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Setting Goals Means Leaving Something Behind

November 28, 2006 by Ben Yoskovitz

Most of us are one project away from total combustion.

The first entry in the Post-Thanksgiving Goal Writing Project comes from The Digerati Life with So Much Business, So Little Time.

First, thank you for writing your goals down for everyone to see!

What I found most interesting about the post was the recognition that as some projects evolve and grow other projects, hobbies, desires, ideas, etc. are left behind. It’s inevitable. In the case of The Digerati Life’s author, she’s stopped updating one of her other blogs as frequently while a new business she’s cooking up starts to move more quickly.

You can only juggle so many balls.

(Incidentally, for me that number is 3.)

Giving something up can be tough; it’s not always obvious what should go. When looking at it, ask yourself these questions:

  • What am I most passionate about?
  • What has the most potential to make me happy?
  • What can’t I live with?
  • Why am I doing this?
  • What am I most passionate about?

(Yes, I repeated a question in there on purpose.)

I want to thank the author of The Digerati Life one more time and encourage others to write down their goals and share them with us!

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Ben Yoskovitz

Founding Partner at Highline Beta, a hybrid venture studio and VC firm that works with large, ambitious companies to identify new areas of opportunity through internal and external innovation.

Previously I was VP Product at VarageSale and GoInstant (acq. $CRM), and Founding Partner at Year One Labs.

Angel investments include: Breather, Spoiler Alert, SendWithUs and others.

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