The ObservatoryThe three levels of will
Sort what you want in the moment, what you want to achieve and what you want to stand for, and see when they pull in different directions.
How it works
- From the bookChoose
- Level 1: impulse willList
- Level 2: goal willList
- Level 3: direction willWrite
- Who wins today?ChooseWrite
I write a book about wellbeing and personal development. You might think I sit here with a green smoothie, meditating between paragraphs. The truth? Right now I'm sitting here drinking an ice-cold glass of Coca-Cola. One …
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Why does it work?
The distinction between goals and valued directions is central in ACT (Hayes et al., 2006), and the fact that specific, challenging goals often give better performance than vague ones builds on goal-setting theory (Locke & Latham, 2002). The three-part division itself is Mikael's own model and has not been tested as a method.
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