Audacious vs. Realistic Goals

Goal setting can be an incredibly helpful tool, but sometimes challenging.
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Audacious vs. Realistic Goals

Goal setting that involves both.
3 min read

Goal setting can be an incredibly helpful tool, but often challenging in practice. Just like objects at rest experience inertia — comfort and internal resistance to change make it hard to set the right goals.

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People either set goals that are unrealistic, and give up when they realize how hard it is. Or set goals that are too easy, and get stuck in a false positive cycle of getting stuff done but going nowhere.

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Realistic goals take current skills and external environments into consideration. For example, if you can currently sell a product, or service — then it’s a lot easier to set a goal of selling double or triple what you currently do than if you had no experience selling at all. Setting realistic goals takes into account what is reasonably possible for you.

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For example, if you see a competitor growing their market share fairly quickly — then that is reasonably possible for you too.

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Reaching 100K monthly visits in 1 year is an example of an audacious goal we have for Homework Story.

Try to follow the SMART framework with any goal setting. The more specific, measurable, achievable, reachable and time-bound it is, the better.

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Audacious goals help counteract self-suppressing or self-sabotaging mentalities. While some may grow up in an environment that helps them believe in themselves, most people carry limiting beliefs. A limiting belief is a way of thinking that keeps you from achieving growth.

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Realistic goals help achieve forward momentum, especially as you start to do new things. However, audacious goals help you address limiting beliefs.

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You will surprise yourself, more than you could imagine. When you achieve an audacious goal — you realize how limiting your beliefs were all along. And that you are capable of more than you can currently believe.

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There is no guarantee of risks turning to reward, but there is a guarantee that taking no risks results in no reward. Don’t allow the fear of failure to stop you from taking steps into the unknown.

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Goal setting can be an incredibly helpful tool, but often challenging in practice. Just like objects at rest experience inertia — comfort and internal resistance to change make it hard to set the right goals.

‍

People either set goals that are unrealistic, and give up when they realize how hard it is. Or set goals that are too easy, and get stuck in a false positive cycle of getting stuff done but going nowhere.

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Realistic goals take current skills and external environments into consideration. For example, if you can currently sell a product, or service — then it’s a lot easier to set a goal of selling double or triple what you currently do than if you had no experience selling at all. Setting realistic goals takes into account what is reasonably possible for you.

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For example, if you see a competitor growing their market share fairly quickly — then that is reasonably possible for you too.

‍

Try to follow the SMART framework with any goal setting. The more specific, measurable, achievable, reachable and time-bound it is, the better.

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Audacious goals help counteract self-suppressing or self-sabotaging mentalities. While some may grow up in an environment that helps them believe in themselves, most people carry limiting beliefs. A limiting belief is a way of thinking that keeps you from achieving growth.

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Realistic goals help achieve forward momentum, especially as you start to do new things. However, audacious goals help you address limiting beliefs.

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