{"id":100118,"date":"2023-04-19T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=100118"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:14:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T19:14:28","slug":"goal-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/goal-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Goal Reflection Exercises for a Boost of Motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why is it important to reflect on your goals? How can reflecting on your goals motivate you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-push-yourself\/\">push yourself<\/a> harder? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on your progress toward your goals is a powerful practice. When you reflect on how far you&#8217;ve come, you\u2019ll feel more motivated to persevere and keep making progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some goal reflection exercises to keep you going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-ask-yourself-did-i-do-my-best\"><strong>1. Ask Yourself, \u201cDid I Do my Best?\u201d <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first goal reflection exercise is to <strong>measure your efforts toward your goals by asking whether you did your best to meet them every evening. <\/strong>(This wording helps you reflect on effort, not performance.) Each question you ask yourself should assess a goal that\u2019s important to you\u2014a goal that, when you work toward achieving it, will help you become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-become-the-person-you-want-to-be-2\/\">the person you want to be<\/a>. For example, if you want to be a more engaged parent, you might ask yourself, \u201cDid I do my best to give my child one-on-one attention today?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: <strong>Asking yourself whether you did your best helps you focus on actions you can take each day<\/strong>.<strong> <\/strong>In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-bullet-journal-method\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Bullet Journal Method<\/em><\/a>, Ryder Carroll recommends breaking large goals down into <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-bullet-journal-method\/part-4#pursuing-continual-improvement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smaller, more concrete projects<\/a>. He suggests asking yourself questions like, \u201cWhat small step can I take to move forward right now?\u201d Like Goldsmith and Reiter, his advice is aimed at finding realistic steps that, when taken every day, can help you make significant changes.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Score Your Effort on a Scale of 1 to 10<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Score your effort toward each goal on a scale from 1 to 10<\/strong>. Think about the actions you did or didn\u2019t take. A score of 1 indicates minimal effort, while a score of 10 indicates maximum effort. You don\u2019t necessarily have to have succeeded to earn a 10. You just need to have made a substantial and honest effort to work toward your goal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can even ask someone you trust to help you with this process. The writers recommend reporting your scores to someone else each day. Having someone to hold you accountable can give you more structure to push yourself to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: <strong>Scoring yourself on effort rather than performance can solve some common problems with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-track-progress\/\">tracking progress<\/a><\/strong>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/measure-what-matters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Measure What Matters<\/em><\/a>, John Doerr recommends <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/measure-what-matters\/chapters-10-11#the-wrap-up-phase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">using subjective self-assessment<\/a> to look at what you did in light of the circumstances. If you only look at objective scores based on results, a low score might fail to capture extraordinary but unsuccessful effort. Similarly, a high score could obscure lackluster effort that, through luck or coincidence, happened to yield a good result.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Track Your Progress Over Time&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Track your answers to the daily questions over time<\/strong>. The daily questions have their utility in the moment. But if you collect your scores, patterns will likely emerge. For example, if you look at your data and see 9s and 10s for one goal but 1s and 2s for another, you can assess whether the latter goal really matters to you. If it does, you can change something to make a more substantial effort toward achieving it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-pay-attention\/\">Paying attention<\/a> to your progress can help you stay on track<\/strong>. It\u2019s not enough to score your efforts each day and then forget about it. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/goals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Goals<\/em><\/a>, Brian Tracy explains that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/steps-to-achieve-your-goals\/\">reaching your goals<\/a> requires <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/goals\/1-page-summary#step-11-stay-on-track\">monitoring your pro<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/goals\/1-page-summary#step-11-stay-on-track\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">g<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/goals\/1-page-summary#step-11-stay-on-track\">ress over time<\/a>. Tracy suggests setting daily, weekly, and monthly benchmarks that will help you quantify whether you\u2019re moving toward your goals. That way, you\u2019ll be able to make changes if you see that you aren\u2019t making the steady progress you expected.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Criticism of the Daily Questions<\/strong><br><br>The idea of committing to <strong>the goal reflection routine has drawn some skepticism and some criticism<\/strong>\u2014in part because it\u2019s challenging. Several writers have shared their struggles with Goldsmith and Reiter\u2019s ideas.<br><br>Journalist John Dickerson reports that he tried the daily questions after interviewing Goldsmith and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/06\/questions-will-get-me-through-pandemic\/613144\/\">initially didn\u2019t stick with it<\/a>. Goldsmith told Dickerson that keeping up the daily routine is the hard part\u2014and most people drop it after just two weeks. Dickerson writes that making his list felt like a chore and failing felt unpleasant. But the questions he asked himself in the evening began to insinuate themselves into his days, and he returned to the routine after dropping it.<br><br>Reviewing <em>Triggers<\/em>, author Art Kleiner gets a little more colorful when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategy-business.com\/article\/00342\">expressing his skepticism<\/a> about the daily questions, particularly Goldsmith\u2019s personal practice, which involves 22 questions. Kleiner characterizes Goldsmith\u2019s dedication to the routine as \u201ca neo-Calvinist 21st-century form of mental self-flagellation,\u201d referring to a branch of Protestantism that emphasizes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/maturity-continuum-7-habits\/\">independence<\/a> of individuals. But Kleiner notes that he does want the results that Goldsmith and Reiter promise are possible\u2014and he believes the writers when they say that self-discipline is necessary to make lasting behavior change.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is it important to reflect on your goals? How can reflecting on your goals motivate you to push yourself harder? Reflecting on your progress toward your goals is a powerful practice. When you reflect on how far you&#8217;ve come, you\u2019ll feel more motivated to persevere and keep making progress. 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