Coaching practices for Clarify Your Goals

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• My team and I keep ending up at cross purposes
• Every goal I write ends up small and safe
• My goals are so vague that I can always tell myself I sort of did them
• I’m busy chasing things but half of them feel like what I’m supposed to want, not what I actually do
• I keep saying I want to "get healthier" or "be more present," but it stays a foggy wish

Practices that may help

1. One-minute goals: write them short enough to re-read in a minute
   A goal that cannot be stated on a single page is too vague to be evaluated or acted on.
   The One Minute Manager: Three Practices That Still Work
2. Sidestep the SMART pitfalls
   Use SMART to clarify execution — not to shrink your ambition or freeze your goal.
   SMART Goals That Actually Move
3. Report against specific, verifiable commitments
   Tell your partner exactly what you will do, so "progress" can be confirmed, not fudged.
   Accountability Partners
4. Values clarification
   Name the directions you want your life to move in, distinct from goals you can check off.
   Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Made Practical
5. Specific — name the exact behavior or result
   Replace “get fit” with a single, concrete target you could photograph or count.
   SMART Goals That Actually Move
6. Excavate core values before writing goals
   Identify what you most fundamentally care about before deciding what you want — or goals will be other people’s.
   The Life Crafting Intervention: Scripting Your Future Self
7. Draw one clear, binary line
   Replace "less" or "moderate" with a rule that is unambiguously on or off.
   Bright-Line Rules: When "None" Beats "Some"
8. Design process goals that are specific, observable, and within your control
   Process goals must be both actionable (you can do them) and observable (you can confirm you did them).
   Process vs. Outcome Goals in Sport and Performance
9. Define the result before listing tasks
   Before planning any action, write a single clear statement of the specific outcome you want.
   Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method (RPM), Made Practical
10. Make process goals behaviorally specific enough to direct attention
    A vague process goal ("try harder") is not a process goal — it must specify what to do with your body and attention.
    Process Goals, Made Practical

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