This year, instead of going through the mental turmoil of tossing and turning, banging my head against the wall to figure out which of my 10 New Year's Goals will change the trajectory of my life, I’m focusing on just one. My single goal is for my project(s) to achieve X amount in monthly revenue by the end of this year. You may be thinking “but Simas, you’re neglecting other areas of your life with just one goal! What about your spiritual, physical, mental or health needs?”. This mindset assumes that balance is a given, and that energy output should be distributed evenly to recharge your spirit, mind, body and soul. I think these are all fantastic avenues of enhancing oneself, and I am by no means demeaning their value nor necessity in creating a habit of. But, while I have the chutzpah, guts and energy to live an unbalanced life, I deem it more important to confine my outputs to one single business goal at this stage of my life. This quote encapsulates my thinking to the tee “Extraordinary results require focused attention and time. Time on one thing means time away from another. This makes balance impossible.”
The aforementioned 4 quadrants will supplement my movement towards achieving my goal - I will still exercise daily, meditate and practice breathwork daily, nurture existing and develop new relationships, while eating a clean diet. Since these are already cornerstone habits, they have their place in providing me momentum with some satisfaction endorphins peppered in.
This paradigm shift in reshaping my intention for the new year is largely inspired by my current read, “The ONE Thing” by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan. Gary and Jay preach the sentiment that everyday, we’re clouded with bullshido tasks that provide us with incremental value in achieving our vision, whatever it may be. Purpose coupled with direction gives birth to a vision. Movement towards building this vision requires ruthless priority control. In their book, Gary and Jay provide the reader a practice to write out twenty tasks they deem important. Great, now reduce that list to ten. Now five. Then reduce it to just one. Mental clarity should ensue, if your top spot was defined well. Sometimes, your single most important goal may embody similarities with your other goals that didn’t make the top spot.
I hope that 2024 brings you increasing clarity on the single goal that deeply matters to you.
See you next month,
Simas
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