If you want to be creative, you have to be deliberate. Setting goals is an important part of being more creative. Many people claim they want to be creative, but don’t actually do anything about it. In this episode, learn Dr. Amy Climer’s process for how she sets and achieves her goals. Learn what didn’t work for her and how she fixed that problem. What You’ll Learn * The importance of writing down your goals * Barriers Amy faced in previous years and how she overcame them * A process for making your goals more visual so you can remember and achieve them “If you want to be creative, you have to be deliberate.” – @AmyClimer #TheDeliberateCreative Click To Tweet Resources * Episode 8: FourSight Thinking Profile with Blair Miller * Bullet Journaling Weekly Challenge Download the goal setting posters. Spend some time writing down 3-5 yearly goals. Then, write down 3 goals for this quarter and for this week to help you meet those goals. What is one step you can take today to get started on those goals? Transcript Feel like reading instead of listening? Download the free transcript or read it below. Enjoy! Transcript for Episode #084: Using Goal Setting to Increase Creativity Amy Climer: Welcome to The Deliberate Creative Podcast Episode 84. Happy New Year! It is January 2nd, 2018 and I am so excited for 2018. I love the New Year. It is the perfect time to be setting goals for the year. In today’s episode, we are going to be talking about goal setting, specifically, goal setting for creativity. But before we dive into that, I want to first share with you a new review that came in from The Dirty Easel. This is a five star review titled: 360 Degree View on Creativity. The Dirty Easel says: “I’ve listened to many episode of The Deliberate Creative. This is one of the best podcasts to illuminate creativity from a large variety of angles. Amy is a natural interviewer and her calm and engaged tone makes listening very enjoyable. Her message is concise and applicable. I wish we had more advocates for creativity like Amy to lower the threshold and make creativity very accessible and enticing. Thanks for a great podcast.” Thank you so much for the review. I love it! And I love the name, The Dirty Easel. I am just imagining this easel covered in paint and just chalk and all messy, which is the sign of like cool things are happening. Thank you for the review on iTunes. If you would like to leave a review on iTunes, please head on over there. It just takes a few minutes. It means so much to me and it is a great way to let other people know about the podcast. If you need directions, you can go to www.climerconsulting.com and search for Podcast Review and you will find detailed directions with screenshots on how to leave a review on iTunes. Let’s talk about goal setting. My favorite time of year is the time between Christmas on December 25th and New Year’s Day on January 1st. That week is one of my favorite weeks of the y...