{"id":649,"date":"2022-12-23T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T13:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uglymugmarketing.com\/blog\/?p=649"},"modified":"2022-12-29T14:36:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T14:36:45","slug":"achievement-vs-habit-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uglymugmarketing.com\/blog\/achievement-vs-habit-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Achievement vs. Habit Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Achievement vs. Habit Goals\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MAPkSZtlVew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two types of goals that you need to have as a freelancer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goal type number one is this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s called the achievement goal, and this is the one you&#8217;re familiar with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s where you set a goal to achieve a certain revenue or achieve a certain personal income or achieve a certain number of clients, whatever that may be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s an achievement goal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, you need those, but the other one, and I would argue this is way more important than achievement goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is habit goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What habits do you need to develop as a freelancer that will enable you to grow your business more successfully in the coming year?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So think about habit goals could be I&#8217;m gonna develop the habit of every single day reaching out to five new prospects, or I&#8217;m gonna develop the habit of expressing gratitude to my current clients for the business that they&#8217;ve already given me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So when you think about your goals for the upcoming year, make sure that you are thinking about them in terms of both achievement goals and in terms of habit goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I would argue that habit goals are far more important and far more impactful than achievement goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>PS Can you relate to any of these:<br \/>\n\u2705 Struggling from project to project<br \/>\n\u2705 A slow trickle of inquiries about your services<br \/>\n\u2705 Your clients only seem concerned about the lowest price<br \/>\n\u2705 Not sure when or where your next project will come<br \/>\n\u2705 Fighting for clients on freelancer marketplaces like Upwork and 99 Designs<\/p>\n<p>If any of those describe you learn more about the Freelance Accelerator:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/uglymugmarketing.com\/freelance<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn how to:<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0f Have a WAITLIST of high paying, committed clients (rather than starting from scratch each month)<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0f STOP fighting for mediocre projects on freelancer marketplaces (like UpWork and 99 Designs) and start becoming the GO TO CHOICE and virtually eliminate all of your competition<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0f Have clients love your work and trust your guidance<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0f Position yourself to start winning large (5-figure), high-profit projects<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0f Transition from project-to-project, to having clients on retainers paying you month after month<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0f Have a steady stream of leads pouring in wanting to do business with you<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0f Get paid 2x as much for the work you&#8217;re already doing<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0f Have clients thank you for the privilege of working with you<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0f Have a strategic roadmap for scaling your business<\/p>\n<p>\u270c\u2764\ufe0f<br \/>\nwayne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two types of goals that you need to have as a freelancer.\u00a0 Goal type number one is this.\u00a0 It&#8217;s called the achievement goal, and this is the one you&#8217;re familiar with.\u00a0 It&#8217;s where you set a goal to achieve a certain revenue or achieve a certain personal income or achieve a certain number&hellip; 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