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Another new year is here teeming with possibility. And likely you’ve made some well-intentioned goals aimed at improving your life — get fit, eat better, advance your career. The usual suspects.
But what if trying to map out the next 12 months is actually working against you reaching your aspirations? What if instead of planning, you embraced the unexpected?
It may sound counterintuitive, but some experts argue setting hard goals limits your potential rather than expanding it. The reasoning? When we attach to specific outcomes, we constrain possibilities rather than opening up to what emerges.
So rather than declaring you will lose 20 pounds or get promoted this year, you adopt a flexible mindset centered on curiosity over certainty.
This freer approach allows for more creativity, innovation and unlocking of passion. Without defined targets, you make space for spontaneous inspiration.
You follow what energizes you, get present to opportunity and let vision unfold organically. Sure you have hopes, visions or intentions, but you hold them lightly avoiding rigid expectations.
