Why you need to know your goal 🎯

2024-01-25 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:26 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Goals, purpose and life design · mode: Explanation and tutorial

In an extract from his book Feel-Good Productivity, Ali uses starting a business as the example: know the goal's ultimate purpose (holiday money, a multi-million-dollar exit, or helping people), because it decides the next steps, such as whether to quit your job and whether to build skills first.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Why you need to know the ultimate purpose of your goal

• ★★★ For a goal such as starting a business, Ali advises asking its ultimate purpose (an extra few hundred dollars a month for holidays, a multi-million dollar exit to retire early, or helping people and changing lives) and what that means for your next steps. — 00:00:00
• ★★ Ali says the purpose of starting a business decides whether you really need to quit your job or just carve out a few evening hours, and whether to rush into creating the business or develop your skills first. — 00:00:00

Threads in this video

• refine · Should you set goals, and how? — For a goal such as starting a business, Ali advises asking its ultimate purpose (an extra few hundred dollars a month for holidays, a multi-million dollar exit to retire early, or helping people and changing lives) and what that means for your next steps. (00:00:00)
• refine · Should you quit your job to start a business or a channel? — Ali says the purpose of starting a business decides whether you really need to quit your job or just carve out a few evening hours, and whether to rush into creating the business or develop your skills first. (00:00:00)

Mentioned

Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

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