Coaching practices for Revisiting Goals

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• I set goals with such conviction and then never look at them again until it’s too late to do anything
• I’m still steering my whole life by lines I drew years ago about what I’d never accept, and lately I’m not sure those rules even fit who I am now
• I’m years into chasing something I committed to as a different version of myself, and it doesn’t fit who I am now
• My old list of goals is cluttered with stuff I wanted years ago and don’t anymore, and every time I glance at it I just feel a wash of guilt about all the unticked boxes
• The second I fall behind, my move is to quietly lower the target and call it "being realistic"

Practices that may help

1. Run a regular review cadence
   Check in weekly and score at cycle-end so the OKRs stay alive instead of forgotten.
   OKRs for People, Not Just Companies
2. Review and update anti-goals annually as values evolve
   Anti-goals based on your 28-year-old priorities may be wrong for your 38-year-old ones — review them explicitly.
   Anti-Goals: Defining Success by What You Refuse to Accept
3. Review goal-self fit at regular intervals
   As you grow, some formerly self-concordant goals become misaligned — review them deliberately.
   Self-Concordant Goals, Made Practical
4. Review and revise the bucket list quarterly
   A list reviewed only at writing is nostalgia; one reviewed quarterly is a live planning document.
   The Bucket List Method
5. Revise strategy when off track, not the goal
   When progress stalls, the first move is to change the approach — not to lower the target.
   Goal Setting Theory, Made Practical
6. Using your ranked values as a coaching north star
   Return to your ranked values list every time a goal, project, or decision feels off-track.
   Values Card Sort
7. Update and revise possible selves over time
   Revisit and rewrite your possible selves at least twice a year — the self you need to become changes as you grow.
   Possible Selves, Made Practical
8. Run an annual values-spending alignment review
   Review your spending against your values once a year — values shift, and so should the allocation.
   Values-Based Spending, Made Practical
9. Run a quarterly focus review to refresh the lists
   Revisit and rebuild both lists every quarter — priorities shift, and so should the lists.
   Warren Buffett’s Two-List Strategy
10. Periodic life-crafting refresh
    Revisit and revise your best-possible-life narrative every 6–12 months as your context changes.
    The Life Crafting Intervention: Scripting Your Future Self

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