How to Wake Up Excited About Your Goals - Chris Bailey - #1077

Chris Bailey is a productivity expert, speaker, and author. How do you make goals actually stick? We all want better for ourselves, but most goals fade. So how do you set goals that excite you—and actually follow through? Expect to learn why some goals feel effortless and others feel like a chore, how the role of intentions plays into goal setting and how to stack them, what the practical differences are between default intentions and deliberate intentions, why SMART goals are overrated, what the big triggers of procrastination and aversion are and how to overcome them, how you can make your goals feel deeper and intention stickier and much more… Timestamps: (0:00) Why Do Your Goals Start to Feel Meaningless? (3:40) Goals vs Values: What Really Drives You? (9:06) How To Align Your Goals With What Matters (14:39) Why You Should Constantly Rewrite Your Goals (18:29) Default vs Deliberate Intentions: What’s the Difference? (20:35) Where Your Default Intentions Come From (28:14) Are “Realistic” Goals Holding You Back? (32:53) How Procrastination Destroys Your Goals (35:54) The Easiest Ways to Beat Procrastination (45:12) Are Ugly Goals Still Worth Pursuing? (48:55) Are Your Goals Actually Yours… Or Someone Else’s? (54:13) How to Build Deeper Goals (57:34) Designing Intentions That Actually Stick (01:04:50) The Biggest Thing You’re Overlooking (01:08:30) Where to Find Chris Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ Get up to 20% off the leading longevity and cellular health supplement at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom Get 10% discount on all Gymshark products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get 15% off your first order of my favourite Non-Alcoholic Brew at https://athleticbrewing.com/modernwisdom Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠ Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast⁠ Email: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/contact⁠ - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices