New Year’s Resolutions Stink; How to Set Real Goals with Strategy Coach Imogen Roy

The YOGI M.D. Podcast

Imogen Roy is a Strategy Coach who helps help entrepreneurial people to be more prolific, productive and present in their life and business. She uses tools and frameworks borrowed from her work as a brand strategist to help her clients to design and execute a holistic business strategy that’s based on a deep foundation of self-awareness & personal values.

Choosing to work towards goals is saying to yourself: "I will design my life, I won't wait for it to happen to me, I won't settle."

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In this episode, Imogen:

• Tells us how she decided and designed her career path as a Strategy Coach.
• Defines what a goal is.
• Lists the necessary mindset (growth rather than fixed) and tools for achieving goals.
• Lists common pitfalls when we set goals
• Talks about why New Year’s Resolutions often fail and what should we do instead.
• Advises women in different stages of life, from college to retirement can find purpose/set goals for themselves.

Resources

Simon Sinek: Start with Why

James Altucher: 1% better every day

Meg Jay - '20s – The Defining Decade'

Gretchen Rubin - The Four Tendencies

Brené Brown - Braving the Wilderness Chapter 7

An article about New Year’s Resolutions

Practical Tips:

1. Define your Why. It must be relevant to you.
2. Remember that a goal is a process, a journey, not a destination.
3. A process is forgiving. You can adapt and modify your How to get to your meaningful goal.
4. Have patience. Be kind to yourself.