Approaching New Goals
When you’re approaching new goals, start by aligning them with your lifestyle, your motivation, and your actual circumstances. The aim isn’t to take on more — it’s to commit to what truly matters, and do it well.
1. Pick Two Things That Actually Matter
Not ten things you’re doing “okay” with. Not the filler, not the distractions. Choose the two things you genuinely want to be really good at. Focus creates excellence; dilution creates mediocrity.
2. Reduce the Load You Have to Manage
Everything you own, schedule, or commit to requires some form of upkeep — even if you barely use it. It’s like having two cars and a boat but only driving one. You still pay the time, energy, and money on the others.
List out all the things in your life that demand maintenance but give you little return. Clear them out. Simplify. Creating space gives you more capacity for the priorities that matter.
3. Understand What Your Goal Actually Requires
Before committing to a big goal, fully understand what the training and lifestyle look like to achieve it.
Have an honest conversation with yourself:
Does your life allow for the time it requires?
Does your motivation match the level of work?
Do your daily responsibilities support or conflict with this goal?
Use the tool of writing it all out. Map the training, the weekly schedule, the hours, the recovery, the workload — everything. Seeing it visually makes it clear whether it’s sustainable and achievable.
If your life and your goal match, great — you’re set up for success. If they don’t, adjust until they do. That alignment is what creates consistency, success, and higher motivation to keep going.
4. Less Talk, More Action
We all speak about what we “should” or “want” to do. Talking is easy — action creates change.
Set clear targets. Give them deadlines. Build a daily and weekly structure that reflects your goals. Then stop talking about it and get to work.
5. Be a Student Always
I’ve never liked the word expert. When someone calls themselves an expert, it signals they believe they’ve arrived — that they know it all. That mindset shuts down growth.
Stay curious. Stay humble. Stay a student. That’s how you evolve continuously.
6. Talent Means Nothing Without Work
Talent is meaningless without consistent effort. Some of the most gifted people waste their gifts by never putting in the work.
Show up, work hard, stay steady over the long term — that’s the real separator.
7. Stop Being “Busy” and Start Being Productive
“Busy” has become a badge people wear, but often it simply means disorganized. If you tracked your day as an observer, you’d see how much time is wasted.
Structure your day with intention. Build a proactive schedule so your work is meaningful — and your downtime can actually feel like rest. Eliminate the false busyness.
Align your goals with your life. When you simplify, map it out, focus deeply, stay teachable, and put in steady work, you create the environment where real progress becomes possible — and sustainable.