<p>In this episode of the Do Better Podcast, Dr. Megan and Joe discuss goals and words for 2024 with members of the Do Better Community. What&#39;s your word for 2024?</p> <p><strong>Podcast Summary from Fathom:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Both Megan and Joe are focused on improving their health, routines, and productivity in 2024.</li> <li>Having an extensive list of health/self-care goals can be overwhelming and counterproductive. It&#39;s better to focus on 1-3 key goals at a time.</li> <li>Choosing a &quot;word of the year&quot; and integrating it into your life (like a password) can help focus intentions.</li> <li>Tools like planners, journals, and apps can help build habits and routines, if used consistently.</li> <li>Planning for obstacles and challenges in advance leads to better follow-through. The WOOP method (Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, Plan) is a helpful framework.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Megan went on a cruise and is now trying to establish routines and new habits, but feels overwhelmed by their extensive list of 30+ health/self-care goals. They got a planner to track habits and routines.</li> <li>Joe is focused on productivity, planning, leadership, and being more disciplined in health habits like diet and exercise. They uses a &quot;High Performance Planner&quot;.</li> <li>They discussed how having too many goals creates cognitive load and makes it hard to build consistent habits. It&#39;s better to focus on 1-3 high priority goals first.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Joe uses &quot;brain dumping&quot; at night to reduce cognitive load. Megan&#39;s new planner helps their plan and track goals.</li> <li>Nicole shared that choosing a &quot;word of the year&quot; helps focus intentions. Joe&#39;s word is &quot;disciplined&quot;.</li> <li>Writing goals down repeatedly (like in a password) keeps them top of mind. Vision boards also help visualize goals.</li> <li>Time blocking is useful but can be hard for dynamic jobs. Planning for obstacles in advance helps overcome challenges.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Teaching supervisees methods like WOOP to plan for obstacles can set them up for real world success.</li> <li>They will revisit leadership strategies for behavior analysts in a future episode.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Megan will confirm if their word of the year is &quot;organized&quot; in the next episode.</li> <li>They will interview Callie and discuss leadership strategies in future episodes.</li> <li>Next live podcast recording is February 27th at 12pm EST.</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>

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Megan Miller & Joe Smith

Do Better Pod Live Recording Jan 23, 2024: Goals and Words for 2024

FEB 27, 202439 MIN
#dobetter Pod

Do Better Pod Live Recording Jan 23, 2024: Goals and Words for 2024

FEB 27, 202439 MIN

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<p>In this episode of the Do Better Podcast, Dr. Megan and Joe discuss goals and words for 2024 with members of the Do Better Community. What&#39;s your word for 2024?</p> <p><strong>Podcast Summary from Fathom:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Both Megan and Joe are focused on improving their health, routines, and productivity in 2024.</li> <li>Having an extensive list of health/self-care goals can be overwhelming and counterproductive. It&#39;s better to focus on 1-3 key goals at a time.</li> <li>Choosing a &quot;word of the year&quot; and integrating it into your life (like a password) can help focus intentions.</li> <li>Tools like planners, journals, and apps can help build habits and routines, if used consistently.</li> <li>Planning for obstacles and challenges in advance leads to better follow-through. The WOOP method (Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, Plan) is a helpful framework.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Megan went on a cruise and is now trying to establish routines and new habits, but feels overwhelmed by their extensive list of 30+ health/self-care goals. They got a planner to track habits and routines.</li> <li>Joe is focused on productivity, planning, leadership, and being more disciplined in health habits like diet and exercise. They uses a &quot;High Performance Planner&quot;.</li> <li>They discussed how having too many goals creates cognitive load and makes it hard to build consistent habits. It&#39;s better to focus on 1-3 high priority goals first.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Joe uses &quot;brain dumping&quot; at night to reduce cognitive load. Megan&#39;s new planner helps their plan and track goals.</li> <li>Nicole shared that choosing a &quot;word of the year&quot; helps focus intentions. Joe&#39;s word is &quot;disciplined&quot;.</li> <li>Writing goals down repeatedly (like in a password) keeps them top of mind. Vision boards also help visualize goals.</li> <li>Time blocking is useful but can be hard for dynamic jobs. Planning for obstacles in advance helps overcome challenges.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Teaching supervisees methods like WOOP to plan for obstacles can set them up for real world success.</li> <li>They will revisit leadership strategies for behavior analysts in a future episode.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Megan will confirm if their word of the year is &quot;organized&quot; in the next episode.</li> <li>They will interview Callie and discuss leadership strategies in future episodes.</li> <li>Next live podcast recording is February 27th at 12pm EST.</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>