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# Don't Be An Ass: Why We Set One Goal at a Time
- URL: https://www.dojoactors.com/dont-be-an-ass/
- Published: 2022-02-08T03:14:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-10T01:44:34.000Z
- Author: Tahlia Norrish

Warning: this post is going to feature some real talk. 

Earlier this year I uncovered something pretty confronting: in several aspects of life, I was making decisions from a place of fear. Fear of getting it "wrong". Fear of the self-loathing and regret this would summon. 

I'd previously thought my seemingly unshakeable tendency to set multiple goals at once was a natural extension of my textbook type A nature, but upon further investigation, found that a significant portion stemmed from the recently-discovered root of fear. It was safer to pursue a handful of disparate goals than go all-in after one, right? I was spreading the risk of getting it "wrong" by doing so, surely?

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