Name: Setting Goals: Use This 2-Step Process To Achieve More With Less Stress
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Hey there, it’s Marie Forleo and you are watching MarieTV, the place to be to create

Or if it’s not January, happy whenever you’re watching this.

Because today I’m going to teach you a simple two step process that is perfect to help you

start the year off strong and/or perfect to do anytime you have so many things on your

plate that you feel like your beautiful head is going to explode.

Now, I call this two step process the purge and prune.

Now, I know, that kind of sounds like either the most horrible fad diet in the world or

Seriously though, it is simple and it works.

I want you to grab a pen, get a notebook, and let’s get cracking.

Because step number one is called the purge.

Now, you might be asking yourself, what do I mean by this?

I mean get all of those incredible dreams and goals and to do’s out of your noggin

I want you to write down all the things that you want to accomplish, that you want to achieve,

or the things that you want to experience over the next 12 months.

Now, I know this may sound a little basic, but you would be surprised at how many people

don't do this on a regular basis and then they wind up complaining about feeling completely

overwhelmed, so much so that they want to go into the corner and do the ugly cry.

Now, when I do this kind of brain dump I like to think about it in three spheres.

The first sphere is your self, meaning what are some of the specific things that you want

In terms of, let’s say, your health and fitness or your self care or your finances

Or maybe it’s something that you want to learn or practice or any creative projects

Or maybe something about your home or where you live.

I don't care, whatever it is, all I want you to do is think about how you want to grow

Now, the second sphere is your relationships.

So think about the most important people in your life.

Is it your spouse or maybe a significant other?

Maybe if you have kids or parents or grandparents or nieces or nephews.

Do you want to plan some fun visits or vacations or adventures with people that you love?

What are some improvements that you want to make in your relationships that are going

Think about all that and write those down too.

And then the third sphere is your business or career.

So what are some of the major projects or goals that you want to work on this year in

Maybe you want to launch a new product or maybe you want to expand your team.

I don't know, maybe you want to brush up on your resume or ask for a raise or write a

Once again, think about all of this, write it down.

One thing that’s important, do not edit yourself and don't censor yourself.

Don't stop and think I don't know how I’m gonna get this one done.

All I want you to do is get everything out of your head and onto the page.

You know, I do this exercise often and, I have to tell you, it feels so good.

You’re gonna get a massive surge in energy once you do this and then you’re gonna be

Anyone who’s a gardener, you know the secret to keeping some of your plants really healthy

and strong is sometimes you’ve gotta prune them.

Meaning you’ve gotta go in, you take your big old loppers, and you just cut those branches

And I know that might sound a little bit scary.

I mean, why would you want to lose all these nice healthy branches on your plant?

Well, because when you do all the plant’s energy gets uber focused and the plant grows

back a lot healthier, a lot stronger, and more robust than it was before.

The same thing is gonna happen to you once you start going in and pruning back your list

of what you want to work on over the next 12 months.

I do not want to lose anything off my list.

I still want to do that and that and that.

Look, I understand, but here’s the thing.

Most ambitious, driven people take on way too much, and I bet you do this all the time.

You might have your focus scattered, you’re going to dilute your energy, and then you’re

gonna wind up feeling overwhelmed and either quit or just spinning your wheels around and

around and never make any meaningful progress.

That’s why I’m suggesting that you take the opposite approach.

I want you to focus on the critical few things rather than the trivial many.

What are the small number of projects that are going to give you the highest, most powerful,

So now my friend it is time for you to prune.

I want you to take a look at your list and ask yourself, what do you really want your

How do you want to spend your time over these next 12 months?

They’re not necessarily that easy to answer, but it is vital that you do.

Now, if you find yourself being torn up about what to prune and what not to prune, you can

look at each item on your list through one of these three filters.

So filter number one is ask yourself, what is the payoff for making this project happen?

So what’s the impact for reaching this goal and how is that going to impact your life

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