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# 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
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## 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.