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Are you measuring for the goal or for the ideal? The goal is what you’re determined to do. The ideal is what you’ll do if conditions are perfect. In my experience, it’s worth having and knowing both. Commit to a goal (your minimum output/effort for “success”) and define an ideal (the direction you’ll take after reaching the goal). Take walking, for example. My goal (the thing I’m checking off a list every day) is to “go for a walk.” But my ideal is to “walk ~8k steps.” Most days, I reach the goal. Occasionally, I reach the ideal. If I only measured for the ideal, I’d feel like an enormous failure. I’d rarely cross it off my list. But if I hadn’t defined it in the first place, I wouldn’t have something to aspire to when conditions are perfect. On the other hand, by measuring for the goal, I’m 100% successful ~80% of the time 🙂 And that’s a win I’ll take. Successfully, |
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