Oh man, I totally love the concept of niyyat-type intentions. Lavinia, what helps you make the intentions more powerful? Do you repeat it to yourself everyday or do you set them based on your nature (e.g. being a good listener)?
Thanks, Linart, glad you found this interesting/helpful! What helps make the intentions more powerful: no, I don't use them like mantras. I break them down in habits, systems and tools I use to help myself take consistent action on them, so they don't remain just intentions.
Dec 30, 2023·edited Dec 30, 2023Liked by Lavinia Iosub
"I break them down in habits, systems and tools I use to help myself take consistent action on them, so they don't remain just intentions." This is really good! (took down some notes)
Also comforting to see you still working on listening as a skill, even if to me, it seems like you're pretty good at it. Looking forward to a great writing year with you, Lavinia!
...have always found metric specificity to be the key to good goal setting...that and consistent review cycles (monthly/quarterly/annually/etc.)...oh and also less is more and make your less MORE aka set a few BIG goals, but make them each a hyper specific mini-goal set to achieve it...last year was a big 50% year for my okrs...hoping i can deep breath and make it to 70% this year (and then set some tougher ones for 2025 after the world burns)...great read Lavinia...good luck with your 2024 intentions...intentions are way better for personal goals than actual goals...the WHY much more important than the DID IT...
Consistent review cycles are absolutely underrated! You don't actually need big annual goals that end up forgotten on a virtual shelf if you know the general direction you want to move in, experiment, iterate, rinse and repeat every month/quarter or even weekly depending on the goal. And indeed, the why is much more important than the what. The what can evolve as a result, if you're clear on the why...
Your piece is cool but that pic of you cleaning that bar??? The coolest.
Haha thanks! My gym takes a lot of these, but I heard gym pics are annoying to everyone else so that's why I never really share them!
Oh man, I totally love the concept of niyyat-type intentions. Lavinia, what helps you make the intentions more powerful? Do you repeat it to yourself everyday or do you set them based on your nature (e.g. being a good listener)?
Thanks, Linart, glad you found this interesting/helpful! What helps make the intentions more powerful: no, I don't use them like mantras. I break them down in habits, systems and tools I use to help myself take consistent action on them, so they don't remain just intentions.
And, unfortunately, being a good listener is not yet in my nature, it's something I very much am in the process of working on!
"I break them down in habits, systems and tools I use to help myself take consistent action on them, so they don't remain just intentions." This is really good! (took down some notes)
Also comforting to see you still working on listening as a skill, even if to me, it seems like you're pretty good at it. Looking forward to a great writing year with you, Lavinia!
Thank you, Linart, likewise!
...have always found metric specificity to be the key to good goal setting...that and consistent review cycles (monthly/quarterly/annually/etc.)...oh and also less is more and make your less MORE aka set a few BIG goals, but make them each a hyper specific mini-goal set to achieve it...last year was a big 50% year for my okrs...hoping i can deep breath and make it to 70% this year (and then set some tougher ones for 2025 after the world burns)...great read Lavinia...good luck with your 2024 intentions...intentions are way better for personal goals than actual goals...the WHY much more important than the DID IT...
Consistent review cycles are absolutely underrated! You don't actually need big annual goals that end up forgotten on a virtual shelf if you know the general direction you want to move in, experiment, iterate, rinse and repeat every month/quarter or even weekly depending on the goal. And indeed, the why is much more important than the what. The what can evolve as a result, if you're clear on the why...
Thanks for reading, CansaFis!
I love the idea of setting intentions and learning about backcasting! I will apply these thanks Lavinia!
So glad to hear you've found these interesting! Thanks for reading, Sadia!