The Anti-Goal Exercise

An anti-goal is a vivid description of what your life, career, or project looks like if everything goes wrong. Write it in detail. If your goal is "build a successful business," your anti-goal might be:

• Working 80 hours a week with no time for family
• Being completely dependent on one client for revenue
• Hating every Monday morning and dreading the work
• Having no savings because all profit goes back into the business
• Burning out within three years.