How to Set Goals When Everything Feels Like a Priority

Introduction

• Understanding why everything feels like a priority

1. How to Decide What's Really a Priority

• Coping with overwhelm
• Using your values to guide your priorities
• Making hard decisions about priorities
• Aligning personal goals with team objectives

2. Taking Action on Your Priorities

• Protecting your time and focus
• Turning big goals into actionable steps
• Keeping up momentum on your goals
• Maintaining the mental energy to complete your goals

3. Overcome Obstacles in Setting—and Accomplishing—Your Goals

• What to do when you and your manager disagree about priorities
• What to do when you don’t know what to do next
• What to do when your goals keep getting pushed aside
• Handling unexpected disruptions to your goals
• Recovering when you fall behind on goals

Conclusion

• Taking control of your priorities