This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my RUclips channel 9 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,7444 subs and > 1k hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
really been enjoying your videos. Framework Thinking, Zettlekasten... I have been reading a lot, and jotting a lot down. But Trying to collect it to where I can connect it is where I have been stuck at. We all process things differently, but one thing I am trying to work on is keeping notes simple. Converting things into my own Words has been kind of a struggle, because the notes i have taken are just written so well. My rant for the afternoon. Love the Content.
At time: 00:00 What: Set systems, not just goals: Focus on developing a system of habits and behaviors that will lead to your desired outcomes, rather than just fixating on the end result. Dream big: Allow yourself to dream and aim for something that may seem unrealistic, as it can be just as much effort to achieve something small as something big. Focus on who you want to be: Concentrate on the type of person you want to become, as it can be more important than the specific goals you want to achieve. Reassess regularly: Regularly review and adjust your goals and systems to ensure they align with your current values, beliefs, and priorities. How: Use the three-step NT goal-setting process: Dream big, start small, and reassess regularly. Write down what you want to achieve in your life, think about the person you want to become to achieve those dreams, and then focus on developing habits and behaviors that align with that ideal self. Create a template: Develop a template to help you write down your dreams and ideal self, so you can easily refer back to it and make adjustments as needed. Identify the five categories for your ideal self: Consider your health, time, money, relationships, and growth, and think about what your ideal self looks like in each of these areas. Prioritize time for creativity: Schedule time to create and think, as this can help fuel your growth and progress towards your goals. Stay flexible: Remember to reassess and adjust your goals and systems regularly, as your priorities and circumstances may change over time. Stay open to new possibilities and opportunities that align with your values and beliefs. At time: 04:33 What: Authenticity - creating content that is true to oneself Self-assessment - regularly evaluating where one stands in different areas of life Starting small - breaking down big goals into small, actionable tasks Smart tasks - creating tasks that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound How: Three plus one system - identifying three things to stop doing, three things to continue doing, and one big change to make Applying smart tasks to the three-part system - ensuring that the tasks are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound Regularly checking progress - ensuring that the tasks are being completed and adjusting them as necessary At time: 10:00 What: Set SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Replace bad habits with good habits. Regularly assess progress towards goals. Make changes and adjustments as necessary. How: Use a three plus one system to identify goals and habits to develop. Stack habits by doing them consistently and adding new ones on top. Use a daily tracking template to monitor progress. Ask three questions at the end of each month to assess what's energizing, draining, and important. Recalibrate goals and habits regularly based on progress and changes in life circumstances. At time: 14:34 What: Embrace change: Recognize that your priorities and dreams can evolve over time and allow yourself space to recalibrate. Reflect regularly: Conduct a personal annual review to understand the direction of the next year. Replicate the highlights: Identify the things that brought you joy and success in the past year and find ways to replicate them in the future. Remove the lowlights: Reflect on the challenges and disappointments of the past year and find ways to avoid or mitigate them in the future. Be honest with yourself: Acknowledge the decisions you made out of fear and assess their impact on your life. Embrace growth: Be open to changing your mind and evolving as a person. How: Ask yourself six questions at the end of each year to assess your progress and plan for the future. Identify the highlights and lowlights of the past year and determine how to replicate or avoid them. Reflect on the decisions made out of fear and assess their consequences to develop a better decision-making process in the future. Document your learnings from the past year and use them to inform future decisions. Use a decision journal to track your decision-making process throughout the year. Embrace change and be open to evolving as a person.
I truly appreciate your content. Since day 1 when I started watching your videos, I knew I would get value from your insights and it is very miscellaneous.
I thought a lot about your Idea of framework thinking and It seems it is a good way to focus when i have to analyse and organize a complex task, especially a Real task, a task in the physical World. I begin invent my.own frameworks and will go back at all your videos regularly to get New frameworks progressivly. Please keep making videos. I wish you a great year.
Vicky, I really enjoy your content. A++. Thank you. I want to encourage you to continue refining the thought about making videos that are true to you. You are really good at this and I think you can impact many through your unique style of educating. In the language of my own belief system, I pray for you the gift of discernment to understand how to best use this gift. I noted you said one of the sheets can be downloaded, but I’m not sure where. Are the templates you walked through available as blanks? Where would one get them? Again, thanks.
Thank you Gary for watching and for the words of encouragement!!! Will definitely experiment in 2023 👌 And yes you can download the blank templates from the gumroad link in the description!
Hi Vicky, I love your framework thinking. Can you give demonstrate in action how to apply framework thinking to solve a problem? Preferably not just in business, but in variety of topics as well? Such as in politics for example. Thanks a lot.
I like this Life Design 2023 worksheet and having you provide a walk-through as an example. I'm going to use this today (2022.12.31) and get started on my 2023 Life Design plans as the past few years I've pretty much meandered through without a plan or strategy. I think one of my favourite points from James Clear is how he mentioned that our daily habits are like a vote for the person we want to be, whether the habit is good or bad. Thanks for sharing and here's to a most excellent 2023!
As always very interesting: mix of theory, quotations and above all several actionable tools 😊 Three comments : - A few additional quotes : « You do not rise to the level of your goals . You fall to the level of your systems » (Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones par [Clear, James])… so many James Clear quotes in your video…one more can’t hurt… 😉 « Purposes are deduced from behavior , not from rhetoric or stated goals . » (Thinking in Systems: A Primer par [Donella H. Meadows, Diana Wright]) « By definition , objectives are significant , concrete , action oriented , and ( ideally ) inspirational . » (Measure What Matters par [John Doerr]) - Thoughts : steps suggested (change, continue, finish…) reminded me of the decision process explained by Nancy Duarte in “DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story” (“The verbs associated with data have three distinct modalities : Change - We need to change who we are or what we are doing / Continue - We need to keep going in the same direction / Finish - We need to complete this .”) - I discovered the SMARTER goals acronym suggested by Michael Hyatt (“Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals”) : Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Risky, Time-Keyed, Exciting and Relevant. Thank you so much ! Happy new year 2023 ! 😊
Thanks Vicky. Great to have this at the end and beginning of new year. Your videos which I only discovered this year have been thought provoking and helping me to think and organize my life better.
It's all about to have a good journey, right? So let's stop 2022, continue getting better in 2023, and start our great plans for the future! Btw, I loved that huge diagram in your screen. Vicky, I wish to you a great 2023, 24, 25... 50...79...2023 and so on! 😉🎉🍾🎆
Hey Roger 👋 haha love that you mentioned it! using the Obisidian canvas (and planning a video on it at last) wishing you a great 2023 and beyond too 🎉🥳🎊
I appreciate the organization of the thoughts. Question: When looking at the 5 Categories across all 3 Steps, ... Those are all within the context of the Big Dream, ... Did I get that right? So if you have multiple Big Dreams / Goals then would have multiple instances of the sheet. Is that right?
Hi Vicky. What is the name of that software on the left monitor? It appears to be some kind of flowchart/mind mapping software. I am seeking something like this. Please let me know. thanks
I would like greater access to you. I see others have Patreon accounts and others have memberships through RUclips. I don’t know how to join either of them but I’d like to do that if you have one of them. Would you please tell me how to do that? Catherine
Thanks for saying so Catherine! I do have RUclips membership but at this point it's just for those who want to support the channel. I also do consulting and in the midst of starting a course though! What's on your mind?
@@VickyZhaoBEEAMP I would like to support your channel starting in February. How can I do that? The course idea is interesting to me also and I'd like to know when you have that available. As to what else is on my mind... I'm intrigued by Obsidian but I'm not succeeding with it. I followed your guidelines and created vaults, used lots of idea inputting, generating and connecting and then lost almost everything, twice. I would benefit so much within a small group of systems thinkers who might share setup support. I need to be certain I can explore Obsidian with minimal risk of losing my work. Maybe a course or another RUclips video from you around that? Love your enthusiasm and love your channel!
I'm sorry but this will ultimately give anyone an unfulfillment life, I will make a video around this topic soon. Advice here is very structured and very skewed towards balance! balance aint not take you anywhere. balance is a byproduct of optimization
Vicky's goal-setting process emphasizes the importance of focusing on the process rather than just the outcome. He argues that successful people focus on systems and long-term perspectives rather than short-term wins and losses. To do this, she suggests a three-step goal-setting process: Dream Big, Start Small, and Reassesses Regularly. The first step, Dream Big, encourages people to set ambitious goals without limiting themselves to what is "realistic." Vicky suggests that it takes the same effort to accomplish something big as it does something small, so people should be open to themselves. He also emphasizes the importance of focusing on who you want to become rather than just the outcome you want to achieve, as your habits will follow suit. The second step, Start Small, is about taking small, manageable steps toward achieving your big dream. It is about building habits and becoming the type of person who can achieve your goals. Vicky also mentions the importance of stacking habits and replacing bad habits with good habits. The third step, Reassess Regularly, is about checking in on your progress and adjusting your goals and habits as needed. Vicky suggests daily, monthly, and annual check-ins to ensure progress is being made and goals are still relevant. She also introduces the idea of a "plus one" step: trying something new or different to keep the goal-setting process exciting. This step involves breaking out of your comfort zone and experimenting with different things. Overall, Vicky encourages people to focus on the process, set ambitious goals, and consistently reassess and adjust their goals and habits to achieve long-term success. He also encourages people to be open to change and try new things to keep the goal-setting process exciting.
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I found you by accident. Totally addictive. Keep up the good fight
Thanks for watching!!! 💪
How are you going to plan for 2023?
Here are the templates I used: vickyzhao.gumroad.com/l/designyour2023
hi vicky, love your content and wanted to download the template, but on gumroad. I'm getting an error, "This product is not currently for sale."
@@MakerMontez thank you for the heads up!! Fixed 🙏
@@rachelduggan4523 Fixed 🙏 thanks for letting me know!!
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my RUclips channel 9 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,7444 subs and > 1k hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
really been enjoying your videos. Framework Thinking, Zettlekasten... I have been reading a lot, and jotting a lot down. But Trying to collect it to where I can connect it is where I have been stuck at. We all process things differently, but one thing I am trying to work on is keeping notes simple. Converting things into my own Words has been kind of a struggle, because the notes i have taken are just written so well. My rant for the afternoon. Love the Content.
I feel you on beautifully written phrases that I want to keep - and I do. I'll have to do an updated video on smart notes!
At time: 00:00
What:
Set systems, not just goals: Focus on developing a system of habits and behaviors that will lead to your desired outcomes, rather than just fixating on the end result.
Dream big: Allow yourself to dream and aim for something that may seem unrealistic, as it can be just as much effort to achieve something small as something big.
Focus on who you want to be: Concentrate on the type of person you want to become, as it can be more important than the specific goals you want to achieve.
Reassess regularly: Regularly review and adjust your goals and systems to ensure they align with your current values, beliefs, and priorities.
How:
Use the three-step NT goal-setting process: Dream big, start small, and reassess regularly. Write down what you want to achieve in your life, think about the person you want to become to achieve those dreams, and then focus on developing habits and behaviors that align with that ideal self.
Create a template: Develop a template to help you write down your dreams and ideal self, so you can easily refer back to it and make adjustments as needed.
Identify the five categories for your ideal self: Consider your health, time, money, relationships, and growth, and think about what your ideal self looks like in each of these areas.
Prioritize time for creativity: Schedule time to create and think, as this can help fuel your growth and progress towards your goals.
Stay flexible: Remember to reassess and adjust your goals and systems regularly, as your priorities and circumstances may change over time. Stay open to new possibilities and opportunities that align with your values and beliefs.
At time: 04:33
What:
Authenticity - creating content that is true to oneself
Self-assessment - regularly evaluating where one stands in different areas of life
Starting small - breaking down big goals into small, actionable tasks
Smart tasks - creating tasks that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound
How:
Three plus one system - identifying three things to stop doing, three things to continue doing, and one big change to make
Applying smart tasks to the three-part system - ensuring that the tasks are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound
Regularly checking progress - ensuring that the tasks are being completed and adjusting them as necessary
At time: 10:00
What:
Set SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
Replace bad habits with good habits.
Regularly assess progress towards goals.
Make changes and adjustments as necessary.
How:
Use a three plus one system to identify goals and habits to develop.
Stack habits by doing them consistently and adding new ones on top.
Use a daily tracking template to monitor progress.
Ask three questions at the end of each month to assess what's energizing, draining, and important.
Recalibrate goals and habits regularly based on progress and changes in life circumstances.
At time: 14:34
What:
Embrace change: Recognize that your priorities and dreams can evolve over time and allow yourself space to recalibrate.
Reflect regularly: Conduct a personal annual review to understand the direction of the next year.
Replicate the highlights: Identify the things that brought you joy and success in the past year and find ways to replicate them in the future.
Remove the lowlights: Reflect on the challenges and disappointments of the past year and find ways to avoid or mitigate them in the future.
Be honest with yourself: Acknowledge the decisions you made out of fear and assess their impact on your life.
Embrace growth: Be open to changing your mind and evolving as a person.
How:
Ask yourself six questions at the end of each year to assess your progress and plan for the future.
Identify the highlights and lowlights of the past year and determine how to replicate or avoid them.
Reflect on the decisions made out of fear and assess their consequences to develop a better decision-making process in the future.
Document your learnings from the past year and use them to inform future decisions.
Use a decision journal to track your decision-making process throughout the year.
Embrace change and be open to evolving as a person.
I truly appreciate your content. Since day 1 when I started watching your videos, I knew I would get value from your insights and it is very miscellaneous.
I thought a lot about your Idea of framework thinking and It seems it is a good way to focus when i have to analyse and organize a complex task, especially a Real task, a task in the physical World. I begin invent my.own frameworks and will go back at all your videos regularly to get New frameworks progressivly. Please keep making videos. I wish you a great year.
Just stumbled onto your video but its great...The framework you've shown is it your or you got from somewhere?
Vicky, I really enjoy your content. A++. Thank you. I want to encourage you to continue refining the thought about making videos that are true to you. You are really good at this and I think you can impact many through your unique style of educating. In the language of my own belief system, I pray for you the gift of discernment to understand how to best use this gift.
I noted you said one of the sheets can be downloaded, but I’m not sure where. Are the templates you walked through available as blanks? Where would one get them? Again, thanks.
Thank you Gary for watching and for the words of encouragement!!! Will definitely experiment in 2023 👌
And yes you can download the blank templates from the gumroad link in the description!
Hi Vicky, I love your framework thinking. Can you give demonstrate in action how to apply framework thinking to solve a problem? Preferably not just in business, but in variety of topics as well? Such as in politics for example. Thanks a lot.
Love the suggestion! Let me see what I can cook up. Thank you for watching and sharing this with me!!
Thank you for inspiring me. Love and light.
Thank YOU for the support and for sharing!!
Very thought provoking, thank you.
I like this Life Design 2023 worksheet and having you provide a walk-through as an example. I'm going to use this today (2022.12.31) and get started on my 2023 Life Design plans as the past few years I've pretty much meandered through without a plan or strategy. I think one of my favourite points from James Clear is how he mentioned that our daily habits are like a vote for the person we want to be, whether the habit is good or bad. Thanks for sharing and here's to a most excellent 2023!
100% yes to that!!! Have an excellent 2023 🎊🎉🍾
Thank you, Vicky. Keep it up!! I’ll be supporting your journey to 1m followers (and your systems to make that happen ☺️)
Thank you for the support and for watching :D See you around the channel!
As always very interesting: mix of theory, quotations and above all several actionable tools 😊
Three comments :
- A few additional quotes :
« You do not rise to the level of your goals . You fall to the level of your systems » (Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones par [Clear, James])… so many James Clear quotes in your video…one more can’t hurt… 😉
« Purposes are deduced from behavior , not from rhetoric or stated goals . » (Thinking in Systems: A Primer par [Donella H. Meadows, Diana Wright])
« By definition , objectives are significant , concrete , action oriented , and ( ideally ) inspirational . » (Measure What Matters par [John Doerr])
- Thoughts : steps suggested (change, continue, finish…) reminded me of the decision process explained by Nancy Duarte in “DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story” (“The verbs associated with data have three distinct modalities : Change - We need to change who we are or what we are doing / Continue - We need to keep going in the same direction / Finish - We need to complete this .”)
- I discovered the SMARTER goals acronym suggested by Michael Hyatt (“Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals”) : Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Risky, Time-Keyed, Exciting and Relevant.
Thank you so much ! Happy new year 2023 ! 😊
Love these additions!!!! Thanks for sharing with the fam 💪I gotta check out Duarte's book!
Thanks Vicky. Great to have this at the end and beginning of new year. Your videos which I only discovered this year have been thought provoking and helping me to think and organize my life better.
Thank you for saying that!!!! Hehe to a more awesome 2023 🐣
It's all about to have a good journey, right? So let's stop 2022, continue getting better in 2023, and start our great plans for the future! Btw, I loved that huge diagram in your screen. Vicky, I wish to you a great 2023, 24, 25... 50...79...2023 and so on! 😉🎉🍾🎆
Hey Roger 👋 haha love that you mentioned it! using the Obisidian canvas (and planning a video on it at last) wishing you a great 2023 and beyond too 🎉🥳🎊
One of my goals in 2023 is to Study your videos
This is a much better approach!!!
Thank you for watching and for saying so!!
Very interesting perspective. Many thanks.
Hi Vicky, thanks for all the quality content, keep it up!
Thank you!! Really appreciate the support and thanks for watching!
I appreciate the organization of the thoughts.
Question: When looking at the 5 Categories across all 3 Steps, ... Those are all within the context of the Big Dream, ... Did I get that right?
So if you have multiple Big Dreams / Goals then would have multiple instances of the sheet. Is that right?
LOVE the BING !
Hehe 🙃 so glad you pointed that out!
I love this
Amazing content! Thanks so much
Great content as always
Great demonstration!
Glad you liked it!!! Thanks for watching!
I simply love your content! To the spot always!
Vicky coming in hot with more system talk. Love it.
Thank you for watching and more systems to come in 2023! See you there :D
me: i have problem with (insert goal/anxiety here)
vicky: there's a system for that
🫣 haha thank you!!!!
Wondering What tools you use to write on screen?
do you have any advice for beginner content creators? I just started my channel and im feeling discouraged.
What is that mind map software your using in the backgraound on your Mac?
Assess regularly...How regularly; weekly/Monthly/yearly?
Hi Vicky. What is the name of that software on the left monitor? It appears to be some kind of flowchart/mind mapping software. I am seeking something like this. Please let me know. thanks
What is that flow chart application on your computer at the back?
Great Video, with very actionable advice. Just the audio is a bit annoying in that it shifts slightly from left to right
Its one of the major pains with the videos. Audio quality isn’t great or consistent.
bella
I would like greater access to you. I see others have Patreon accounts and others have memberships through RUclips. I don’t know how to join either of them but I’d like to do that if you have one of them. Would you please tell me how to do that? Catherine
Thanks for saying so Catherine! I do have RUclips membership but at this point it's just for those who want to support the channel. I also do consulting and in the midst of starting a course though! What's on your mind?
@@VickyZhaoBEEAMP I would like to support your channel starting in February. How can I do that? The course idea is interesting to me also and I'd like to know when you have that available. As to what else is on my mind... I'm intrigued by Obsidian but I'm not succeeding with it. I followed your guidelines and created vaults, used lots of idea inputting, generating and connecting and then lost almost everything, twice. I would benefit so much within a small group of systems thinkers who might share setup support. I need to be certain I can explore Obsidian with minimal risk of losing my work. Maybe a course or another RUclips video from you around that? Love your enthusiasm and love your channel!
All of this is great, but honestly it’s just too much work and makes it a little impractical… atleast for me.
I you where written 1million subscriber in 2week then i would consider as big goal
😂 did I end up editing my big dream
I'm sorry but this will ultimately give anyone an unfulfillment life, I will make a video around this topic soon. Advice here is very structured and very skewed towards balance! balance aint not take you anywhere. balance is a byproduct of optimization
Do you recommend sharing these goals with people close to you?
Sorry, not goals, share what you are trying to accomplish
Stop using quotes from criminals
Vicky's goal-setting process emphasizes the importance of focusing on the process rather than just the outcome. He argues that successful people focus on systems and long-term perspectives rather than short-term wins and losses. To do this, she suggests a three-step goal-setting process: Dream Big, Start Small, and Reassesses Regularly.
The first step, Dream Big, encourages people to set ambitious goals without limiting themselves to what is "realistic." Vicky suggests that it takes the same effort to accomplish something big as it does something small, so people should be open to themselves. He also emphasizes the importance of focusing on who you want to become rather than just the outcome you want to achieve, as your habits will follow suit.
The second step, Start Small, is about taking small, manageable steps toward achieving your big dream. It is about building habits and becoming the type of person who can achieve your goals. Vicky also mentions the importance of stacking habits and replacing bad habits with good habits.
The third step, Reassess Regularly, is about checking in on your progress and adjusting your goals and habits as needed. Vicky suggests daily, monthly, and annual check-ins to ensure progress is being made and goals are still relevant. She also introduces the idea of a "plus one" step: trying something new or different to keep the goal-setting process exciting. This step involves breaking out of your comfort zone and experimenting with different things.
Overall, Vicky encourages people to focus on the process, set ambitious goals, and consistently reassess and adjust their goals and habits to achieve long-term success. He also encourages people to be open to change and try new things to keep the goal-setting process exciting.