Goal Setting Strategies for 2025

Jan 2, 2025

Lecture Notes: Planning to Win in 2025

Introduction

  • Date: 2025, New Year's Day
  • Speaker: Not specified
  • Purpose: Discuss a new approach to goal setting and winning in 2025
  • Key Concept: Planning and experimenting with new strategies for goal setting and achieving success

Community Context

  • Community Mentioned: Daniel's Den
    • Faith-based high achievers
    • Focus on achieving peace, productivity, purpose, and profit
  • Session Structure: Main session followed by a Q&A on Zoom for the community

Core Message: God as a Planner

  • Theological Basis:
    • God is depicted as a planner in the creation narrative
    • Prophecies, like those about Jesus, indicate a divine plan
  • Application for Individuals:
    • People, created in God's image, should also be planners
    • Human plans are not perfect but should be flexible to divine changes

Planning to Win: Key Concepts

1. Motive

  • Definition: Understanding what truly motivates you without judgment
  • Phase Change:
    • Change in form but not substance
    • Example: Ice melting into water
  • Importance of 'Why':
    • Drives you through obstacles
    • Must be emotionally compelling ("If your why doesn't make you cry, the price of commitment will always be too high")
    • Distinguish between superficial and real motivations

2. Mindset

  • Growth is Non-Linear:
    • Expect setbacks and know recovery is key
    • Important to differentiate defeat from feeling defeated
  • Mind as a Field:
    • Guard what is planted in your mind
    • Seek positivity and growth-oriented content

3. Map (Goal Guide)

  • Scriptural Reference: Habakkuk 2:2
    • Importance of writing clear, actionable goals
  • 4x4 Method:
    • Four 90-day goals across four areas
    • Areas: Spiritual/Emotional, Relational, Physical, Financial
    • Focus on one goal per area in each quarter
  • Example Approach:
    • Clear, specific goals with corresponding systems
    • Adjust systems as necessary, not the goals

Execution Strategy

  • 4x4 Method:
    • Set four goals every 90 days
    • Prioritize system over the goal
    • Evaluate and adapt systems to achieve goals
  • Yearly Perspective:
    • Complete unfinished business by carrying over unmet goals

Conclusion

  • Plan to Win in 2025:
    • Engage in the structured and intentional goal-setting approach
    • Use the provided template to develop clear, actionable goals
  • Call to Action:
    • Daniels Den members invited to a Zoom session for further guidance