Big, ambitious goals can feel overwhelming. Long-term goals can feel so far away that they seem almost unachievable. However, if you’re focusing only on smaller, short-term goals, it can feel like you’re working so hard, but you forget what it’s all for. When this happens, it’s easy to lose motivation.
To tackle this, I love using a technique called ‘chunking’:
■ Imagine yourself on a ladder, standing on the first rung.
■ As you look up to the top of the ladder, you can see your big, ambitious, long-term goals.
■ At the bottom, where you are now, is your current ‘mini’ goal.
■ Each of the rungs on the ladder represents the steps or smaller goals that you need to achieve to hit your bigger goal.
■ At some…
