{"id":74578,"date":"2022-08-01T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=74578"},"modified":"2022-08-05T13:21:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:21:57","slug":"how-to-define-your-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-define-your-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Define Your Goals: Make Them Meaningful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-e0ffc965-2a18-4e60-9c9b-76261d51b054\">How can you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-define-your-goal\/\">define your goals<\/a> to make them actionable? After defining your goals, what next step should you take to achieve them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goals feel impossible when you see no discernible way to get from where you are to where you want to be. In <em>The Art of Impossible<\/em>, Steven Kotler draws on extensive neurobiological research to demystify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-define-your-goals-2\/\">how to define your goals<\/a> and achieve breakthrough success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-a826c897-a606-4a50-b318-4f1077db5efd\">Keep reading to learn Kotler&#8217;s advice on how to define your goals when you don&#8217;t know where to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-define-your-goals-with-a-meaningful-purpose\">How to Define Your Goals With a Meaningful Purpose<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand how to define your goals, Kotler says learning about and sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-are-you-curious-about\/\">your interests<\/a> makes it easier to define your seemingly impossible goals. Kotler specifically advises exploring how your interests might solve a global problem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Kotler, believing that you\u2019re involved in something that has the potential to make a massive positive impact on the world shifts your attitude from \u201cexploring something interesting\u201d to \u201cworking toward something important.\u201d <strong>This attitude shift transforms your exploratory work into a meaningful <em>purpose<\/em> that generates even more reward neurochemicals<\/strong>\u2014resulting in decreased stress levels and increased levels of motivation, productivity, resiliency, and focus. Consequently, after you&#8217;ve decided how to define your goals, it will be easier to sustain long-term momentum and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/steps-to-achieve-your-goals\/\">achieve your goals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exercise: How to Define Your Goals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Write down 15 global problems that you would love to see solved to help you define how your goals could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-make-an-impact-on-the-world\/\">make a positive impact<\/a>.<\/strong> Be as specific as possible. For example, instead of, \u201cEnd world hunger,\u201d write: \u201cIncrease access to farming skills and technologies.\u201d Then, consider how your personal interests could potentially solve one of these global problems. For example, your interest in using solar panels to grow produce all year round might lead to a solution that involves establishing a distribution network for agricultural solar technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Daniel H. Pink (<a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/drive\"><em>Drive<\/em><\/a>) clarifies how defining your goals and connecting them to a global problem increases your motivation: <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/drive\/chapter-6\">You\u2019re biologically wired to want to help other people<\/a>. Therefore, goals that don\u2019t contribute to the well-being of others feel less meaningful\u2014because they don\u2019t align with your natural inclination to help others. Further, scientific research confirms that <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/guide-to-happiness\/4070299\/secret-to-happiness\/\">actively contributing to the well-being of others makes you happier<\/a>: When you act with the intention of helping others, you activate the same parts of your brain that are stimulated by pleasurable activities such as eating good food or having great sex. This implies that goals feel more pleasurable the more people they serve\u2014thus, validating Kotler\u2019s approach to defining your goals.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Fully Engage After Defining Your Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we&#8217;ve explored how to define your goals, we&#8217;ll discuss how to fully engage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/your-life-purpose\/\">your purpose<\/a> to achieve the goals you&#8217;ve set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spend two to six hours each week pursuing recreational activities that fully engage you so that you can benefit from the pleasurable advantages that all six reward chemicals offer. According to Kotler, <strong>the more you practice being fully engaged when you\u2019re <em>not <\/em>working toward your goal, the easier you\u2019ll find it to be fully engaged when you <em>are <\/em>working toward it<\/strong>. For example, you feel fully engaged when you hike through the woods, complete jigsaw puzzles, and bake cakes. You spend two hours each week pursuing each of these three activities\u2014totaling six hours of full engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: It\u2019s true that the more you practice being fully engaged, the easier you find it to attain this state of mind. This is because <a href=\"https:\/\/troyerstling.com\/the-neurochemistry-of-flow-states\/\">it employs six of the most addictive reward neurochemicals at once\u2014making it an addictive mental state<\/a>. However, since being fully engaged continually pushes you outside of your comfort zone, it can create serious negative consequences\u2014especially if your full engagement activities center around activities that involve a high degree of risk, such as base jumping or cave diving. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinertia.com\/surf\/flow-states-part-4-the-darkside-of-flow\/\">Numerous extreme-sports athletes have lost their lives in the pursuit of chasing the thrill that full engagement offers<\/a>. Therefore, proceed with caution: Focus on activities that <em>don\u2019t<\/em> hinge on mastering death-defying stunts.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can you define your goals to make them actionable? After defining your goals, what next step should you take to achieve them? Goals feel impossible when you see no discernible way to get from where you are to where you want to be. 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