According to a study on motivation, researchers found that abstract thinking is an effective method to help with discipline. While “dreaming big” is sound advice, you need to balance that with intrinsic motivators.
The answer to this problem - “micro quotas” and “macro goals.” This means that your goals should be your big-picture items. But, quotas are the minimum amount of work you must do daily to make your bigger goals a reality. Simply put, quotas make each day approachable. And your goals become achievable because of this.
346
4.58K reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
Wasting time is about recharging your battery and de-cluttering. There is a thin line between good and bad wasting of time, however.
“
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about problemsolving with this collection
Creating a productive schedule
Avoiding procrastination
Prioritizing tasks effectively
Related collections
Similar ideas to Set Macro Goals and Micro Quotas
In the process of finding a balance between your desire to dream big and your day-to-day activities, create macro quotas.
These refer to the minimum amounts of work that you must get done every single day to make the bigger goal a reality. Quotas make each day appr...
Without tangible realizations of your goals, you are going to struggle knowing where to start. We can mitigate the fear of failure by focusing on rewarding, enjoyable, and achievable goals.
Dreaming about your goals and believing that you can achieve them is the only way to really fi...
make them. It’s overwhelmingly more difficult to achieve something if you don’t write it down, plan it out, and focus on accomplishing that specific thing. Make them achievable and give yourself a time limit to accomplish them. A good way to set goals is to picture your end goal and break it down...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates