Final Thoughts

So, how can you do it?

• You can build a habit that makes you consistent.
• You may can an unavoidable timestamp where you do a specific task.
• Or you can set small daily goals you must reach no matter what. And even use punishments if needed.

Not setting goals made me accomplish only a few things over the last months. Much less than I expected.

Since I started a new job, I gave up goal setting and planning for a while. I hoped my consistency could deal with everything I had set up. But it didn’t.

I stopped trying hard enou...

• A study by Locke and Latham found that goal setting improves performance by providing direction and focus.
• Bandura proved that people with specific and challenging goals had higher levels of self-efficacy.
• Gollwitzer and Sheeran studied how s...

Besides poor and aimless work, there are many other surprising side effects of not setting goals, like working in cycles.

You never know if your work is acceptable until you set goals. So you may repeat the same errors many times. You will stress out. And y...

Time illusion is a thing.

When you set long-term goals, you can’t track them because you have a lot of time. But in the last moments, you realize you don’t.

But then, your deadline will approach. And you will start working again because you realize

Time blocking, bounding, and planning in slots all mean the same thing.

Find the perfect moment to work on your tasks.

But it is not easy to find the perfect timing

But how can you learn to limit time?

• Practice time-blocking to schedule specific and strict timezones for each task.
• Schedule tasks earlier to know what to do and when to get to work.
• Find the perfect timing for each activity

When the end of a goal approaches, a little bit of fear helps you work faster and focus better. Under pressure, you often perform better. And for this reason, you must feel the urge at all times.

However, there is a difference between pressure and panic.

The pressure ...

So, how can you improve?

• Set simpler tasks or start with one that becomes complicated later. Since the entity is the problem, you shall begin with something simple that makes you comfortable.
• Use the five seconds rule. Don’t gi...

You are not as reliable as you would like to be. And when you set a goal, it would be better to have someone or something checking on you.

I have always benefited from a reliability system because it helps me think less about consistency and more about the work. But if som...

I am a big motivation fan. And I’ve extensively produced content about it because I believed in it.

But motivation often fails. And sometimes, you must neutralize it to work at best.

When you only use motivation, you are weak to its swings. And if som...