Goal-setting with Steven Bartlett

Back in May I attended this interview with Steven Bartlett at Enterprise Nation titled ‘Goal-Setting with Steven Bartlett. Although that’s the title it covered much more than that. It’s full of great stuff so I wanted to share it with you. Give it a watch, it’s great;

Of many, the 10 key points were as follows;

1) Visualise your life like a sand timer: if we could see our life passing by, we would get more done.

2) Split goals into three tiers: macro, medium and micro. You should create your medium and micro goals from your macro goal.

3) Set tight two-week deadlines for projects to make your business as efficient as possible.

4) If you manage a team, get them to set their own deadlines for the tasks they’re responsible for.

5) If everyone is responsible for a task, then no-one becomes responsible. Make sure someone always has responsibility.

6) With responsibility comes autonomy; you must trust others.

7) People won’t innovate if they feel like they’ll be punished for experimenting. You need to incentivise and celebrate when the goal or experiment is complete, rather than just basing it on its success.

8) Every day you have 24 chips, one for each hour of the day. When you wake up, you have 16 left. Your time is the most valuable currency. You get to choose what you allocate to each chip.

9) Every minute you spend doing something you don’t want to do is at the expense of another minute. Look at the opportunity cost of your time

10) Use tools like Microsoft To Do to help manage your time and Discord and Notion to collaborate with others.

Give it a watch, it really is full of great stuff.

About Enterprise Nation

In their own words Enterprise Nation is a ‘vibrant community of small businesses and business advisers that exist to shortcut your route to trusted business support.  Whether you’re starting or growing a business, we have the resources, expertise, and connections to help you get it right.  Access support at a selection of events held up and down the UK, or online via a dynamic platform that gets you to answers and advisers fast.’

I’m an Advisor at Enterprise Nation, as well as a regular user of their fantastic resource. Take a look at what they can offer. so check me out on there, or email me at phil@philfraser.co.uk.

What Next?

I’m not as famous as Steven Bartelett but I too can help you on your business journey.

If you are a SME Owner and any of the following scenarios strike a chord with you then you may benefit from having a Business Sounding Board;

• Looking for guidance from someone who can help you avoid making mistakes in your business journey.
• Feeling excited about your new business but unsure about how to take it forward.
• Currently outside your comfort zone and looking for someone who has done it before and can help you.
• Feeling unsure, worried and challenged. Somebody to tell you I’m either barking up the wrong tree or to discuss your next steps.
• Needing some objectivity and an honest view. ‘Am I doing the right thing’?
• Feelings of confusion, insecurity and loss of direction. Needing guidance and someone from the outside looking in.
• Feeling drained and frustrated by your business and needing some pointers as to where to go next.
• Feeling lonely at the top and needing to explore what your options are moving forward.

If any of the above resonates with you then please drop me an email at phil@philfraser.co.uk. I may be able to help.

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