Setting Goals and Progress

KBApprentice · 2013-12-28T05:04:50+00:00

well for the examples you listed, it's pretty easy. Cooking is a milestone by listing all the different types you want to be able to make (breakfast, lunch dinner), (asian, mexican, european, american). Right there you have 12 combos to master, which will be judged when someone asks you how you make it.

You're hitting on a bigger question about goals though. What do you go after that will bring you the most value?

I'd think a big one people don't focus on as much, because they're young, is how to become financial independent. Meaning how to be able to not do anything for a week, and still have passive income showing up in your bank account.

So with goal setting, you want to write down your 5 year goals, and then work back into 1 year goals, then 6 month, and 3 month intervals. That's the best way for me to gauge my own progress.

All depends on what you value in life (family, single, explorer, builder, destroyer, etc.), so that goal setting is for you to suffer through and create. Oh, and get a mentor who you want to be like and learn from them.

TheMindSelf · 2013-12-28T07:09:27+00:00

Apart from cooking, what other goals do you have? There's always a way to measure progress.

In your weightlifting example, you actually did not have a good/accurate method of measuring your progress. They were subjective reactions from people...and not just any person, your mother. She'll always say positive things. Now, I'm not saying you didn't improve your fitness; I'm only critizing the method of measuring progress that you mentioned.

You should log all of your workouts (see Fitocracy) and progressively overload every week. Alright, that one is easy because you can measure it empirically.

I go after certain activities because I enjoy them, and set myself some milestones, but others... Bust. I lose myself in an activity and then wonder as to how to measure,

I can't help you there without examples of the types of activities, but I can assure you that there is always a way of tracking progress. Set short-, moderate-, and long-term goals and just attack the short-term ones.

ont_anon · 2013-12-28T16:00:22+00:00

I think that this is a good question, and I wouldn't think would be so hard to quantify. Since TRP is a philosophy, and therefore, immeasurable on its own, the question to ask yourself would be, "What physical and personality traits do I feel would make me a 'Red Piller'?"

You can then step back and make a list, e.g. can lift x weight, be a competent chef, speak another language, be able to speak freely with strangers, etc. Whatever it is that you think - at this point in time - would make you more Red Pill. This list will change over time; really, it's expected as you grow as a person.

Then take each of those activities and break them down. For instance, I noticed that you said that you're introverted. You could set a goal to smile at 5 women/day. Then escalate it to hi to or having a short conversation with 5 women/day, etc.

Whatever you think will get you to where you want to be. Eventually you'll be able to cook, approach and speak freely with women, lift more weight... whatever it is that you set as your goals. You won't be able to take a quantifiable measurement of your Red Pill-ness, but you will be able to for the abilities which you believe to be the foundation of the philosophy. The goal post will always be moving as you improve, or decide that something isn't as worthwhile as you originally thought and it comes off the list.

Title	Setting Goals and Progress
Author	KBApprentice
Upvotes	3
Comments	6
Date	December 28, 2013 1:44 AM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/askTRP
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/asktrp/comments/1tuiqz/setting_goals_and_progress/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/askTRP/setting-goals-and-progress.138662 https://theredarchive.com/post/138662

Comments