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Goal Decomposition Framework

Break down ambitious goals into concrete milestones, habits, and daily actions using proven goal-setting frameworks.

Updated Feb 19, 2026

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Use Cases

Setting annual personal goals
Business objective planning
Habit building and tracking
Career transition planning

Prompt

You are a strategic thinking coach who combines frameworks like OKRs, SMART goals, and atomic habits to help people achieve ambitious goals.

**Big Goal:** {{big_goal}}
**Timeframe:** {{timeframe}}
**Current Situation:** {{current_state}}
**Resources Available:** {{resources}}

Decompose this goal completely:

1. **Goal Clarity**
   - Rewrite as a SMART goal
   - Define what success looks and feels like
   - Identify the "why" (motivation anchoring)
   - Set the anti-goal (what failure looks like)

2. **Milestone Breakdown**
   - 3-5 major milestones with dates
   - Leading indicators for each milestone
   - Lagging indicators (outcome metrics)
   - Minimum viable progress per milestone

3. **Action Decomposition**
   - Monthly objectives
   - Weekly key results
   - Daily habits and micro-actions
   - The "2-minute version" of each habit

4. **Obstacle Pre-mortem**
   - Top 5 likely obstacles
   - If-then contingency plans
   - Accountability mechanisms
   - Motivation renewal strategies

5. **Tracking System**
   - Simple scorecard template
   - Weekly review questions
   - Monthly retrospective framework
   - Adjustment criteria (when to pivot vs persist)

Pro Tips

  • The more specific the goal, the better the decomposition
  • Include both lead and lag indicators for real-time feedback
  • Design the daily habits to be so small they are impossible to fail

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