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How to Effectively Measure Progress on Your Goals
Do a weekly recap
- Get an overview of everything that happened in the week.
- Identify positives. Look at the things that you wanted to accomplish and did.
- Identify negatives. Look at the things that you wanted to accomplish and didn’t.
- Take notes and summarize your entire week, both positive and negative.
- Take what you have learned from your previous week and plan your next week accordingly.
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Gradual increase + persistence = new habits
Small habits might not seem life-changing at first, but you will see huge progress compounding over time.
That’s exactly how you measure your goals, by looking backward. Goal progress should be measured by where you are now compared to where you used to be.
How to Measure Your Goals
Do a weekly recap
- Get an overview of everything that happened in the week.
- Identify positives. Look at the things that you wanted to accomplish and did.
- Identify negatives. Look at the things that you wanted to accomplish and didn’t.
- Take notes and summarize your entire week, both positive and negative.
- Take what you have learned from your previous week and plan your next week accordingly.
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- View your actions as evidence that you are committed to your goal.
- Always remind yourself why you want to reach your goal, especially as you reach milestones along the way.
- Look at your accomplishments to see that you really do care about your goal.
- After you make positive steps toward a goal, ask yourself: “How committed do you feel toward that goal?”
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Goals should be aspirational
If you fail to meet them, you probably set difficult ones for yourself.
Goals should inspire you to stretch yourself. If you hit all of your goals every time, they might not be ambitious enough.