To Reach Your Goals, Count Backwards

As pointed out by Scott Galloway, this list has some interesting, counter-intuitive strategies for reaching your goals. My favorite one is #11: Counting Backwards. Instead of propelling yourself forward through time, it asks you to set a future goal and strategize backwards. You may have done this before, but this method suggests you break things down by the numbers, including, at the end, what your goal is for this minute.

“11. Count Backward

You can use simple numbers to help you visualize your goals and make them into actions. Starting with five, come up with a goal you have for five years from now. Move down to four: What do you want to have accomplished four months from now? Three weeks? Two days? One day, one hour, this minute? How do these activities relate to each other? This number-goal-puzzle can give you clarity when everything else is unsteady.”

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