Shaan Puri's Wife Taught Him the "Holiday Party Tactic" For Winning

Name: Shaan Puri's Wife Taught Him the "Holiday Party Tactic" For Winning
Uploaded: 2022-06-12T12:00:29+00:00
Duration: 29 s
Channel: Sam Parr
Description: In this brief monologue, Shaan Puri recounts a goal‑setting exercise his wife introduced to him. She asked him to sketch a imagined company holiday…

12 Jun 2022 · 0 min

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In this brief monologue, Shaan Puri recounts a goal‑setting exercise his wife introduced to him. She asked him to sketch a imagined company holiday party, prompting him to think creatively about what would be celebrated if the company had already achieved its biggest objective. By framing the goal as a completed celebration, he identifies a clear North Star goal and then works backwards, listing the actions needed now to make that future party a reality. The tactic shifts mindset from problem‑focused to success‑focused, encouraging backward planning from an assumed win.

The holiday party tactic I learned from my wife. She had me go to a whiteboard and she goes, I want you to start drawing what's at the company holiday party. All of a sudden I'm having kind of fun. I'm something creative. I'm drawing, just thinking of cool shit that could be at a party. And then she'll say, what are you celebrating? And instead of saying, what are we trying to do? It's assuming it's already done. You know, we'd say our big North Star goal. It got me in the mood for winning, right? Because it's like I'm already working backwards from the assumption that we've won. Then I identify the North Star goal. Then we would say, how are we going to get there? What would be the things that we would need to do now so that that party happens?