How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals | Stephen Duneier | TEDxTucson
TEDx Talks3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2018–2023
talk · general · evergreen · 2018–2023 on HN
Stephen Duneier describes a decision-making approach that took him from struggling with simple tasks to achieving ambitious goals. The talk centers on breaking goals into small marginal adjustments.
HN people recommend it for its simple, powerful idea of marginal adjustments and its usefulness for tackling big projects.
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3 comments from Hacker News
This video on youtube is pretty cool on the subject of big projects: How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals | Stephen Duneier | TEDxTucson ▶ this video
That should be the real question. All else is just a consequence of being motivated enough to achieve that particular goal. You are probably fine already, but if you feel that you want more, I would suggest to get some inspiration from a new paradigm you never did before. I've seen this lately, and while he did come up with rather random looking goals, it seems it doesn't matter what they are if you devote yourself fully to them. ▶ this video
It works for me, too. The inspiration was from this TED talk: ▶ this video . The idea of marginal adjustment is both simple and powerful.