📖From Chaos to Control:

Replan Life and Finances with SMART Goals and Buffett's 20 Hole Punch Method

♥️SMART consists of five keywords:

Specific:

Goals cannot be vague.

For example, saying I want to make money is insufficient.

You should say I want to earn 3000 yuan per month through side jobs.

Measurable:

You need to know whether the results can be seen.

For instance, saying I want to lose weight is less effective than saying I want to lose 2 kilograms in a month.

Achievable:

Don't set goals that you currently don't have the resources to achieve.

For example, setting a goal of buying a house in three months with a monthly salary of 8000 yuan will only make you anxious.

Relevant:

Goals should relate to your core life stage.

What you need most right now is to make money? To be healthy? To pay off debts? Choose one to focus on; don’t be indecisive.

Time-bound:

Goals without deadlines are a breeding ground for procrastination.

For example, saying I will start writing in the second half of the year is less effective than saying I will publish 2 pieces of content weekly starting in July for 3 months.

When you write a goal clearly enough,

it transforms from an idea into an action directive.

♥️Buffett's 20 Hole Punch Method: Truly great people only do the most important things.

Step 1:

Write down the 20 things you most want to achieve in your life,

whether it's making money, traveling, getting a promotion, getting married, losing weight... write them all down.

Step 2:

From these 20 things, select the 5 most important ones.

These 5 things are what you should invest your time and energy in for the next few years.

Step 3:

Put the remaining 15 things on a list of things to absolutely not do.

At this point, you may ask,

Why absolutely not do? Aren't these things important too?

It's precisely because they seem decent

that they can easily steal your attention, distract you, create internal conflict, and make you waver.

You might think you are working hard, but in reality, you are just going in circles.

Truly efficient people always focus on those 5 things until they achieve results.

♥️Combining the two methods to create your life execution system:

First, use Buffett's hole punch method

to select the 5 things that are most important to you:

Then, use the SMART principle

to turn them into executable goals.

For example:

I will pay off all my credit card debt by October, making fixed monthly repayments of 15,000 yuan, and keep my monthly expenses under 5,000 yuan.

Or:

I will set up my Xiaohongshu account within July,

publishing 3 quality pieces of content weekly,

and achieving my first commercial monetization by September.

These kinds of goals are straightforward to implement,

and you can see the results once completed. Completing one task moves your life forward.