{"id":6205,"date":"2014-02-20T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alifeofproductivity.com\/?p=6205"},"modified":"2021-12-03T21:16:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T21:16:01","slug":"creativity-set-process-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/creativity-set-process-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"To be more creative, don\u2019t set traditional goals, set \u201cprocess goals\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Takeaway:<\/b> A process goal is what you will actually have to do<\/i> to achieve a larger goal. For example, instead of setting a goal to win a boxing title, you might set a goal to keep your hands up throughout an entire boxing match. Process goals will make you a lot more likely to achieve your creative (and larger-scale) goals.<\/p>\n

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Every morning I have a ritual of deciding the three outcomes I want to get out of every day, but I\u2019ve recently noticed something interesting about setting creative goals (like writing and brainstorming): the more concrete I make my creative goals, the less likely I am to achieve them.<\/p>\n

Since I set three goals every day<\/a><\/span>, that\u2019s given me a lot of chances to experiment with how goal-setting impacts my creativity. The cure that has worked wonders for helping me meet my creative goals? Setting \u201cprocess\u201d goals instead of traditional goals.<\/b><\/p>\n

A process goal is what you will actually have to do<\/i> to achieve a larger goal\u2013process goals focus on the process of achieving your goals, instead of on the big, ugly goals themselves.<\/p>\n

Here are a few examples of process goals (with their corresponding higher-level goal in brackets):<\/strong><\/p>\n