Goals & Achievement

Evidence-based goals & achievement practices.

13 concepts in this area — each broken into concrete practices with the real mechanism, an honest read on the evidence, and how to practice it with IX Coach.

• After-Action Review: The US Army’s Tool for Continuous Learning — How do you conduct an after-action review and why does it improve performance?
• Anti-Goals: Defining Success by What You Refuse to Accept — What are anti-goals and how do they help you make better decisions?
• Goal Setting Theory, Made Practical — What does goal-setting theory say actually drives performance?
• Goal Systems Theory: How Goals Work Together (and Against Each Other) — How do your goals interact, and why do some goals undermine others?
• Goal-Free Living: When Process Beats Destination — Is it possible to achieve more by setting fewer goals?
• Kaizen: Change by Tiny Steps — What is kaizen and how do you use it for personal improvement?
• OKRs for People, Not Just Companies — What are OKRs and how do you actually use them to set goals?
• Self-Concordant Goals, Made Practical — What makes a goal self-concordant, and why does it matter for actually achieving it?
• SMART Goals That Actually Move — What are SMART goals and how do you set them correctly?
• Stretch Goals: When Ambitious Targets Help and When They Backfire — Do stretch goals actually improve performance, and when do they hurt?
• The 12 Week Year, Made Practical — What is the 12 week year and how do you actually execute it?
• The Compound Effect, Made Practical — What is the compound effect and how do you use it to change your life?
• WOOP: Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan — What is the WOOP method and does it actually work for reaching goals?