Brian Johnson breaks down Brian Tracy's goal-setting method: list your top 10 goals for the next year, pick the single most impactful one, and turn it into daily actions. That one goal is your frog to eat.
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You're listening to Optimize with Brian Johnson. More wisdom in less Time. Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another micro class. This one is on your number one goal. It's inspired by Brian Tracy's Eat that frog. We've got the philosopher's note on it below. Goals, Brian Tracy says, are extraordinarily important. Why? Because they add clarity. He says, if you want to eat that frog, the way that you need to start is by setting the table. You do that by setting good goals. This is echoed by all the great teachers. Piers Steele says the same thing. You want to deal with procrastination and increase your motivation, you need to work this formula, right? His formula is expectancy times value divided by impulsiveness times delay. Expectancy is goals. Essentially, you're excited about creating great things in your life. Now here's what's cool. Brian Tracy says if you want to eat that frog and determine what the most important thing is for you to do that day, you need to know what your number one goal is, right? And here's one way to get there. Bust out a piece of paper, blank sheet of paper. Write down your top goals. 1, 2, 3, all the way down to 10. What are your top 10 goals for the next year? Right. So I'm recording this and it's now August 2015. So I'm thinking about when I did this exercise. 2016, end of next year, 16 months. What do I want to achieve? What are my top 10 goals that. That I want to achieve? Write them down, look at them, get excited about them. Imagine your life with these complete. He says, write them down. In the first person positive I have, insert the blank, right? I make this much money or I've created this much stuff, or I weigh this much weight. What are your top goals? Right. You look at that and then you say, what's my number one goal? What out of those 10 goals, if I achieve just one goal, which of those goals would have the most positive benefit in my life, the most positive impact in the rest of my life? That's a really powerful thing to know. Then he says, when you know that number one goal, then you want to create a whole nother piece of paper, right? Write it down. This is my goal. And then write down the action steps you're going to take to execute it. And then go get to work. And then guess what? Work on it every single day. How do you do that? By identifying the number one thing that you can do day in and day out. He wrote a whole book on it, and he said eat that frog. That's how you identify how to go about eating frogs. Goals provide clarity Here are your top 10 for the next year. Here's your number one and then here's the thing you're going to do today that's going to support your achievement of that big goal which is going to change your life. There you go. Hope you enjoyed what's your number one goal? Hi, this is Brian. I hope you enjoyed that micro class. If so, I think you'll enjoy everything else we offer at BrianJohnson me. Two basic things one our free newsletter. It's called the Optimizer. Over 50,000 people start their day with it and they tell us it's pretty awesome and 2 our optimal living Membership program. This is where I put all my best stuff. 10 bucks a month for a ton of wisdom. Two primary things in there philosopher's notes plus optimal living 101 classes. When you sign up, you'll get instant access to 250 philosopher's notes, which are basically six page PDFs and 20 minute MP3s where I capture my favorite big ideas from great books. The PNTV episodes are kind of a mini version of all that goodness. You'll also get instant access to all my Optimal Living classes. This is where I take all the ideas we cover in the Philosopher's Notes and boil it down to the most practical stuff you can apply today. Classes include Confidence 101, Getting Stuff Done 101, Relationships 101, Habits 101, etc. You'll also get access to what we call micro classes that I think you'll love. We aim to astonish and we're blessed to have thousands of members telling us we're helping them change their lives and that this is the best 10 bucks they invest in themselves every month. Go to BrianJohnson ME membership to learn more. Thanks for your support and have an awesome day.
