Becoming Goal Directed: Structuring Consciousness for Flow

Reflect on the limitations you currently perceive in different areas of your life. A daily reflection nudge to increase self-awareness.

“Your possibility space holds your belief about the potential paths your life could take.”

Identify and connect with individuals who have achieved what you aspire to. Engage in conversations and learn from their journeys. Leverage social proof to expand beliefs.

“Proximity to people drives belief expansion or contraction more than almost anything else.”

Ask yourself: What would 10x this goal look like? What would I attempt if I knew I couldn't fail? Record your answers and brainstorm potential actions. Reframe limitations as opportunities.

“What would I do if I could do anything?”

Acknowledge and celebrate every achievement, no matter how small, to build confidence and expand your belief in your ability to achieve.

“Each success reinforces and expands your possibility space allowing you to set and Achieve even bigger goals.”

Identify a problem in the world that resonates with you. This will serve as your North Star. Avoid overthinking; choose something that genuinely bothers you. Do this immediately after your morning coffee.

“Pick a problem not a purpose ask if I could change one thing about the world what would it be?”

Set a challenging and ambitious long-term objective (1-5 years) that pushes you beyond your comfort zone. Increase accountability by sharing your goal.

“High hard goals force you to grow and develop new skills when you pursue High hard goals you create the conditions necessary for entering Flow State and achieving Optimal Performance”

Reverse engineer your High Hard Goal into smaller, manageable annual, quarterly, and monthly goals.

“Reverse engineering turns large goals into small achievable steps.”

Create weekly goals that directly support your monthly targets. Ensure each goal sets the stage for the next. Use a calendar reminder as a proactive nudge.

“Ensure that each level of the goal stack directly supports and leads to the next completing each goal set the stage for the next much like Domino's falling in a precisely planned sequence.”

Determine the single action that will progress you more toward a given goal than any other possible action. Habit stack this with brushing your teeth.

“A gold directed action is simply the action that will progress you more toward a given goal than any other possible action conceivable.”

At the end of each workday, take 10 minutes to plan tomorrow's goal-directed actions. Avoid 'goal drip' and revisit your goal stack. Share your plan with an accountability group.

“Separating planning from doing free us to act without questioning whether or not that we're about to do is the best thing we could do.”

Determine the 1-3 most critical actions for the following day that will create the greatest impact. Align them with your weekly goals. Set a penalty for missed deadlines.

“Identify the three maximum three most critical your directed actions for the following day these should be tasks that have the greatest movement toward your long-term goals that you can possibly conceive of.”

Break down each goal-directed action into micro-goals. These are wildly specific, clear, and minuscule steps. Keep a visual cue to stay on track.

“The key is to set wildly specific clear goals for each of your big gold directed actions that way the brain doesn't have to expend resources in wondering how why or what to do.”

Identify the absolute first step to start the task. e.g., Opening the document or software, putting on workout clothes. Do this before checking email.

“Then take the first step to the first step building on the presentation example the first step to the first step is opening up a word processor how in the document and saving it in the right folder it's part of your power down ritual when you map out your gold director actions with these wildly clear minuscule clear goals within the task and take the first step of the first step you can dive right into work the next day and get into flow”

Complete all smaller tasks and loose ends that might distract you from the larger goal, and then let it all go until tomorrow. Frame this as an act of creating peace of mind.

“Clear out any undone tasks and tie down all Loose Ends so you have a free and clear runway for working on gold directed actions the next day”