towards some wrong goals.
And: I am excited about 2022!
I wish for YOU to also put all your energies into the RIGHT goals…those that matter most!
The key question is: What are those RIGHT goals for you?
Happy New Year 2022!!
Maik Frank
Maik is a PCC Executive Coach and the founder of IntelliCoach.com. He has coached and trained over 400 People Leaders to improve their communication skills and offers guaranteed measurable growth to his clients. He also hosts the Coaching Leader Podcast.
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