This week’s guest on the Changeability Podcast is Tarun Stevenson, joining us all the way from sunny Australia.

“When you’re setting goals, start working on becoming a person that can actually handle the goal you’ve set yourself.”

It being the beginning of February, this is traditionally the time of year when people begin to struggle with the impetus and enthusiasm of personal and business goals they may have set for the year, so we invited Tarun to talk about keeping your goals on track.

“The problem is not the problem, the problem is you keep talking about and thinking about the problem.”

Who is Tarun Stevenson?

Tarun is a personal development coach, teacher and speaker with the John Maxwell Team. He works with individuals and organisations, to identify obstacles and limitations in their growth and through development of leadership and communication skills help them realise their full potential.


We had a fascinating discussion with Tarun, in which he offered a wealth of information and knowledge on keeping your goals on track.

“If you have a dream, but you don’t believe inside of yourself that you either deserve it or you are somebody that could achieve it, then really you’re always going to find ways to sabotage yourself, you’re always going to find ways to limit you achieving that goal.”

In episode 79 of the Changeability Podcast, discover:

Why you can give up on your goals so quickly
How important mindset is to achieving your goals
How to stay on track, re-engage or maintain enthusiasm and motivation to achieve your goals
How to learn from your failures
The value of short term, measurable, incremental goals to achieving your bigger vision for life
The satellite navigation (GPS) goals analogy
Why the SMART goals acronym is helpful if it’s helpful to you
The stuff psychologists are talking about now to retrain our minds
The link between self-esteem and goals
The mistakes we make around money goals
Turning what helps you grow into a habit
And more

Links mentioned in the show:

Tarun’s website: leadcommunicategrow.com
Tarun’s guide for goal-setting: leadcommunicategrow.com/growme
Our goals course – BrilliantLivingHQ.com/goals