When we come to the end of a cycle, it's usually time to set new goals. I found this article by James Clear really helpful in helping me to think more deeply about the difference between setting a goal and changing a system.
Winners and losers both set goals, but winners understand that accomplishing a short term goal without changing the system that produced it doesn't create sustainable outcomes.
I like this quote from Clear's article.
"Achieving a goal only changes your life for the moment. That’s the counterintuitive thing about improvement. We think we need to change our results, but the results are not the problem. What we really need to change are the systems that cause those results. When you solve problems at the results level, you only solve them temporarily. In order to improve for good, you need to solve problems at the systems level. Fix the inputs and the outputs will fix themselves."
If you'd like to read more about goal setting, here's a link to his article.
