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Show Notes:
My approach to goal setting and productivity have changed in a big way based on what you’re about to hear.
Listener favorite Tara McMullin is back on Rebel Therapist Podcast, talking about a huge pivot she’s made in her work life. She's also sharing her new book, What Works, A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal-Setting.
A bit more about her:
Tara McMullin is a podcast host, writer, and speaker who’s been making business make sense for small business owners for over 12 years. She’s the host of What Works, a podcast about entrepreneurship for humans that’s been downloaded over 4 million times. She’s also the co-founder of YellowHouse.Media, a podcast production agency. Tara brings a unique perspective to business thinking informed by her background in theology, interests in endurance training and critical theory, and strengths as an autistic creator.
Also, Tara was my business coach/strategist for as long as she WAS a business coach/strategist.
Here's some of what we talked about:
Making a big pivot by leaving her role as the leader of the large and thriving business community she’d built
Why acknowledging our limits and depleted reserves is powerful
Leaving behind big-G Goal setting on the path to becoming self-transforming subjects with agency
Annie’s sabbatical and how it set her up perfectly for this book and an overhaul of her goal-setting practices
How the Positive Thinking movement (Capital P, Capital T) has been harming us and how to resist it
How to recognize when you’re in the Validation Spiral and move out of it
What Tara’s working on now and how she manages her capacity
One thing you can do to increase your sense of agency starting today
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Get the book:
What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal-Setting