How to set goals

12 Jan 2023 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video by Hadar Shemesh titled 'How to set goals' (uploaded Jan 12, 2023). The speaker recommends writing goals in the present tense as if already achieved—e.g., 'today is the end of December 2023, and I have achieved...'—because phrasing goals this way makes them feel possible and increases motivation.

So the way I like to write goals is to write it in the present tense as if I have already achieved them. So what I might write is today is the end of December 2023, and I have achieved. And then I list the things that I am planning to achieve. I want to use a language that would make it seem like it's possible, like I have already achieved it. Right? And when I say it like that, it feels possible in my brain.