Master Your Goals: Inputs Over Outcomes
A program designed to help you achieve your goals by focusing on controllable inputs rather than potentially frustrating outcomes. Learn to take consistent action and build sustainable success, mirroring the author's intent.
Program Modules
Phase 1: Shifting Your Focus
Understand the difference between inputs and outputs and why focusing on inputs is crucial for achieving your goals.
Daily Input Focus - Routine 1
DailyA daily routine to practice focusing on inputs instead of outcomes.
Phase 2: Actionable Steps for Input Focus
Learn how to define actionable steps, track your inputs, detach from immediate results, and reflect and adjust your approach.
Daily Input Implementation
DailyA daily routine to implement actionable steps and track inputs.
Reflect and Adjust
WeeklyRegularly review your progress. If you're not seeing the desired results, objectively adjust your inputs.
“If you say my inputs are I study 3 hours a day but you're still struggling... then maybe we want to adjust what our input is.”
Phase 3: The A4 Method for Sustainable Success
Integrate Awareness, Affiliations, Aptitude, and Autonomy into a cohesive strategy for achieving your goals.
Daily A4 Practice
DailyDaily practice of the A4 method for sustainable success
Optimize Affiliations
WeeklyAlign yourself with supportive and ambitious people who encourage your goals. Distance yourself from those who undermine your efforts.
“Align yourself with people who are supportive... and then you want to distance yourself from people who might undermine your efforts.”
Develop Aptitude
WeeklyAcquire the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary to overcome challenges and solve problems effectively. Invest time in learning and practicing.
“Invest time in learning and developing tools that we need to succeed and then practicing new skills consistently.”
Phase 4: Pro Tips for Sustained Momentum
Utilize leading indicators, automate inputs, and make tiny tweaks for continuous improvement and long-term success.
Daily Momentum Routine
DailyDaily routine to use leading indicators
Automate Inputs
WeeklyFind ways to automate your inputs to reduce friction and increase consistency. Use tools and systems to streamline your actions.
“As much as we can, we want to figure out how can we automate something?”
Make Tiny Tweaks
MonthlyFocus on making small, incremental changes over time. These tiny tweaks will compound into significant progress.
“Rather than trying to become a competitive athlete tomorrow, focus on making tiny changes that over 1-3 years will build you into the person you wish to be.”
What You'll Accomplish
- Understand the difference between input-focused and output-focused approaches to goal setting.
- Identify actionable steps that align with your goals.
- Track and monitor your inputs effectively.
- Detach from immediate results and trust the process.
- Reflect on your progress and adjust your approach as needed.
- Integrate awareness, affiliations, aptitude, and autonomy into your goal-setting strategy.
- Utilize leading indicators and automate inputs for sustained momentum.
- Make tiny tweaks over time for continuous improvement.
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