🎯Action Oriented

The template is designed to seamlessly align your daily actions, projects, and areas of focus to ensure steady progress towards your desired outcomes.

Quick overview of the goals feature.

Defining Your Goals

When you first set up Obsibrain, one of the key initial steps is to define your overarching goals. These high-level objectives serve as the guiding light for your entire productivity workflow.

As shown in Screen 1, the Obsibrain template uses a hierarchical structure to connect your goals, projects, and tasks. Each goal is associated with a set of relevant projects, and each project is further broken down into actionable tasks.

Goals and projects are associated with an active area of your life. More about Projects, Areas, and Resources in the P.A.R.A.'s feature section.

1 - Hierarchical structure.

2 - Hierarchical structure with example

⛓️ The "Vision to Action" Pipeline

The core power of Obsibrain is its ability to bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be. Most productivity systems fail because they only focus on one end of the spectrum—either "Blue Sky" dreaming or "In the Weeds" task listing.

Obsibrain creates a seamless Vision to Action pipeline:

1. Vision (Areas): You identify the core domains of your life that matter (e.g., Health, Career, Wealth).

2. Aspiration (Goals): Within an Area, you define a major milestone (e.g., "Run a Marathon").

3. Strategy (Projects): You break that Goal into actionable, SMART Projects (e.g., "Complete 12-week Couch to 5K program").

4. Execution (Tasks): Every morning, your Daily Planning surfaces the specific tasks for that project (e.g., "Run for 20 minutes").

By following this pipeline, you ensure that every task you complete—no matter how small—is a literal step toward your larger vision.

Linking Goals, Projects, and Tasks

The beauty of this action-oriented approach is that every element of your Obsibrain setup is designed to support the achievement of your goals. As you can see in Screen 2, the template provides a clear visual representation of how your goals, projects, and tasks are interlinked.

Why Linking Matters

• Laser Focus: By associating your projects and tasks directly with your goals, you can quickly filter out "noise"—tasks that might seem productive but don't actually move the needle on your aspirations.

• Instant Motivation: When you're struggling to start a task, seeing it linked to a "Big-Picture" goal provides the psychological context needed to push through resistance.

• Progress Visualization: As you complete tasks, the progress bar on your Project fills up. Once the Project is complete, it contributes to the progress bar of your Goal. This creates a powerful feedback loop of accomplishment.

Setting Up Your Goals

Obsibrain makes it easy to define and set up your goals. As shown in Screen 3, you can access the "new goal" command in the command menu (Cmd + P), which allows you to quickly create a new goal by typing its name and pressing Enter.

3 - Accessing the new goal command

Once the goal is created, you can further customize it by:

• Associating it with a specific area or domain of your life (e.g., "Sports", "Career", "Personal", etc.)

• Setting the status to "completed", "ongoing", "on hold" or "canceled" (case-sensitive)

• Defining a target completion date

• Defining an achieved date

The Goal Template

The goal template in Obsibrain is designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview and management of your goals, as seen in Screen 4.

4 - Goal template

The first section of the template offers an "Overview of your goal," where you can add additional details, nortes, and track the overall progress. This progress is calculated based on the completion status of the projects linked to the goal.

Visual Progress Bars

Obsibrain provides visual Progress Bars for your Projects and Goals. As you complete linked tasks and projects, the bar automatically fills up, giving you instant psychological feedback and momentum to keep moving toward your vision.

The "Linked Projects" section displays all the projects that are associated with the goal. This allows you to quickly see which initiatives are contributing to the achievement of your objective.

Tracking Progress and Adjusting

Obsibrain also includes features to help you monitor your progress and make adjustments as needed. The periodic review templates, for example, allow you to regularly reflect on your achievements, identify areas for improvement, and make any necessary changes to your goals, projects, or tasks.

This cyclical process of setting goals, taking action, and reviewing your progress is the foundation of the Obsibrain productivity system.

Remember, the key to success with Obsibrain is to embrace this action-oriented mindset and let your goals be the driving force behind your daily workflow.