Setting goals sounds easy enough – but there’s a right and wrong way to do this (the latter resulting in falling short of hitting them). 

To level up your game to actually hit your goals, you can actually leverage your neurobiology and trigger peak states of flow to make hitting goals habituation rather than ‘hopism’. 

Most goal setting assumes two things that can stump a goal from getting hit: 1) determining what’s attainable (ie. SMART goals) and 2) focusing on the short-term before the long-term. 

To prevent limiting your potential, a better way to approach your goals is to start with the big vision and related targets. Setting these aspirational (first – attainable second) goals increases focus, passion and the desire to aim higher. 

From here, you then de-engineer what would be necessary to stay on track by chunking down projects with a clear result. Then break those down even more to time-based clear goals that draw a clear line all the way up to your grander vision. This is how the big boys and girls are doing it to play bigger – while employing leverage along the way to ensure that scope of vision remains ambitious.