The Power of Specific Goal Setting w/Abe Safa

When most people are asked what their goals are, they are careful not to be specific, but that actually affects our ability to reach them. Why are specific goals more achievable than vague ones? Why is it so important for us to be vulnerable and open up about our goals? Why should we be looking through the windshield and not the rearview mirror? On this episode, I’m joined by one of my business partners, Abe Safa. We talk about how to set goals the right way.    In order to really reach high levels, you have to take the risk of stating goals that are specific and can be measured. If you don’t measure them, you won’t know if you are a success or failure that day. -Greg Harrelson     Takeaways + Tactics  The more specific a goal is, the more measurable it becomes.  Setting vague goals means that we can’t measure how well we’re doing, which protects us from getting judged or feeling bad about ourselves.  Have a 5 year vision, a 1 year goal, a monthly goal and then a daily goal. The compound effect of doing your daily goal is what gets you to your big year goal.  According to the book Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable, “crave the result so intensely that the work becomes irrelevant.” At the start of the show, we talked about why so many of us struggle to set specific and measurable goals. Next, we talked about why vulnerability is key to growth, and why the process of coming up with a goal doesn’t have to start with our “Big Why.” We also talked about why we need to stop setting goals for the future using what happened in the past.  We also discussed; Why the value of failure is in comparison The importance of accountability  How to make hard work irrelevant Guest Bio-  Abe Safa is the Founder and mind behind Contact Junkie, a software company that scales your business through technology. He grew up in New York and moved to the Myrtle Beach area to attend Coastal Carolina in 1988. Since graduating in 1991, he's lived there and has owned several successful retail stores. Abe started working at age 13, and has been selling or running businesses for over 34 years. He went from being a new licensee, to having over 100 transactions per year. His business background and experience in negotiating and marketing, combined with his unique and precise analytical skills, leaves no doubt that he is a valuable resource. Abe loves to challenge himself and believes that life is all about growing and improving yourself and your community.  https://www.contactjunkie.com   843.360.2145 [email protected]