Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Originally published on June 24, 2024
A lot of people treat goals like some kind of sacred self-improvement law, where the most important thing you can do is set and achieve your goals.
But goals are simply tools we use to point us in the right direction. Your goals should serve you—and so you shouldn’t be a slave to some arbitrary goal you set when it’s no longer serving you. So how do you know when a goal is no longer pushing you in the right direction?
In this episode, I talk about why I gave up a pretty big goal I set at the beginning of the year. I discuss what I think are the criteria you should use when deciding whether to give up on a goal or stick it out.
We also discuss what we learned from the goals survey we did for podcast viewers and listeners. How many stuck with their goals and how many have moved on? What are the most effective tactics people used to stick to their goals? What are the most important lessons they learned about their goals and themselves?
Check it out.
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00:00 Introduction
01:13 Mark's (failed) goal
05:11 Is Mark full of sh*t?
08:14 Drew's (half sucessful) goal
12:08 Extreme measures
14:08 Getting more specific with your goals
16:40 Survey results
18:55 Teachable moment: Selection bias
23:06 How did people stick with their goals?
24:49 The value of self-discovery in working towards goals
32:57 3 good reasons to give up on a goal
37:00 Bonus reason to give up a goal
39:34 Mark's new health goals
41:53 Drew's updated goals
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Originally published on June 24, 2024
A lot of people treat goals like some kind of sacred self-improvement law, where the most important thing you can do is set and achieve your goals.
But goals are simply tools we use to point us in the right direction. Your goals should serve you—and so you shouldn’t be a slave to some arbitrary goal you set when it’s no longer serving you. So how do you know when a goal is no longer pushing you in the right direction?
In this episode, I talk about why I gave up a pretty big goal I set at the beginning of the year. I discuss what I think are the criteria you should use when deciding whether to give up on a goal or stick it out.
We also discuss what we learned from the goals survey we did for podcast viewers and listeners. How many stuck with their goals and how many have moved on? What are the most effective tactics people used to stick to their goals? What are the most important lessons they learned about their goals and themselves?
Check it out.
Subscribe to my new podcast channel: youtube.com/@SolvedClips
Get your first month of Shopify for $1 at shopify.com/idgaf
Get 10% off your first order of Mitopure from Timeline at timeline.com/idgaf
00:00 Introduction
01:13 Mark's (failed) goal
05:11 Is Mark full of sh*t?
08:14 Drew's (half sucessful) goal
12:08 Extreme measures
14:08 Getting more specific with your goals
16:40 Survey results
18:55 Teachable moment: Selection bias
23:06 How did people stick with their goals?
24:49 The value of self-discovery in working towards goals
32:57 3 good reasons to give up on a goal
37:00 Bonus reason to give up a goal
39:34 Mark's new health goals
41:53 Drew's updated goals
twitter.com/IAmMarkManson
facebook.com/Markmansonnet
linkedin.com/in/markmanson
tiktok.com/@iammarkmansonTheme
