Or maybe Goals are key topics to achieve (E.g. 3 Goals.)
They could be displayed constantly above the calendar.
Sridhar Dhanapalan
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Feb 17, 2023
For years I have been searching for a good way to manage my personal and family goals. It seems that these features only exist in apps for larger teams, along with a whole raft of features and UX bloat that I don't need.
What what tasks management tools and methodologies miss is that individual tasks only exist to help us achieve broader goals. There needs to be a way to connect each task to a higher purpose that has significant meaning in our lives. And that purpose should be broken down into goals and/or OKRs based on specific time frames. There's a lot of research that shows that we're more likely to be successful if we focus on 3-month timeframes.
I'd be happy to assist with the development of this feature as I have some experience with this.
Jack S.
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Feb 18, 2023
Sridhar Dhanapalan:
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Give examples, concepts, how would it work?
Sridhar Dhanapalan
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Feb 18, 2023
Jack S.: Goals and OKRs are extremely useful for organising one's life, as well as business. They are exceptionally powerful ways to keep focussed, achieve and be happy.
It involves starting with a clear Purpose, which provides context and a clear Why we choose and perform tasks.
To put it simply, I envisage a hierarchy of Purpose → Goal → Task. Goals can be OKRs, which often work well in 3-month timeframes. Tasks and Goals should follow SMART criteria. There could also be a split between short-term and long-term goals, with the former being a child in the hierarchy to the latter.
This framework empowers us to start at the Environment (Vision & Purpose) level, and from there you can progressively break the problem down towards individual tasks. There is a clear context and Why for each task. We don't do individual tasks just for fun; we do them to achieve something bigger.
There's a great tool called Goalscape [https://goalscape.com/en/], created by an Olympic athlete, which I use to visualise my Purpose level goals. Unfortunately it doesn't do so well with managing individual tasks. So then I have to use a separate tool for those and manually ensure that I'm staying true to my Purpose.
Tony Pham I hope this helps. I've also sent you an e-mail. Happy to chat more if you are interested!
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Sridhar Dhanapalan
Jun 25, 2025
Checking again to see if this can be added to the backlog please @Tony Pham 🙏🏾
Jack S.
Mar 25, 2024
Inspiration 2
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Interesting idea of how we could approach this differently.
The author called it Strategic Roadmaps.
◾https://youtu.be/9VUsgnE3R5o
Jack S.
Feb 23, 2023
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Or maybe Goals are key topics to achieve (E.g. 3 Goals.)
They could be displayed constantly above the calendar.
Sridhar Dhanapalan
Feb 17, 2023
For years I have been searching for a good way to manage my personal and family goals. It seems that these features only exist in apps for larger teams, along with a whole raft of features and UX bloat that I don't need.
What what tasks management tools and methodologies miss is that individual tasks only exist to help us achieve broader goals. There needs to be a way to connect each task to a higher purpose that has significant meaning in our lives. And that purpose should be broken down into goals and/or OKRs based on specific time frames. There's a lot of research that shows that we're more likely to be successful if we focus on 3-month timeframes.
I'd be happy to assist with the development of this feature as I have some experience with this.
Jack S.
Feb 18, 2023
Sridhar Dhanapalan:
👍
Give examples, concepts, how would it work?
Sridhar Dhanapalan
Feb 18, 2023
Jack S.: Goals and OKRs are extremely useful for organising one's life, as well as business. They are exceptionally powerful ways to keep focussed, achieve and be happy.
The way I operate is best exemplified by Simon Sinek: https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action/c
It involves starting with a clear Purpose, which provides context and a clear Why we choose and perform tasks.
To put it simply, I envisage a hierarchy of Purpose → Goal → Task. Goals can be OKRs, which often work well in 3-month timeframes. Tasks and Goals should follow SMART criteria. There could also be a split between short-term and long-term goals, with the former being a child in the hierarchy to the latter.
I structure all of my thinking using the Critical Alignment Model from Remi (Sharon) Pearson. Here's a brief summary: https://www.joannahowes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Critical-Alignment-Model-2.pdf
This framework empowers us to start at the Environment (Vision & Purpose) level, and from there you can progressively break the problem down towards individual tasks. There is a clear context and Why for each task. We don't do individual tasks just for fun; we do them to achieve something bigger.
There's a great tool called Goalscape [https://goalscape.com/en/], created by an Olympic athlete, which I use to visualise my Purpose level goals. Unfortunately it doesn't do so well with managing individual tasks. So then I have to use a separate tool for those and manually ensure that I'm staying true to my Purpose.
Tony Pham I hope this helps. I've also sent you an e-mail. Happy to chat more if you are interested!