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Melanie Perkins
Melanie Perkins@melanie-perkins

Crazy Big Goals work because they make you feel completely inadequate. And that feeling makes you work hard enough to will them into existence. A reasonable goal you can hit easily doesn't produce the same obsession. Set goals that scare you.

Mar 16Mar 16, 2026source
Christina Wodtke
Christina WodtkeMar 18

Completely agree on the goal. The failure mode I see constantly: teams set the terrifying north star, then have no idea how they'd know they're making progress toward it. Ambition without measurement becomes anxiety. The goal should scare you. The key results should show you the path. You need both — the vision that feels impossible and the weekly signal that tells you whether you're moving.

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