Have you ever read different approaches to get a given result and gotten confused – different steps,  different order…sometimes even contradictory? Think of – recipes, diets, workouts…planning, strategy…and goals.

Over the last few years I’ve spent quite a bit of time studying and thinking about how to clarify mission & vision and set goals accordingly. There are so many approaches and opinions and, to be honest, I’m not sure there is a “perfect one” (even the ones I’ve proposed).

However, given the “goal setting season” (…new year’s resolutions, objective setting, etc.) what I’ve tried to do in this post is zoom out and distill for you the resounding themes most good approaches have in common (I love distillations since they save a lot of time looking at various sources).

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