Coaching practices for Self Concordant Goals When Overwhelmed
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- This used to be something I wanted, but ever since my boss started tracking it and someone’s always checking in, it’s curdled into a chore I do for them
- There’s a goal I keep flogging myself to pursue and it just won’t stick
- The moment a goal gets hard I lose all sense of why I’m even doing it
- Every time I throw myself into one thing I care about, another one I also care about just goes dim and I stop wanting it
- Every goal I have is really about not being something
Practices that may help
- Protect your sense of autonomy while pursuing the goal
Keep the goal yours even when a coach, boss, or partner is involved in it.
Self-Concordant Goals, Made Practical - Self-Concordant Goals, Made Practical
Self-concordant goals, from Kennon Sheldon, are goals you pursue because they express who you genuinely are or what truly interests you — not because of guilt, social pressure, or external reward. Research finds that self-concordant goals are pursued with more sustained effort and produce greater well-being when achieved, even when the objective difficulty is held constant. - 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 - 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 - Surface goal conflicts before they undermine each other
Goals that compete for the same time or emotional bandwidth will suppress each other — make the conflict explicit.
Goal Systems Theory: How Goals Work Together (and Against Each Other) - Frame goals as approach targets, not avoidance
State what you are moving toward, not what you are trying to escape.
Self-Concordant Goals, Made Practical - Celebrate growth, not just goal attainment
Recognize progress in who you are becoming, not only whether you hit the number.
Self-Concordant Goals, Made Practical - 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 - Balance your goal network to prevent single-goal dominance
A goal network dominated by a single high-priority goal will starve all others of attention and resources.
Goal Systems Theory: How Goals Work Together (and Against Each Other) - Shift from one-person to two-person psychology
Stop managing your distress alone and start managing it together.
Secure-Functioning Relationships
Related concerns
- Self Concordant Goals During A Big Change
As you grow, some formerly self-concordant goals become misaligned — review them deliberately.
Review goal-self fit at regular intervals
- Self Concordant Goals Under Stress
Self-concordant goals, from Kennon Sheldon, are goals you pursue because they express who you genuinely are or what truly interests you — not because of guilt, social pressure, or external reward. Research finds that self-concordant goals are pursued with more sustained effort and produce greater well-being when achieved, even when the objective difficulty is held constant.
- Self Concordant Goals For My Teenager
Self-concordant goals, from Kennon Sheldon, are goals you pursue because they express who you genuinely are or what truly interests you — not because of guilt, social pressure, or external reward. Research finds that self-concordant goals are pursued with more sustained effort and produce greater well-being when achieved, even when the objective difficulty is held constant.
- Self Concordant Goals When Burned Out
Make the goal an expression of a specific value so it stays motivating when difficulty peaks.
Anchor each goal to a named, personal value
- Self Concordant Goals When Starting Out
Self-concordant goals, from Kennon Sheldon, are goals you pursue because they express who you genuinely are or what truly interests you — not because of guilt, social pressure, or external reward. Research finds that self-concordant goals are pursued with more sustained effort and produce greater well-being when achieved, even when the objective difficulty is held constant.
- What Makes A Goal Self Concordant
Self-concordant goals, from Kennon Sheldon, are goals you pursue because they express who you genuinely are or what truly interests you — not because of guilt, social pressure, or external reward. Research finds that self-concordant goals are pursued with more sustained effort and produce greater well-being when achieved, even when the objective difficulty is held constant.
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