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427: The 12 Week Year and The Danger of Long-Term Goal Setting with Brian Moran

Publish Date: 2020/12/20
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    <p>We’re joined today by author, consultant, and entrepreneur <strong>Brian Moran</strong>, author of <a href="https://12weekyear.com/"><em>The 12 Week Year</em></a>. Brian holds a view that many BiggerPockets listeners subscribe to: you are more capable than you think. Through <strong>short term sprints</strong>, Brian has found that we can all accomplish <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2013-11-14-goal-planning-hurting-future"><strong>long-term goals</strong></a>, regardless of the difficulty.</p><p>This isn’t just a strategy that works for real estate, this works <strong>in any industry</strong>. Brian has consulted with every kind of business, and the results speak for themselves. Regardless of job type, business type, or industry type, the 12 week year<strong>helps you accomplish more</strong> by doubling down on what you need to do most.</p><p>Brian also talks about the danger of <strong>long term goal setting</strong>, and even annual goal setting. It isn’t that long term goal setting doesn’t work, it’s that it presents us with a long time frame to accomplish something we could do far quicker. That’s how the 12 week year kicks our “<strong>unproductive mindset</strong>” to the curb, and gets us fired up to do great things sooner.</p><p>Many investors find it hard to break out of their <strong>comfort zone</strong>, do the things that they find hard, or even just feel <strong>motivated</strong>. The crucial part of finding success wherever you need it? Take action, start today, <strong>track, plan, and re-plan </strong>when needed. You’ll soon find that you’re fired up about things that used to seem scary!</p><p>In This Episode We Cover:</p><ul>
  • What the “12 Week Year” really is
  • How short term goal setting can help you accomplish your biggest goals
  • Why you need to shift focus to executable tasks 
  • How to get tactical on your goals and what you can do to accomplish them
  • Leaning into hard things and shying away from comfort
  • The importance of “vision work” and knowing where you’re headed
  • Holding yourself accountable for what you want most in life
  • How repetition forms competence and competence forms confidence
  • And So Much More!

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