Coaching practices for Personal Baseline Goal Setting

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I’m always measuring myself against whoever’s ahead of me, and it’s crushing
• Every time I set goals they end up being what I think I’m supposed to want
• I’ve got this big goal way out there but no idea what I’m supposed to actually do this week to get closer, so it just sits there as a someday thing and I never move on it.
• No matter how much I improve, my goals are always pegged to beating other people
• I’m fired up about this new goal and certain this time is different, but I’ve started enough of these to know something in me usually derails it

Practices that may help

1. Track performance goals against your own baseline, not others
   Measure your progress against your personal standard, not against the competitor or the leaderboard.
   Process vs. Outcome Goals in Sport and Performance
2. 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
3. Decompose distal goals into proximal action plans
   Break long-term goals into short-term action plans with specific behavioral targets for this week.
   Action Planning
4. Orient toward mastery rather than performance comparison
   Set goals against your own past standard rather than against others.
   Approach vs Avoidance Goals
5. Pre-mortem your personal goals
   Apply the technique solo to a habit, project, or life decision.
   The Pre-Mortem: Imagine It Already Failed
6. Set an absurdly small daily minimum
   The minimum must be so small that saying no feels more embarrassing than just doing it.
   Mini Habits, Made Practical
7. Set goals that build on your signature strengths
   Design goals that let your top strengths be the primary vehicle rather than your weak spots.
   VIA Character Strengths, Made Practical
8. Anchor each goal to a named, personal value
   Make the goal an expression of a specific value so it stays motivating when difficulty peaks.
   Self-Concordant Goals, Made Practical
9. Elaborate your hoped-for possible self
   Build a detailed, sensory-rich mental picture of a concrete future version of yourself — not an abstract goal, but a person.
   Possible Selves, Made Practical
10. Engineer your proximity (peer group)
    “Who you spend time with is who you become” — treat your environment as a force, not a backdrop.
    Tony Robbins’ Core Practices

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