It's the final quarter. If your January goals quietly went poof somewhere around March, you're not lazy and the goal probably wasn't wrong. This is a coaching session to set one you'll actually carry to 31 December.

For five years I sat in the one-to-ones in a business accelerator, watching up close who hit their goals and who didn't. This is what I used with them, alongside what the research says. By the end you'll have one stretch goal, three actions you control, and a 15-minute check-in each week to keep it going.

Grab a pen and paper. You'll need it.

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If you'd like help picking the one move that matters most, The Freedom Build Plan is free. It has you choose the kind of freedom you most need right now, then turns your goals into one clear 90-day move. One move, one system, one clearer direction.

→ https://mariecowgill.com/0017-buildplan-podcast

For the bigger dream behind your next three months → https://youtu.be/ZvUaM5Xv1gc

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SOURCES

Bonezzi, Brendl & De Angelis (2011), Stuck in the Middle: The Psychophysics of Goal Pursuit. Psychological Science

Dai, Milkman & Riis (2014), The Fresh Start Effect: Temporal Landmarks Motivate Aspirational Behavior. Management Science

Locke & Latham (2002), Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting and Task Motivation. American Psychologist

Sitkin, See, Miller, Lawless & Carton (2011), The Paradox of Stretch Goals. Academy of Management Review

Seijts & Latham (2005), Learning Versus Performance Goals: When Should Each Be Used? Academy of Management Executive

Harkin et al. (2016), Does Monitoring Goal Progress Promote Goal Attainment? A Meta-Analysis. Psychological Bulletin

Brendl, in Kellogg Insight (2012), Mastering Motivation: the "track what you've done, then what's left" tip, from a co-author of Stuck in the Middle

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MORE FROM ME

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The Freedom Playbook → https://mariecowgill.com/playbook

Work with me → https://mariecowgill.com/workwithmarie

Everything else → https://mariecowgill.com/start

What's your one goal for 31 December? Tell me in the comments.