Many athletes use the first of January as an opportunity to set ambitious new goals. Whether it’s a PR, a first marathon, or establishing a strength training habit, many of us scramble to set personal benchmarks for the new year, and, reality check: most fail.
Executive coach, speaker and author of The Practice of Groundedness and Peak Performance, Brad Stulberg, has some advice for athletes establishing their goals and intentions for the new year.
“Instead of thinking about ‘this is what I want to accomplish,’ think ‘this is the path I want to walk,’” says Stulberg, in an interview with Trail Runner. “If you pick a mountain just because you want to be at the mountain’s peak without considering what it would be like to climb the mountain, that’s a pretty dumb way to decide what you’re going to do.”
Instead, Stulberg urges athletes to consider goals that set them on a path that includes autonomy, mastery, meaning, and belonging. Using principles outlined in his book, The Practice of Groundedness, here are five goals that Stulberg says can help athletes run happier, healthier, and more…
