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The Only Way To Achieve Your Goals Faster

25 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this motivational segment, Nicolas Cole explains that achieving a goal within a compressed timeframe requires dramatically increasing effort, which he describes as "pulling the future forward." He emphasizes that simply making a to‑do list isn’t enough; the crucial first step is to create a "removal list"—identifying and eliminating current time‑consuming habits (e.g., nightly TV, excessive social‑media scrolling, frequent social outings). By giving up these activities, you generate extra hours that can be filled with intensified, focused work, thereby accelerating progress toward the goal.

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Whenever you're trying to achieve a goal in a compressed time period, the more effort you have to deploy, that is how you pull the future forward. You ramp the effort up. So I would remind myself, okay, this is going to take a lot of volume. And so the first step whenever you set a goal is to not just make a to-do list of all the things that you need to go do. The hard part is creating a removal list. So in order to deploy more effort, what do you need? You need time. How do you create time? You remove things that are currently taking up your time. The very first exercise is going, what What am I willing to give up to achieve my goal? Maybe watching TV at nights. I am going to give up spending 4 hours a day scrolling on social media. Maybe you don't see your friends once a week or twice a week or every week. You have to make a list of what are the things that you're willing to give up so that you can create time so that you can fill that time with increased effort.