#📓 #🎥 #🟠 # 3 Ways to Keep Your Goals Going Using CliftonStrengths ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Jan 14, 2023</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 14, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[goals]] **Author(s):** CliftonStrengths **Citation:** CliftonStrengths. (2021, December 7). *3 ways to keep your goals going using CliftonStrengths* [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJODuGTQ2Ko&ab_channel=CliftonStrengths --- ## Key Takeaways ### Automate Your Accountability [00:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJODuGTQ2Ko&ab_channel=CliftonStrengths#t=13.471917) - While you're still excited about your goal, find the systems that work for you and build in some checkpoints - Set times for accountability touchpoints ### Futurecast the Importance of Your Goals [01:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJODuGTQ2Ko&ab_channel=CliftonStrengths#t=60.5126000705719) - Imagine how the future might be better once we've accomplished our goal - Use your strengths to determine the timeline where you have the most clarity - If you lead with Futuristic, look years into the future - If you lead with Adaptability, perhaps look at monthly milestones ### Make It Easy [01:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJODuGTQ2Ko&ab_channel=CliftonStrengths#t=111.56252503623962) - Rank yourself, on a scale of 1 - 10 (without using 7), on how likely you are to do what you've set out to - If it's less than a 10 when you're setting the goal, it's probably going to get worse - Rewrite the goal to make it easier - Create micro-victories - What is the easiest baby step I can take to feel some traction towards what I want to accomplish? ## Connections to Other Materials ### Set realistic goals based on your strengths [[Reframe Your New Year's Goal Setting by Using Your Strengths - Wolf 2020]] goes more in depth on how to use your strengths to create your goals in the first place. ### [[Using ranking scales to evaluate your goals and commitments]] The 1 - 10 scale without a 7 reminds me of [[Michael Bungay Stanier]]'s practice of always using a scale of 1 - 7. In both cases, the constraints force you to be more precise and accountable in your evaluation. # Personal Reflection & Application I have [Lifehack Tribe](https://lifehackmethod.com) and my weekly pre-planning sessions with Hanna and Jill as automated accountability. I am also expanding my network of accountability partners to include the ORGL Mastermind, The Conspiracy and other friends I regularly check in with. I'm higher on adaptability than futuristic, so it will help me to set shorter-term milestones than to imagine some amazing distant future. I like the idea of using a rating scale to evaluate my likelihood of sticking to a goal. I might build this into my regular weekly review/pre-planning so I can determine small ways I can make my goals easier each week.