How to Set Goals You’ll ACTUALLY Stick To
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Published 2017-12-20
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How can you set goals you'll actually follow through on over the long-term? Today we'll explore the idea of "intermediate goals", and show how people like Neal Stephenson (author of Snow Crash) and Matt Thorson (developer of Towerfall and Celeste) used them.
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Clips referenced in this video:
The Great Debate: The Story Telling of Science (produced by the Origins Project at ASU) - • The Great Debate: THE STORYTELLING OF... (Stephenson's talk is at 1:15:00)
Celeste trailer: • Celeste releasing January 2018
Matt Thorson's website: www.mattmakesgames.com/
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All Comments (21)
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Some of the elephants!!!!!!!!!!!!
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0:56-Intermidiate goals are essential in building the skillset you need for the big project an being able to see our progress and get feedback is a good thing 6:42-Restrict your timescale and ask yourself would you could do in a week or a day and do it. By taking a series of smaller projects which will stretch your capabilities beyond your current level
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So what you're saying is... life is like an RPG and our big grand ambition is the final boss, but in order to beat it, we need to gain enough experience from smaller bosses at the start that don't overpower us but helps us level up bit by bit until we're strong enough to conquer the final boss.
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thank you it was really needed
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ELEPHANTS. I LAUGHED TOO HARD.
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Okay the emphasis on TINY changes is SOOOOO important. In my own personal journey / with clients I call this "evidence of evolution" - I try to identify every tiny, microscopic decision that I make differently, every situation that goes a little bit differently. I think of it like a tree - if you plant a seed and show up the next day looking for a tree, you'll always think there was no growth. The growth is underground and invisible first.
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Would u plz make a vidoe on ur daily routine
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thank you Tom! loved the CIG video yesterday as well
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OMG Thomas, you do not have any idea how timely you are!
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Yaaay Thomas I've been waiting for your new upload all week! Time to grab some tea :)
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Gold man. Keep up the great work!
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I really dig the new setup and the chill music that was playing throughout the video 😊
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thanks bro. Awesome video and knowledge
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I was really happy that I got the book and started to read the best Christmas present ever to read.
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hey thanx a lot pal!,, this video comes at a pretty good time for me, as i amalready planning my goals for 2018.
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Thank you for Skillshare, I've been willing to try it for a while now ! :D
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I'm like this with my fanfiction. I've been working on a Sherlock vampire fic for a while now, always starting, writing and then doubting myself, waiting a few weeks, starting again. In the meantime I work on other stories, short ones that aren't as 'important' and it helps cause I'm busy writing and thinking about that vamplock in the back of my mind. I have 20 chapters so far and slowly but steadily working on chapters 21 and 22. Small goals, those always seem to work for me.
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Waited your videos for a Long time!! By the way I love your videos so much!!! Hope you can upload more often haha.....
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Hey Frank, I noticed you had some acne scarring in your old videos. I know you used to be self-conscious about it, so I'm not trying to stir up old wounds with this comment. I'm struggling with acne scarring myself. I'm seeing dermatologists but they said laser resurfacing wouldn't be a great option for me because of my skin tone and depth of scarring. So, what did you do to solve it? Your skin looks great now. Thanks, Nick
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I so needed this video today. I love your videos!
