Are you working hard but still “can’t get no satisfaction”?

Wrap up your week with this 10-minute practice that will have you satisfied and inspired.

Most ambitious goal-oriented senior executives I coach have a regular practice of planning their week. They look back at their week and notice what went wrong and what they still need to do — with a commitment to doing better in the future. They focus on their goals and bridging the gap between where they are and where they want to be.

How can anything be wrong with such a solution-focused goal-oriented approach?

The problem is too many executives have little sense of satisfaction or achievement when they go home at the end of the week. Their trap is that however much work they do, there is always more for them to do; whatever problems they solve, there are always more for them to solve; and for every stretch target they meet, there is always another bigger stretch target to be exceeded.

In the words of the Rolling Stones, they “can’t get no satisfaction” despite working hard and making progress towards worthwhile goals.

Teresa Amabile says:

Of all the things that can boost inner work life, the most important is making…