Goal setting can be a transformative process, and in this episode, Sara dives deep into the importance of setting both macro and micro goals to achieve your dreams.

She shares her personal journey from resisting goal setting to embracing it with newfound clarity and purpose.

By breaking down big ambitions into actionable steps, Sara emphasizes that consistency and discipline are key to making progress without feeling overwhelmed.

Listeners are encouraged to reflect on their own feelings towards goal setting and to approach it with a sense of fun and simplicity.

Join Sara as she provides practical strategies to help you create a clear roadmap for success in the year ahead, all while reminding you that it's never too late to start over and rise to new heights.

Finding clarity in your aspirations is essential for achieving lasting change, and Sara's latest podcast episode dives deep into the art of goal setting with a refreshingly honest perspective.

Sara opens up about her previous struggles with goal setting, characterised by resistance and self-doubt, and how she allowed being a Mum complicated her ability to pursue her ambitions.

However, through reflection and a shift in mindset, she discovered a more empowering way to navigate her goals.

This episode serves as a guide for listeners who may feel overwhelmed or stuck, presenting a dual framework of macro and micro goals that can lead to tangible progress.

Sara also highlights the emotional aspects of goal setting, addressing common fears such as fear of failure and the less-discussed fear of success.

She encourages self-awareness and reflection, helping listeners identify and overcome these mental blocks.

The episode concludes with a powerful reminder: enjoyment and fulfillment should be at the heart of your journey toward your goals. By embracing this mindset, listeners can cultivate a sustainable and enjoyable pursuit of their aspirations, making each step a meaningful part of their growth journey.

Takeaways:

• Setting both macro and micro goals is essential for achieving long-term success in any endeavor.
• Writing down your goals increases the likelihood of achieving them significantly, by 42%.
• Understanding your feelings towards goal setting can help you avoid self-sabotage and procrastination.
• Breaking down large goals into smaller, actionable steps can prevent feelings of overwhelm.
• Finding joy in the process of goal setting helps maintain motivation and consistency.
• Regularly reviewing and adjusting your goals keeps you on track and aligned with your vision.

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Today we're diving into the powerful topic of goal setting.

I want to help you set the tone for the year ahead by getting your goal setting right now.

I've got a confession to make.

I didn't used to like this.

I used to have a lot of resistance.

I used to set big goals and set myself up for failure, for sabotage.

But things are very, very different now.

And so I want to share some some of those things that I've worked on.

We're going to be talking about macro goals and micro goals and how you can create a clear and achievable roadmap so that you can make the things happen that you want.

Whether you are starting over afresh, whether you are pivoting in a new direction or looking to build on the successes of last year, this episode will give you some actionable strategies to make it happen, happen.

Welcome to Start over and Rise.

I'm Sara Burton, your host, and this is the podcast for you.

If you are ready for fresh starts to reclaim your power and create the life that you truly desire.

Whether you are navigating a major life change, recovering from a setback, or simply just feeling a bit stuck, or that something is missing, this is your space for inspiration, practical tools and empowering conversations.

Each week we'll dive into topics that help you step into the person you're meant to be so that you can rise to your new desired heights.

Because here's the truth.

It's never too late to make a change and it's never too early to start over with your thinking, with your approach, with your attitude so that you can be, do and have all you want in your life.

So let's get started.

Hey gorgeous and Happy New Year.

I hope you had a really great Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Now isn't it funny?

In the run up to Christmas and having that time off, there are so many thoughts that go through our head.

But I don't know about you, today is my first day back and I feel different.

I have differing opinions on some of the things that I want to do.

I've taken some of my goals off the table and I've put some others on the table.

It's been A very strange and cathartic experience, to be honest.

I don't know if you've had that, but when it comes to go setting, as I said in the intro there, I've had really mixed feelings about it.

I know the research, I know from myself that in previous experiences, you know, we've all had them where we've set a goal, we've had full intention to make it happen.

We've made the plan, we've been motivated, we've been consistent, and we've made it happen.

But there has been something surrounding goals for me for many, many years, particularly since children and being a family and so on, that I think I finally gotten through it.

I used to dread it.

I used to think, you know, I'd be setting goals for my business.

And in the back of my head, I've now come to realize there were so many things that were stopping me that were enabling me to sabotage them because I didn't actually believe that I could do it, along with raising a family and all that goes with that.

So with that realization, I think it's really important to break this down because I feel very, very differently about goals now.

And, you know, all of these episodes are take it or leave it, but have a little think about it.

How do you actually feel about setting goals?

Do things come up for you that just make you feel like you're not going to achieve it?

If that's happening, get self aware, become really conscious of it, journal on it, dive into it, discuss it with friends, get a coach, all of these things.

Because you might find that you've been setting same goals over and over and over.

And this podcast is called Start over and Rise.

It doesn't mean keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result.

It means start over with your thinking, start over with your approach, because that's the only way you're going to make things different.

So there's plenty of research out there.

I mean, do a quick Google.

But a couple of examples are, you know, Dr.

Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at the Dominican University of California, says that individuals who write down their goals are 42% likely, more likely, I should say, to achieve them than those who, who don't.

There are numerous reports that have come out on this kind of thing, you know, the power of writing down the goals.

A study published in the Journal of Business Venturing found that goal setting can increase productivity by up to 25%.

These figures are huge.

Writing them down does something in your brain that really lays that intention down.

It Starts getting your brain to check out the opportunities around you.

It helps with motivation and so on.

So we know that this is an important thing to do.

And isn't it more fun to actually go into this with awareness around where you might sabotage yourself, how you might hold yourself back and just recognizing when your goals scare you.

When you set big, big goals, you want them to scare you, you want them to push them, to push you outside of your comfort zone.

But at the same time, you need that underlying belief that you totally can achieve it.

You need to have that trust in yourself that you will find a way to do it.

It is way, way, way more likely, more fun, less overwhelming if you start to take some of those things into account.

But all of that said, we have to go through that practical process of looking at goal setting and it is essential for your growth.

There's no way around it.

If you don't set a goal.

It's like trying to get into a car and just not knowing where you're going.

You know, whoever's in the driving seat next to you will decide and you won't be on track for the success that you want.

So it's essential.

But the way that we set goals can determine whether we succeed or we stay stuck and stagnant.

And that's where macro and micro goals come in.

Now, I.

This is sort of the technical term for them and I'm going to go into the definition, into a second in a, in a second.

But I would definitely say that, you know, think of it in terms of what are your dreams, what are your big goals, you know, in terms of like, oh my God, that would just change everything.

Think of macro goals as your big dreams and your micro goals.

They are the small, actionable steps.

They're the things that you have to do over and over again.

They're the consistency, they're the discipline acts.

They're all the things that are like the individual bricks that build the building that you want.

So those macro micro goals are your habits, your routines, your.

All of those things that keep you moving with little steps forward.

So your macro goals are your big dreams.

They're your big picture objectives.

And think of them as your North Star, the overarching vision of what you want to be achieving.

So let's have a look at an example.

The macro goal could be that you want to build a thriving coaching business or that you want to improve your health and fitness.

I'm going to go into how you need to be more specific and so on about these.

But the micro Goals are the ones.

Let's take the fitness one.

So your micro goals are when you break them down into daily habits, weekly habits, monthly habits.

So, for example, a micro goal could be you're going to drink 2 liters of water every single day.

And that is something that you can be conscious of when you get up in the morning, you can decide when you're going to do it, and you can start to make it a habit.

Another micro goal within that might be that you're going to exercise three times a week.

Another micro goal might be that one of those is cardio and two of those are weights.

You break it all down, and by combining your macro and your micro goals, you are not only dreaming big, but you're also setting yourself up for success because you are breaking down everything into actionable steps.

And let's face it, when we're in overwhelm, you know, say I've got a few clients at the moment who are, you know, saying, right, this is a year that I'm going to lose my weight.

This is the year that I'm going to give up alcohol and so on.

And when you've got a lot of weight to lose, for example, it can feel like a mountain.

Absolute.

You know, you can think, oh, my goodness, this is going to take me a long, long time.

But by breaking it down into these little habits very quickly, they will all start to build up.

So why are both macro and micro goals?

Why do they matter?

Why do we need a combination of the two?

Well, clarity and direction.

This is something you hear me talk about all the time.

But macro goals, those big dreams, they give you a clear sense of purpose.

They give you that North Star that you know where you want to end up.

They are behind your motivation to keep you going.

The micro goals keep you grounded, keep you focused on what actually needs to be done, so that you can easily find that discipline that allows you to do those tasks consistently.

The combination of the two helps you avoid overwhelm.

Without micro goals, those macro goals can just have you feeling like it's just impossible.

And I think this is one of the things that people fail on massively.

You know, there's that saying, you only fail when you give up.

I've seen it so many times when people set big goals for their businesses, for example, big goals for their business, and by the time they get to February, because they haven't broken it down, because they haven't got a solid plan of all those little micro goals, all those little actions and habits and consistent tasks that need to be done, they can actually give up on it as an idea because they think, well, it's February, it's near March now.

There's no way I'm going to make that happen.

And that's really, really sad, right?

So the combination of the big goal and the little ones is that those little micro actions keep you on track.

So we want to avoid the overwhelm.

Keeping us on track means we got to track our progress.

And micro goals let you measure your progress along the way, and they keep you motivated.

So as you start to see the winds coming through, then you start to believe and trust that that big goal is actually going to be achieved.

It starts to feel less overwhelming, more fun, more achievable.

You're seeing your progress, you're seeing your progression, and so you can actually start to feel that it's going to happen.

The lovely thing is with micro goals as well, is that you can pivot, you can adjust.

I was going to say shit happens, but it's true.

Life happens.

Shit happens, right?

And with micro goals, you can adapt without losing sight of your big overall dream, your big goal.

You know, as they say, there's many ways to skin a cat, there's many ways to pay a mortgage, there's many ways to get to your ultimate goal.

And if something's not working for you, it's so much easier to switch out the micro goal, switch out the habits, and try something new.

Start over with the overall goal, but with a new list of actionable tasks.

Doesn't have to be done in one way only.

So you don't have to adjust the big goal.

You can adjust the little goals.

So thinking of those allows you that privilege to be able to adjust, to course, correct, to pivot a little bit, but you're still heading towards the same goal.

Now, it's also important to be very specific, and I'm going to put this in here because, man, this has been the game changer for me.

Tailor it to who you are.

So be specific about your goals so that you know when you're going to hit them.

Right?

For example, instead of saying, I want to grow my business, set a profit or an income goal.

You know, alternatively figure out how many clients you need to achieve that income.

You know, if money and numbers doesn't work for you, but satisfied customers, volume of clients that you're able to work with, then set the goal, set the wording around that, because if that motivates you more, then you'd be insane not to use your own language.

Figure out what is going to work for you and what that success will actually look like, what those goals will look like, and again, do it on a big version, what your big dream is and then you're able to break it down.

So if you want to run.

I think I've used this example before, but I've done one 10k and I did one and I didn't enjoy it, if I'm honest.

I got through it.

I was so pleased with myself for actually completing it.

But it made me realize that actually I really like 5Ks and that I don't want to be going on to marathons and so on.

That's my personal thing.

But the thing that kept me going was that if I just trained three times a week, if I do X number of hours of running per week, I will get better at it.

I will be able to finish and complete a 10k, which I did.

So tailor your goals to fit your personal aspirations, to fit your circumstances, to fit your definitions of what works for you.

It's as simple as that.

I think sometimes we are so hung up by what other people are doing or with how we feel we should be doing something or what we feel we should be aiming for.

There's.

I was in a conversation yesterday about lifestyle coaching businesses and one of the people that was involved, one of the, one of the people who was involved in the conversation was like, oh, you might as well have a hobby.

Now my argument is if they want to have a lifestyle business that doesn't really make any money, but that's okay for them, what's wrong with that?

There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

They might like to do lots of pro bono work, they might have different reasons for why they set their business up and so on.

Whereas you can also have a lifestyle business.

That is your definition of it's going to fit in with my lifestyle.

And that might be.

I'm not actually going to start work until 10am in the morning, but I choose sometimes to work until 9:00 at night.

It's whatever works for you.

So be specific and tailor your goals.

Really understand what it is you want and why you want it.

Patience and discipline.

Achieving goals requires both of these.

And I think this has been something that I've been guilty of.

You know, if we want to be consistent, we have to be disciplined.

There is no, no other way of doing it.

But you've got to understand what discipline means to you.

Now, for me, if things are fun, if they're simple, if I can feel the purpose in it, I Can be really, really consistent.

And my three words, if you listen to the previous episode, fun, simple and abundant.

And everything that I set now needs to be filtered through those three words, you know, and that having patience, mixing this in with patience and discipline is if you know that you just have to be consistent, have the right energy behind it, be enjoying it, not being overwhelmed by it, you will be progressive, you will move forward with your goals.

That's me.

Some people will discipline, even if they hate it, they will do it.

But for me, I'd rather set goals that I know I'm going to have fun, that are simple and that will create abundance for me in, you know, lots of different ways, whether that is energy, fun, money, whatever it is, right?

So think about your three words and the thing with patience.

This is something I have very much learned this year because I have been somebody who's like, I want it and I want it now.

It's just, just a personality trait of mine.

However, I've come to learn that patience actually works way, way better for me because I can change my ideas very, very quickly.

So if I now know that, have that self awareness about myself, maybe you are the same is actually my final decision.

Why don't I allow myself to ping, you know, like a pinball wizard, go around all the different ideas, test out all the different things I want to lean in, get curious about everything that I want to do, but be patient in terms of knowing which one is right for me.

It's incredible just how different that can make you feel.

So discipline keeps you showing up every day.

And you know, whether that is.

Let's take.

Oh, gosh, when I was first working and I was in sales, I used to have to hit the phones and I'd have to put in a lot of calls.

Well, for the first few weeks, oh, my goodness.

It feels like it's a relentless, pointless task because you're putting out all the calls and nothing's really happening.

But you are because you're having the conversations, you're moving things forward.

And then before you know it, a couple of months down the line, sales start coming in and you built that momentum.

But you need the patience, you need to keep the faith that your chosen strategy is going to work for you.

So it's the same with going to the gym.

You can go to the gym.

If you're starting out and you're going three times a week, it might be weeks before you say, do you know what?

My energy levels feel higher.

So that keeps you going again.

Then you jump on the scales and you're like, oh my gosh, my weight is going down.

Maybe your appetite is changing.

It takes time for you to start to see the benefits.

But oh my goodness, because you put that consistency, because you had that trust that it's going to work, because you had that belief in yourself that if you keep going, you'll see the results, guess what happens, you start to see the results and then bam, you are in.

And what you've done is you've those little micro goals that you showed discipline with and you did time and time again and you've got that consistency.

You've created a habit, you've now created something that you got through the worst of it.

You got started, you got to that level of consistency where you started to see results.

And too many people, and have done this myself, too many people give up before they get to that stage.

And that's what we've got to keep in mind with the power of these little micro goals, these lovely little habits.

So by the time the habit is established, it's so much easier for you to keep going.

So how do we actually set macro and micro goals?

Let's make this practical.

You know me, I like to be.

Yeah, practical.

That's the word, practical.

So if you can grab a notebook or open, you know, a note taking app, personally, I would prefer you to write it down because it really does embed some intention.

It really has an effect on your brain in terms of.

Yep, that's going to be happening.

So start with defining your big goals.

Ask yourself, what do I want to achieve this year?

And there are four main areas that I tend to work with in terms of coaching and self coaching and that is health, income, relationships and me self.

So what I tend to do is pick one for each of those and they will vary in different levels of importance depending on what it is.

And that might not be right for you, but for me, I like to kind of have a nice rounded look at what do I want to do this year.

I don't recommend that you go any more than three or four, to be honest, because they are big, big goals.

And if you think about it, we're then going to break them down into smaller goals.

So it's going to feel a lot more overwhelming.

You are more likely if you've got three, four goals, big ones, to actually, you know, make them happen.

It doesn't have to be that much.

If you've got one thing you want to focus on this year, do it.

Yeah.

You will know instinctively what those big macro Goals are what those big dreams are, the things that excite you.

And then I want you to apply your themes for the year.

So these are your three words.

As I said before, mine are fun, simple and abundant.

And then what we're going to do is you're going to break down, take them one at a time and break it down.

So for each macro goal, I want you to write down all the smaller steps you need to take, make them actionable, put time limits on them.

So, for example, okay, I'll share one of mine.

I want to write a book this year, so I want it to be done by the end of the year.

So I've got a whole 12 months, well, not even that now, 12 months to go ahead.

And what I do when I'm setting these tasks is I use a brainstorming method.

If you know me and you've ever been in my office, it is.

Well, it's not full, but there are lots of big A3 pads knocking around.

If you've ever come to any of my in person workshops, of which I haven't done any for a long time, but I am going to be having some this year.

You will be issued with an A3 pad and some felt tip pens.

And what I like to do is I put the goal in the middle and then this is where I mix it in with the patients.

I start with the fun element.

Okay, so what are the jobs that I need to do?

What are the smaller tasks that I need to do in order to make this book happen?

So I'm going to have to outline the chapters and I've got to look at publishing and how to pitch.

There's so many different jobs right now.

The patience element is I get it all down on paper to start with and I have it all higgledy piggled everywhere, use different colors because that's how my brain likes to work.

And it makes it feel fun, it keeps it simple because it's all on one page.

And the abundances that by starting to do that, I become more conscious of it.

So the patience comes in because over a matter of days I will keep going back and going.

Actually, there's something else.

There's something else.

I will also add in how I want to do it.

And the thing I'm contemplating at the moment is do I take a month off, send myself somewhere and do it all in a month, write it so that I can just completely immerse myself in it, take myself somewhere inspiring and do it that way, or do I go with the actually, all I need to do is dedicate two hours a week, maybe on a Friday morning, for example, two hours a week and sit down and do it.

Now I'm leaning towards, at the moment I'm leaning towards the take myself off somewhere because I think I know myself and I know that if that I'm giving myself a hard deadline, that at the end of that time it's got to be completed and ready to be edited.

That's something that I respond to.

I love a hard deadline.

I'd be going away, so I'd be removing many, many distractions and self sabotage opportunities of oh well, this has come up and that's come up.

So I'm having the patience to sit with it for a while, I'm having the patience to allow it to all process and I suggest you do the same.

So once you've then broken down all of those goals, all of those things, then you can start to put it into a timeline, you can start to set deadlines, you can assign both your macro and your micro goals so that you can stay on track.

And this is where you need to start prioritizing what's got to be done.

You might get yourself a nice Gantt chart and map it all out and go, well, you know, reverse engineer what your goal is and work out how long each of those is going to take.

What has to happen first.

For example, I'm not going to start writing the chapters until I've done the outlines of what the chapters are actually going to be because that would just be completely pointless and would have no method behind it.

So put all of these into a place into place and then you need to get started.

So what you'll have is you'll have a bank of daily habits, daily things that you need to do.

Okay?

It's important that you review and you reflect on how this goes.

And the one thing I've put in my diary this year that I didn't have last year and it really did make a difference is I like to have a bit of a CEO morning when it comes to my business and I've changed it because I took it out, I started skipping it, which is really bad and it is a form of self sabotage.

But this year the reflection and how my business is going is a massive priority to me.

Much more than it's been in the last couple of years, if I'm absolutely honest, because there's been other things going on.

But this year it's a number, you know, it's right up there.

So in terms of my Financial goals, I'm reviewing them on a daily basis.

I've got daily targets, I've got weekly targets, I've got a system in place and I'm monitoring it on a daily basis.

It's actually on my whiteboard because I see that every single day.

And there's nothing worse than if you sort of looking at it and find that, you know, three or four days has gone by and actually nothing's come in.

So I'm using that because I know I respond to that well in my business plan I'm also looking at, okay, so if I'm, I'm doing coaching goals, for example, I need to make sure that I've got passive income coming in as well.

So there's lots of creation going on there.

I'm digressing a little bit, but the point is brainstorm the overall goal, look at all the little pieces and make sure that you review and you reflect.

So set a schedule for regular check ins, make them work for you and see work out.

How can you see when you are making progress?

So common one for people who are losing weight might be your measurements and your weight on a daily basis.

It might be giving yourself some kind of reward system or checklists for when you've completed your two litres of water or your three sessions in the gym, for example.

And when you're reviewing and reflecting, you need to ask yourself, do you need to adjust, do you need to change something?

If you can see that something is consistently not happening, that's an area that you need to look at, okay?

And finally, when you're setting these goals, enjoy it, get excited about it.

It not only keeps you motivated but it also helps you find, find the joy in the journey.

You know, Atomic Habits, James Clear's book is, I read it on a regular basis, I have to say, but it is about that, you know, enjoying the journey, finding the fun in setting the little goals, creating the little habits, sticking with it, feeling that progress and so on.

Those habits will take you to the success you want.

What got you here won't get you there.

And that's where we're starting over with these things in a very different way.

Not doing the same thing again, starting over, new thinking, new approach.

Okay, so I think the last thing that I want to go into is I don't think.

I know overcoming challenges.

Now, goal setting isn't always smooth sailing, okay?

And I said right at the beginning is, you know, think about, feel, feel it right as you're writing down these goals, what's happening with you physically Are you getting sweaty palms?

Are you feeling excited?

Are you feeling small?

Are you feeling like you want to run away and go sit in the corner, Put blanket over your head and rock yourself gently?

That was way too, way too descriptive, but it's true, right?

How are you feeling about it?

Because you're going to have to overcome these.

So here are just four, okay?

Four that, that come up.

They always have done for me in the past, but I'm much more aware of what's going on now.

Procrastination, this is one that I really, really want to nail this year.

I've made massive progress in the last couple of years.

But procrastination, you know, the easiest thing to do is start with one micro goal.

Now, one thing that you can do that can start to build momentum and you'll know what it is.

You have your goal in mind.

You've gone through this process.

What is stopping you and what are you going to do to get over it?

There is a fear, okay?

If you feel fear, is it fear of failure?

Is it fear of success?

Failure only happens when you give up.

I totally, totally believe that.

Because if you keep moving forward, you're taking your lessons, you're reframing that failure as feedback, and every step you take is therefore progress.

You know, you can fail at something 25 times before you find the right way.

Okay, you'll fail at it forevermore if you don't try different ways.

So fear of failure actually for me isn't even really there anymore because I just don't see it.

Whether it's rejection, whether it's a case of looking at and going, this just isn't a good match.

It's not that I have failed, it's that, that, you know, it's not working in the right way.

And take what you will from that, but for me, that's a game changer.

Fear of success, on the other hand, that is very, very common and people don't really pay too much attention to it.

But sometimes we can, you know, say, for example, what will happen if you do reach all of your business goals.

One of mine has always been, I worry that I'm going to be ill because in the past I've burnt out.

But if I put a strategy together, if I'm looking at my macro goals and my micro goals and my daily habits and I'm looking after myself and I'm staying out of overwhelm and I'm meditating and I'm calming my nervous system and all of these things, then why would I Be ill, you know, and that's been a big fear of mine for quite some time.

So look at these fears that you have.

Overcoming that challenge of losing motivation.

It can happen.

So you have to pick yourself up.

You have to recognize when that is happening.

You have to pick yourself up.

And rather than just beat yourself up for oh my goodness, why can't I find motivation?

And so on, pick yourself up, revisit your big, big goal.

Why is it important to you?

Take some time out, stop doing all of the tasks, reset.

Why is it important to you?

Lean into that vision when the motivation starts to come in, because it will.

And sometimes that motivation is lacking because you're just not looking after yourself.

You're not conserving your energy in the right way.

Maybe you're not being balanced.

You're doing work, work, work all the time.

And of course your motivation is going to fail you.

It's going to reduce.

So what do you need to do?

Do you need to take a day off, go off on a solo hike?

Do you need to go and see some friends for a weekend?

Do you need to have a little break so that you can actually allow yourself to step out of overwhelm or whatever it is that you've lost motivation for so that you can come back to it?

And over commitment.

I say this because I'm afraid I've been the queen of this over commitment all the time.

Which is why one of my words is simple.

If it starts to becoming overly complicated, if I'm over committing to too many things, trying to jump ahead of the game, and this is where patience comes back into it again.

You know, if you're constantly looking for how can I do this quicker?

How can I create shortcuts?

Brilliant way to think about things.

And sometimes you can, but sometimes you can't.

You know, sometimes you can't make progress any quicker by committing to too many things too soon.

Think about weight loss, for example.

I think that's a great one.

Slow and steady wins the race.

And that happens for so many things.

Have faith in those consistent actions and you'll get so much further.

Okay.

And you know, when you have gone into over commitment, just pull it back, pull it back.

Focus on what are the little goals that you need to get back on top.

Don't worry about the next ones.

Start again in terms of what is important, what is needed right now.

So there's quite a lot there to recap.

Combining macro and micro goals is a game changer.

If you want a year full of purpose and progress, then having these two things working in tandem.

You know, don't stop the micro goals or don't keep going with some of the micro goals and change your bigger goal.

Right?

The big goal is the North Star.

You use your micro goals to make it all happen.

They are the actions that brings everything to life that is going to help you make it happen.

So start small, stay consistent, brainstorm your tasks.

And you know what?

Some of those micro tasks might be brainstormed again.

You can go as far as you need, but break it down so that it is as simple, so it is easy, so you can build that momentum.

And now I need to breathe.

Thank you so much for tuning in on the first episode of this year.

I'm so glad that you have joined me.

I wish you, you know, enjoy this.

Have fun.

Let me know how you're getting on.

What was your biggest takeaway from this episode?

Or has it made you rethink any of your goals?

Are you thinking, yeah, you know what, I could maybe change a couple of things or add in some new things.

I would love to hear from you.

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Bye.