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Setting #goals? All you have to do is point . . .
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Setting goals? All you have to do is point . . .Babe Ruth’s “called shot”There is an old grainy image that I love. Babe Ruth pointing to the bleachers right before hitting a home run in the 1932 world series. You’ve likely seen or at least heard of this. Why does this particular home run still stand out 85 years later? The simple reason is because the Bambino pointed before hitting the ball. The image is iconic due to the power of setting then achieving a goal.Every modern organization is divided into teams. A team is defined as a group of two or more people working together to achieve a goal. Working towards a goal is an intrinsic part of our professional structure. So why then are we so bad at setting and achieving goals?Before I’m heckled for being unnecessarily cynical I can back this up (...)

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How to Start Setting Long Term Goals
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By Praveen Tipirneni, CEO of Morphic Therapeutic Inc. Originally published on Quora.When beginning a large project or complex task, the problems you’ll run into aren’t always apparent.This can be an issue, because lack of clarity often leads to an unproductive response. We often rush into implementing new solutions before thinking about whether we’re even solving the right problem.On the other hand, it’s possible to get so wrapped up in trying to understand the problem that you never begin working on solutions.The trick is: You want to get a sense of the actual problem, but you also need to take measurable and readily quantifiable steps to keep yourself from getting bogged down.Over the past few years, I experienced this first hand while trying to bring a TEDx event to the auditorium in the (...)

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How To Maintain Motivation While Working Toward Your Ultimate Goals
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People are bold when they talk about their “ultimate” goals.“Cure cancer.”“Organize the world’s information.”“Stop terrorism.”These are big goals. Huge. Daunting. But the road to achieving them is made up of thousands of smaller steps.We tend to focus on where we are now and what we can achieve today.But for the long-term, the pace of progress (the compounding rate) matters much more than the starting point.Here’s how to up your pace and stay motivated in the long run:Optimizing your growth rate requires a system.To see the overall system — from the big picture all the way to the individual minute-to-minute steps — I look to physics.There’s a concept known as a fractal. It’s a mathematical way of modeling structures where the overall whole pattern is made up endless similar patterns at increasingly smaller (...)

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