Weekly Alluviance #155: Your Q1 goals are a trap
- alexkremer8
- Jan 21
- 2 min read
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It's the third week of the year, and the corporate world is drunk on goals.
They're on whiteboards, in kickoff decks, in your Slack channels. Big, audacious, inspiring goals.
And most of them will be dead by February.
Here's the hard truth that doesn't get talked about enough: goals don't drive behavior. Habits do.
A goal is a destination. A habit is the engine that gets you there. You can stare at the map all you want, but if you don't have an engine, you're not going anywhere.
This isn't about productivity. It's about self-trust.
Every time you keep a small, daily promise to yourself - the 15 minutes of research, the one extra follow-up, the 60 seconds of breath before a call - you make a deposit in your confidence account.
That account is what you draw from when a prospect ghosts you. It's what you lean on when a deal gets pushed. It's the invisible asset that makes you sound grounded and certain in a negotiation, while everyone else sounds needy.
Confidence isn't a feeling you hope for. It's a resource you build, one boring, consistent repetition at a time.
The real game in Q1 isn't just about the number you're trying to hit.
It’s about who you are becoming in the process.
So, here’s a real question that will drive results for the rest of this quarter:
What is the one small promise you will keep to yourself every single day, regardless of the results?
That's what will actually get you there. |
1. Featured LinkedIn Post:
"Mastery requires something else."
Most salespeople are afraid of failure.They’re afraid of being seen failing.A mentor of mine calls it a "vanity problem".
2. Quote to fuel your Alluviance:
With Alluviance & In Extreme Gratitude,
Alex Kremer |
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