Jul 17 (edited) in Motivation
Make It Easier To Achieve Your Goals
Do you want a higher likelihood of achieving your goals?
Of course you do, we all do.
We all get told to set goals but quite often we don’t set ourselves up for success.
Defining your verb actions can help you do this.
Dr Andrew Huberman states that defining your verb actions increases the probability you will achieve your goal, and maintains motivation.
But what is a verb action?
Well it outlines what you are going to do to hit your goal but with one key ingredient…
SPECIFICITY!!!
Many of us have been guilty, me included, of setting generic goals like ‘I want to get into shape’, but what does getting into shape actually entail?
This goals doesn’t give you any specific actions to take and makes it easier for it to be pushed to the side.
There are other actions involved in getting into shape that you need to outline, e.g. going to the gym, progressive overload, diet, etc. (I am no health or gym expert by the way, this is the example Dr Andrew Huberman used and I have added some bits from my own experience).
So an example of defining your verb actions for going to the gym might be”
“I am going to go to the gym 3 times per week for a minimum of 60 minutes where 50 minutes minimum of hard work accounting for rests between sets”
You could even get more specific and outline the weight, sets, reps, exercises, and machines you are going to use.
The point is you have now outline the process you need to take to get into shape which is easier to follow, and will ultimately help you reach your goal of getting into shape.
Compare this to just setting the goal “get into shape”. Which one is easier, and more motivating to follow?
So to increase your chances of achieving your goals, define the verb actions.
This is one of the tools I talked about in Week 1 of my 5 Week Self-Development Starter Pack which you can dive into here:
And I have copied in Dr Andrew Huberman’s podcast where he discussed this and numerous other tools to help you with your goals.
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Brandon Walsh
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