Damien Catani
@damien_catani · goalmap, founder
Let me share the WHY behind the goalmap app...
When I finished my studies, I started to work in an investment bank. I got shocked! All these young and bright people who joined with me were getting lobotomized. The marathon runner was growing fat eating takeaway food at his cubicle, the intellectual girl wasn't reading anything else than the Financial Times anymore, etc. We were starting to all look alike, using the same jargon, wearing the same suits, tamed by the all-nighters. I had always had this ideal of a balanced life with sport, artistic activities, etc. So something felt wrong. I got worried to lose myself, my values and my dreams. This happens to a lot of us when we start to work. We lock our dreams in a box "for later" and we end up forgetting about the box.
My mental survival instinct kicked in and I built a spreadsheet with all my life goals broken down into quantified sub-goals that I could track and follow over time. It became a compass and a mirror for my life. At the time, self-quantification was not trendy and people were giving me a weird look when they heard about that "crazy goals spreadsheet".
But the mindset changed and self-tracking became more acceptable. People started to ask me questions about this personal development spreadsheet I had built. That's when I realized that it was time to share the tool and method which had helped me stay the course over the years. I put a team together and we built goalmap which we launched in December. It has been a most exciting journey and it's just the beginning!
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Brian Krall
@bkrall · Lead Front-end Developer, Tovala
@damien_catani would you ever share the template for that spreadsheet? ;)
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Damien Catani
@damien_catani · goalmap, founder
@bkrall I must admit I had never thought about that ;) I should consider it!
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Imogene Caithness
@justbefit4life · Director @ Just Be Fit 4 Life.
@damien_catani Hi - I actually just built a spreadsheet to track my habits and measure them a few weeks back - like you have here :) def going to download the app and share with my FB group! Big excel geek.
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