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The Anti-Bucket List – Finding Your Life Goals

Leadership / January 15, 2021

As entrepreneurs, one of the most important things we can do is to discover what we want in life. Many people drift through life just going with the flow. But the successful tend to have goals or a mission that drives their actions. This can be a difficult proposition though. Sometimes it’s hard to know what you want. Sometimes you don’t know what you want until you get it. Other times you get what you want and you realise it isn’t that great.

We’ve all heard of a bucket list. That list of things you want to do before you die. This is one way people use to drive their goals. But one of the flaws with a bucket list is that it can become a mission to check off things on a list. You become focused on achieving your goals, without taking the time to enjoy them. You may also miss some of the opportunities that life throws at you while you’re set on achieving your list.

Understanding the whole spectrum of your desires is important. It’s as important to know when an opportunity is not for you as it is to know when it fits your goals. This is where the anti-bucket list comes in. The anti-bucket list is a list of things you would like to avoid doing before you die. A list of things not to achieve. How much easier would it be to focus on your goals if you can start by ticking off a lot of things that don’t matter to you?

For example, you might decide early on that material wealth is not that important to you. That you would prefer to make a difference in your community. Or you might decide that you don’t want to take your company global. That you would rather focus on a more local, small business philosophy. How much pressure would it relieve to decide that some of the things that society expects from you aren’t going to happen?

Getting clear about the things that you don’t value will make sure that you don’t spend any time on those things. That means that you have more time to spend on the things that are important to you. So next time you sit down to work out your goals, consider dedicating a little time to the things you could skip in life.






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