Success
Success
Success
Being successful means the achievement of desired visions and planned goals. Furthermore, success can be
a certain social status that describes a prosperous person that could also have gained fame for its favorable
outcome. The dictionary describes success as the following: “attaining wealth, prosperity and/or fame”.
The only person that can answer the question above is you. I am neither able nor willing to prescribe the
ultimate definition of success, as this is not possible. Every person is thinking differently about being
prosperous in life and is defining success in another way, so there can’t exist a definition that is suitable for
all. It is very important that you know exactly how to define success in life! Make yourself aware what
accomplishment, success and prosperity in general means to you in your life. Some might define success as
having luxurious cars and a huge mansion, whereas others consider a life full of joy and happiness with their
family as the true meaning of success. Once you have figured out what is important for you personally you
are able to focus on your visions and goals.
One of the most important key steps to achieve success in life is to know the meaning of successfor your
personal life. The true meaning of success goes far beyond the common definitions of success, such as
having a lot of money, being wealthy, having a lot of tangibles and earned degrees. Quite the opposite: true
success in life cannot be measured with the above named factors, but instead with the amount of people
that are able to life a better and more advanced life because of what you created. This is the meaning of
success. Not the trophies people are collecting in their lives. Media and society lets us often conclude that
living a successful life means to be extraordinarily wealthy and have a lot of tangibles. But the meaning of
success is to live a happily life and to make this world a better place for everyone.
Definition of failure
The opposite of success is failure as it means to fail while trying to achieve aims or objectives. Besides this
regular definition of failure it also can be said that even wealthy and successful persons fail in their lives.
Just think about the rich and famous and all their scandals, addictions and suicides. All of them were
extraordinary persons but a lot of them were also extremely unhappy with their lives and were not able to
see the meaning of success. Wealth cannot be defined with money, but instead with values in your life that
make you a happy person, such as friendship, relationships and your family.
Accomplishment is often associated with success, but it is not the same. Accomplishment refers to the
results we desire when we attempt to reach specific goals. Basically it is the results that we plan or expect to
occur. Success is the positive consequence or outcome of an achieved accomplishment.
Accomplishment can be seen as the process to become successful and with every accomplished goal you
take a step towards prosperity and a life full of success.
Define a strategy and a plan how you intend toreach your goals, aims and visions
Keep in mind that success is the consequence of having earned a series of accomplishments, so make sure
to divide your goals into easier to reach subgoals
How do we define success? There are many different tactics for how to be successful in life, but the strategy
that works best for you may depend on your view of success itself. We often think of it as doing well at work
or earning a high salary.
While professional accomplishments can be one piece of the puzzle, it leaves out many other important
areas of life. Family, romantic relationships, academics, and athletics are just a few areas where people may
strive for success. Your individual definition of what success is may vary, but many might define it as being
fulfilled, happy, safe, healthy, and loved.
It is the ability to reach your goals in life, whatever those goals may be. So what can you do to boost your
chances of achieving these things? What are some of the habits of successful people?
There is no single right way to be successful. What works for you might not work for someone else. There
may not be a perfect combination of ingredients that can guarantee success, but there are some basic steps
you can follow that can improve your chances of being successful in life, love, work, or whatever happens to
be important to you.
Research by psychologist Carol Dweck suggests that there are two basic mindsets that influence how people
think about themselves and their abilities: the fixed mindset and the growth mindset.1
People who possess a fixed mindset believe that things such as intelligence are static and unchangeable.
Those with a fixed mindset believe that success isn't a result of hard work—it's simply a consequence of
innate talents.
Because they believe that such talents are something people are either born with or without, they tend to
give up more easily in the face of a challenge. They quit when things do not come easily because they
believe that they lack the inborn skill needed to excel.
Those who have a growth mindset, on the other hand, feel that they can change, grow, and learn through
effort. People who believe that they are capable of growth are more likely to achieve success. When things
get tough, they look for ways to improve their skills and keep working toward success.
People with a growth mindset believe that they have control of their life, while those with a fixed mindset
believe that things are out of their control.
Learn new skills. When faced with a challenge, they look for ways to develop the knowledge and skills that
they need to overcome and triumph.
View failures as learning experiences. People with growth mindsets don't believe that failure is a reflection
of their abilities. Instead, they view it as a valuable source of experience from which they can learn and
improve. "That didn't work," they might think, "so this time I'll try something a little different."
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Overall intelligence has long been believed to be one factor contributing to success in different areas of life,
but some experts suggest that emotional intelligence may actually matter even more.2 Emotional
intelligence refers to the ability to understand, utilize, and reason with emotions. Emotionally intelligent
people are able to understand not only their own emotions, but those of others as well.
Pay attention to your own emotions. Focus on identifying what you are feeling and what is causing those
feelings.
Manage your emotions. Step back and try to view things with an impartial eye. Avoid bottling up or
repressing your feelings, but look for healthy and appropriate ways of dealing with what you are feeling.
Listen to others. This not only involves hearing what they are saying, but also paying attention to nonverbal
signals and body language.
Mental toughness refers to the resilience to carry on and continue trying even in the face of obstacles.3
People who possess this mental strength see challenges as opportunities. They also feel that they have
control over their own destiny, are confident in their abilities to succeed, and are committed to finishing
what they start.
What can you do to improve your mental toughness and increase your chances of being successful in life?
Believe in yourself. Cut out negative self-talk and look for ways to stay positive and self-encouraging.
Keep trying. Even when things seem impossible or setbacks keep holding you back, focus on ways that you
can develop your skills and keep soldiering forward. One of the key habits of successful people is to always
look at setbacks or failures as learning opportunities.
Set goals. Mentally tough people know that in order to achieve, they need to start by having attainable
goals. These goals are not necessarily easy to reach, but by having something to aim for, you will be better
able to move forward and overcome obstacles.
Find support. Doing things alone can be difficult, but having a strong support system can make things easier.
Mentors, friends, co-workers, and family members can cheer you on when things get tough, and even offer
advice and assistance that can help you improve your chances for success.
In a long-running longitudinal study, psychologists followed a group of children who were identified by their
teachers as highly intelligent. As they compared how these subjects fared throughout childhood and into
adulthood, researchers found that those who ultimately were the most successful in life shared some key
characteristics, including perseverance and willpower.4
These characteristics tend to be part of an individual's overall personality, but they are also something you
can improve. Delayed gratification, learning to persist in the face of challenges, and waiting for the rewards
of your hard work can often be the key to success in life.
Strategies you can use to improve your willpower include:
Distraction. For example, if you are trying to lose weight but are having a difficult time staying away from
your favorite snacks, distracting yourself during your moments of weakness can be an effective way to avoid
giving in to temptation.
Practice. Willpower is something you can build, but it takes time and effort. Start by making small goals that
require will power to achieve, such as avoiding sugary snacks. As you build your ability to use your will
power to achieve such small goals, you may find that your willpower is also stronger when working on much
larger goals.
What is it that motivates you the most? Do you find that the promise of external rewards keeps you
reaching for your goals, or is it the more personal, intrinsic motivators that keep you feeling inspired? While
extrinsic rewards such as money, awards, and praise can be helpful, many people find that they are most
motivated when they are doing things for personal satisfaction.
If you are doing things because you enjoy them, because you find them meaningful, or because you enjoy
seeing the effects of your work, then you are driven by intrinsic motivations. Research has shown that while
incentives can be a better predictor of some types of performance, intrinsic motivators tend to be better at
predicting performance quality.5
While it is often the external motivators that get people started, it is the internal motivators that kick in and
keep people going in order to maintain those new behaviors.
Challenge yourself. Pursuing a goal that is achievable, but not necessarily easy, is a great way to increase
motivation to succeed. Challenges can keep you interested in a task, improve your self-esteem, and offer
feedback on areas you can improve on. Choosing a task that is slightly challenging will help motivate you to
get started—it feels exciting!
Stay curious. Look for things that grab your attention and that you would like to learn more about.
Take control. It can be difficult to stay intrinsically motivated to pursue a goal if you don't feel that you have
any real influence over the outcome. Look for ways that you can take an active role.
Don't fear competition. There might be other people out there trying to reach the same goals as you, but
this doesn't mean that you should give up. Don't compare your progress or journey to anyone else's. You
can look to others for motivation and inspiration, but remember that we all have different paths.
Psychologists have long attempted to link specific traits or personality characteristics to success in life and
work. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is one widely used assessment that is often utilized by
businesses to screen job candidates. However, research often fails to show that the MBTI actually correlates
to performance.6
According to some more recent research, there are certain traits that tend to be consistently tied to
success.7 Researchers Ian MacRae and Adrian Furnham have identified six key traits that can play a role in
how well people do at work.8 However, they note that there are optimal levels of these traits. Too little of
these characteristics can hinder success, but so can having too much.
If you are trying to learn how to be successful in life, consider what you can do to nurture these key traits:
Conscientiousness
Conscientious people consider the effects of their actions. They also consider how other people will react
and feel. You can nurture this trait by:
Accepting of Ambiguity
Life is full of situations that are not always clear. People with a great deal of potential for success are better
able to accept this ambiguity. Rather than being rigid and inflexible, they are ready to adapt when the
unexpected comes their way. You can learn to embrace ambiguity by:
Challenging your perspectives and considering opinions and ideas other than your own
Valuing diversity
Capable of Adjustment
In addition to being able to accept ambiguity, success often hinges on the ability to quickly adjust to change.
You can nurture this ability to adjust by:
Reframing difficult situations, to see them as opportunities to learn and grow rather than simply obstacles
to live through
Being open to change; when plans or situations change, step back and look at ways to cope
Courageous
The world's most successful people often exemplify great courage. They are willing to take risks, even in the
face of potential failure. Research suggests that courageous people utilize positive emotions to overcome
fear.9 You can improve your tolerance of risk by:
Balancing risk with common sense; being cautious and pragmatic can also pay off, depending upon the
situation
Curiosity
People who are successful tend to be curious about the world around them. They are always eager to learn
more, including new knowledge and skills. You can cultivate your sense of curiosity by:
Relating tasks to your interests: If you find filing boring, for example, look for a more efficient way to
categorize the information to play to your strengths as an organizer.
Successful people are able to utilize competition to motivate, but avoid falling prey to jealousy. You can
nurture a healthy sense of competition by:
Focusing on your own improvements; rather than worry about being the best at something, pay attention to
your progress
Some personality traits and types may be better suited for certain jobs than others. However, no specific
personality trait can guarantee success, nor can being low in that trait doom someone to failure.
While there are differences in opinion on just how much personality can be altered, nurturing some of these
high potential traits might help you develop skills that can serve you well in many different aspects of your
life.
Nobody sets out with a plan to fail, but so often people let obstacles get in the way of their success. I meet
thousands of people at conferences, hockey rinks and movie sets around the world that have a dream of
being successful. They start off towards their goal, full of energy and ambition, and then years later we may
find them still stuck in the same dead-end job or dreaming of the life they could have had.
Through my own successes in starting up four companies, I’ve figured out a few things that can stall us.
Here’s what they are:
1. Time
If you don’t use it wisely, it will become your enemy. We all have 24 hours in a day, and lack of time is
actually a lack of priorities. I’ve found that listing my priorities and goals for each day, and tackling the
toughest ones first, is optimal for me. That way, the rest of the day seems easier. Update your list regularly,
and keep track of time-wasters or “self-sabateurs,” such as social media, too much time at the water cooler,
and jobs that don’t directly propel you closer to your goal. Your workday doesn’t have to revolve around the
9-5 schedule -- always be ready to work. I have set up loans and acquired sports clients in the wee hours of
the morning while relaxing at a bar or other place simply because I was ready to answer my phone.
2. Lack of focus
Keep your eyes on the prize. Lack of clarity is a major stumbling block to success. Many people start with a
clearly defined purpose, but then their purpose becomes blurred. To avoid this, first write out your purpose
statement, and then write down your short- and long-term goals. Your goals may change as you go, but
constantly check your list to be sure you are still headed straight towards them.
3. Holding back
I’ve observed many of our clients and some Olympic athletes challenge one another, and they often succeed
in what seems to be impossible odds. The same is true for business people. How? Because they never give
up. The key is to give everything you have, all of the time. I’m never satisfied unless I've competed as hard
as I can. If you’re not achieving what you want, don’t lower your expectations. Instead, raise your standards.
4. Attitude
Avoid negativity and negative people, starting with yourself. Negative people will drain your energy and
hinder your progress, and negative thoughts will slow you down and discourage you. If things are hard,
work harder. If you fail, learn from your mistakes. I’ve often thought that 97 percent of the people who quit
too soon are employed by the three percent who never gave up. If you focus on problems, you will have
more problems. If you focus on solutions, you will have more opportunities.
5. Fear
Fear can be both a motivating force, and an obstacle to success. It can keep you from trying and from
reaching towards those really big goals. Are you afraid to fail? Analyze the specific situation and force
yourself to break the uncomfortable activity into more manageable steps -- or “just deal with it.” Identify
and utilize every available resource to build upon your strengths and correct your weaknesses. Focus on
what could go right and don’t obsess about future problems. There’s also no reason to unnecessarily call
attention to your fears. This will only discourage you, and break down the confidence in others.
I know that real-life situations get in the way, and that some of us have difficulties that seem bigger than
others. I had my own struggles starting out, when I came to this country from the Ukraine at the age of 16,
with only 17 cents in my pocket. I didn’t speak English, and surviving high school was my main concern. I
developed a strong work ethic because I had to in order to survive and it has served me well. I will never buy
in to the excuses you may be using for giving up or not continuing towards your success. I know you can
ignite your dream and achieve your goals. Obliterate your obstacles and continue on your path. As I always
say, success is never owned. It’s rented and the rent is due every day.
7 mental strategies for reaching your long term goals (at work and in life)
Posted: February 3, 2021 By: Jory MacKay Category: Setting Goals 8 Commentson 7 mental strategies for
reaching your long term goals (at work and in life)
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Why is it so difficult to define, work towards, and achieve your long term goals?
While it’s easy to spend hours each day crossing off to-do list items and answering emails, those lofty and
life-changing goals always seem to get left for ‘someday’.
But living without long-term goals is like going on a road trip without a map. You might get to see some nice
scenery along the way, but you won’t make it to your destination.
Even worse, knowing your long-term goals and still not working towards them makes it feel like you’re
wasting your time and can lead to so much unnecessary stress, anxiety, and even depression.
In this guide, we’ll teach you how to define long-term goals for your life and career that truly matter to you,
make real time to work on them each day, and even give you some long term goal examples to help inspire
you to get started.
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The psychology of long-term goals: Why you keep avoiding your greatest desires
The psychology of long-term goals: Why you keep avoiding your greatest desires
Goals are how we paint the picture of a future we’re motivated to work towards.
Sticking with this metaphor, however, most of us spend too much effort on the tiny details without taking
the time to regularly step back and look at the bigger picture.
This is because what’s happening right now–today, tomorrow, this week–is so much clearer (and therefore
easier to work on) than what could happen months or years from now.
Psychologists call this cognitive tunneling–when you get overwhelmed by all the options available to you
and focus on what’s easiest instead.
Not only are our long-term goals psychologically taxing to think about, but they’re also scary.
Fear of long-term goals can be broken down into three categories:
Fear of starting: We put so much pressure on our long-term goals that we feel the need to wait until ‘the
perfect moment’ or when ‘we’ve got it all figured out’. But these moments don’t exist and are just another
form of procrastination.
Fear of failing: Other people often define us by our achievements. And while we’d love to be the kind of
people that hit big goals, there’s always that nagging thought of what other people will think if we fail? How
will they judge us?
Fear of success: Paradoxically, hitting your long-term goals can be just as terrifying as failing. Our brains
have evolved to save energy by avoiding change. And success in your long-term goals will come with drastic
changes to your life and who you are as a person.
These are natural fears to have. But as entrepreneur and author, Tim Ferriss, writes:
“It’s very hard to achieve goals if you have the emergency brake on, and the emergency brake is fear.”
To get past these fears and psychological barriers, you need a clear plan and strategy in place to define,
tackle, and stick with your biggest goals.
Long-term goals are easy to dream about. But turning those dreams into a reality takes a clear, actionable
plan. Here are 7 best practices taken from the world’s best coaches, psychologists, and entrepreneurs.
Schedule your goals to remove the decision to work towards them every day
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably got more than a few long-term goals that you’d like to achieve.
The good news is that you have a lifetime to reach them. The bad news is that 92% of people never actually
achieve the goals they set out to hit.
The problem? A lack of motivation due to setting the wrong types of long-term goals.
In the complex science of motivation, one thing is clear: It’s easier to be motivated to work on goals you
truly believe in.
That might sound like an obvious statement, but how many times have you given up on a long-term goal
when you realized you didn’t enjoy doing the work to achieve it?
Proper goal-setting requires a commitment to the process and not just the end goal. If your long-term goal
is to start a business because you want lots of money and not because of an intrinsic quality like ‘freedom’
or ‘a family connection to entrepreneurship’, you’ll be more likely to give up on it.
In positive psychology, this is called Valued Living–when your actions match your personal core values.
The first step in setting long-term goals that you’ll be motivated to hit is to define your core values. Here are
a few examples (you can find more on a list like this):
Achievement
Boldness
Compassion
Creativity
Knowledge
Learning
Leadership
Recognition
Stability
So, let’s say you pick “Leadership” as one of your core values. In this case, some meaningful and realistic
long-term career goal examples might be:
Why does this long-setting method work? From a scientific perspective, research on how people stay
motivated when goals take not just years but decades to reach has found that:
“Individuals pursuing very long-term goals sustain motivation by envisioning possible futures that result
from the work they are doing.”
Your core values won’t change much over time. The more you can connect your long-term goals to the type
of person you are and want to be, the easier it will be to stay motivated to hit them.
Even with a clear understanding of your core values and a set of long-term goals that align with them, it can
be easy to fall into the trap of wishful thinking.
There’s plenty of advice out there that will suggest all you need to do is visual your success and you’ll get
there. However, psychologists have found that just thinking about your long-term goals can actually derail
your progress.
NYU professor Gabriele Oettingen calls this Fantasy Realisation Theory. As she explains:
“The warm emotions the fantasies aroused led [people] to feel as if they’d already met goals.”
Rather than daydream about your future success, Dr. Oettingen says you should think about the real
obstacles in front of you and how you’ll deal with them. In her studies, this mental contrasting (balancing
the positive and the potential negatives in your mind) has been shown to greatly increase your chances of
sticking with long-term goals.
To help you with it, Dr. Oettingen has a simple strategy called WOOP:
It’s a simple process, but clearly understanding what will get in the way of your long-term goals will greatly
increase the chance you stick with them.
Out of the many obstacles you’ll face along the way towards hitting your long-term goals, one of the most
dangerous is setting too large of a goal.
No one expects you to sit down and write a novel in one go. Instead, every major project–whether it’s
personal or at work–needs to be broken down into specific milestones and tasks.
Breaking large goals into smaller, more manageable ‘chunks’ makes them feel more realistic. It also gives
you a clear action plan instead of making you feel overwhelmed.
Here’s an example.
Let’s say you want to write a novel. You understand the obstacles that will get in the way and how you’ll
overcome them. But now what? Sit down and write? That might work for a day or two but you’ll most likely
quickly lose steam.
Instead, write down 3–5 actionable next steps you can do in around 30 minutes a day to start.
Next steps:
Every Sunday evening, edit what you wrote throughout the week and then plan what you’ll work on next
It takes a bit of up-front investment but meticulously planning out the steps you need to take to hit your
long-term goals helps you put one foot in front of the other, even when you’re exhausted or unmotivated.
Meticulously planning out the steps you need to take to hit your long-term goals helps you put one foot in
front of the other, even when you’re exhausted or unmotivated.CLICK TO TWEET
What’s even better is that these small steps are great opportunities for ongoing feedback. By breaking long
term goals into smaller pieces, you can measure your progress along the way. Instead of staring off into the
far-off future, you start thinking about tomorrow, and the day after, and so on.
4. Schedule your goals to remove the decision to work towards them every day
If you look at the action steps above, you’ll notice that each of them has some sort of scheduling or time
element. This is because you’re much more likely to do something that has a hard date or time attached to
it. (This is part of the SMART goal framework that we also suggest using).
Scheduling when and how long you’ll work towards your long-term goals helps you overcome what’s called
decision fatigue.
This is where you get overwhelmed by all the choices you have to make each day and default to what’s
easy. (It’s the reason why you might pick up fast food on the way home from work even though you have a
goal of losing weight.)
While setting clear timelines for your goals can help avoid decision fatigue, one of the easiest things you can
do is change your morning routine.
Research shows that, on average, we’re most productive and energetic in the first few hours of our day. This
makes it a perfect opportunity to put in your daily work towards your long-term goals.
For example, here’s how designer and SuperBooked CEO, Dan Mall starts his day:
Dan makes sure to have an hour set for meaningful work every morning before his ‘daily work’. Instead of
spending energy deciding what to work on, he’s simply following through with a decision that’s already
been made: Wake up. Work on meaningful work.
Think of all the scenarios where you can get rid of the friction of choice in your life.
If your long-term goal is to become a runner, set your running clothes out the night before. If your goal is to
spend more time reading, try burying your phone in your bag or a drawer and have a book and notepad
next to you instead.
There will always be something that feels more urgent than working towards your long-term goals.
Especially now, between emails, calls, meetings, updates, and chat, it’s hard to not feel like something else
needs your attention.
Psychologists call this the urgency bias.
However, you can protect your focus and counter this bias by creating if/then statements for when
distractions arise.
Keeping with our long-term goal example of writing a novel, let’s say you’ve committed to working on it
from 5:30–7 every evening. But your work email starts to explode at 5pm.
In this scenario, most people would feel they have no choice but to choose the ‘urgency’ of email and skip
working on their long term goal. Yet, having an if/then statement in place gives you a better option.
For example:
If I get work emails after 5 pm, then I’ll leave them for tomorrow morning.
You can create if/then statements for all sorts of common scenarios when you skip working on your long-
term goals.
If my partner comes home early, then I’ll politely remind them of my goals and commit to spending time
with them after my session.
If my friends invite me to go out, then I’ll tell them I’m only free after 7 pm.
These might sound silly, but forging a connection between a cue (the if) and your reaction (the then) has
been found to be instrumental towards reaching your long term goals.
Researchers from the Korea University Business School and the University of Iowa found that people who
define their path from the end backward are not only more likely to succeed (especially when it comes to
complex goals) but they’re also more confident in their choices.
While they aren’t exactly sure why this is the case, it does seem to make sense.
How many times have you started working towards something even with a clear end-goal in mind only to
get lost in ‘the messy middle’?
Rather than being overwhelmed by the uncertain outcomes each step could have taken, starting at the end
lets you corral the endless possibilities and stay focused on the end goal.CLICK TO TWEET
Think of it as a product launch. Instead of starting where you are now and planning each step towards your
launch day, work backward. With a deadline and scope defined, you can start to reverse engineer how you
got there. If this goes well, you’ll end up with a master to-do list that can guide you.
Lastly, one of the biggest reasons we give up on or quit working towards our long-term goals is that our
inner critic gets in the way. Perfectionism can kill your motivation and make you question why you’re even
chasing this goal in the first place.
But to keep working towards your goal, you need to recognize that you won’t have all the answers up front
and that your first effort probably won’t be great.
“I tell you, if one wants to be active, one mustn’t be afraid to do something wrong sometimes, not afraid to
lapse into some mistakes.”
Being comfortable with feeling uncomfortable is the secret to hitting your long-term goals. But it’s not easy.
Here are a couple of methods to help you overcome perfectionism:
Ask ‘what’s the worst-case scenario?’ Working on or showing someone your progress towards a big goal
often means embracing some level of vulnerability. To get over that fear, play out the scenario to its end.
Will the world collapse? Will you get fired? Or divorced? Usually, the consequences aren’t as dire as we
make them out to be.
Reframe uncertainty as excitement. Not knowing the outcome means you’re not tied to a specific outcome.
Try to think of yourself as an explorer, not a guide.
Use the Beginner’s Mind. As a beginner, you’re excited and open to all paths. But when you become an
‘expert’ in something, you suddenly think you know better. Instead, philosophers suggest approaching
projects as a beginner would. Ignore your expectations and prejudgments and just try.
Sticking with your long-term goals takes planning, preparation, and resolve. However, it all starts with
picking the right long-term goals in the first place.
While the best long-term goals are ones that connect to your core values, even just understanding those
values can be difficult. Not to mention, trying to translate them into specific, actionable goals.
That’s why to help you get started, we put together this list of long-term goal examples for both your career
and life. Use them freely or treat them as a launching point to customize for your own needs, wants, and
values.
Start a family
Become debt-free
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
Whether it’s finishing a manuscript, launching your own app, or finishing your Ph.D., it’s empowering to
work hard on something important and see it through to the end. And the more you do it, the more
confident you’ll become in your abilities.
While your long-term goals might change over time, the process for hitting them will always stay the same.
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