Conversation with Jean Moroney -- Setting and Achieving Goals in the Coming Year | Yaron Brook Show

📺 Live December 8, 2025 | Yaron Brook Show
Conversation with Jean Moroney -- Setting and Achieving Goals in the Coming Year | Yaron Brook Show
Episode URL: https://youtube.com/live/UuR0b9ajLW0

Want to make the coming year your most productive yet? In this episode, Yaron sits down with Jean Moroney to break down objective, rational, reality-based goal-setting—and how to actually follow through. Jean draws on decades of experience teaching thinking skills, using Objectivist epistemology and psychology to help individuals set clear aims, track progress, and correct course when life throws challenges your way.

About Jean Moroney:
Jean Moroney teaches ambitious people with challenging goals how to manage their minds so they make better decisions, set goals that motivate, and focus their thoughts for action. From Fortune 500 executives to independent entrepreneurs, techies, and writers, Jean
has shown her clients how to embark with confidence on new, uncertain projects and finish what they start.

Jean is the founder and president of Thinking Directions. You can learn more about her work, access resources, or join her programs on her website: ThinkingDirections.com.

🕒 Topics Covered
0:24 — Meet Jean Moroney
1:26 — Jean’s Approach to Goal-Setting
2:47 — Why Long-Term Goals Drive Happiness
5:37 — Rationality, Success & the Trap of Altruism
9:19 — Ethics, Integrity & Psychological Obstacles
11:33 — What Predicts Goal Success?
15:24 — Ambition vs. Flexibility in Big Goals
19:22 — Continuous Improvement in a Changing World
23:41 — What Happens When You Abandon Big Goals
25:56 — Courage: Conquering Fear to Pursue Values
32:30 — Ambition, Self-Esteem & Personal Growth
38:54 — Handling Setbacks & Cultural Barriers
47:52 — Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
50:31 — Achievement, Celebration & Positive Psychology
54:41 — Rational vs. Impossible Goals
1:02:42 — Jean’s Coaching & Rand’s Day Conference
1:07:52 — How to Improve Nonfiction Reading
1:13:34 — Understanding Fear-Based Emotions
1:26:49 — Pursuing Rational Values & Moral Priorities
1:37:20 — Crisis of Meaning & Philosophy’s Role
1:44:24 — Revenge, Espionage & Moral Psychology
1:51:35 — Freud, Jung & Personal Development
1:59:01 — Balancing Career and Family Aspirations
2:03:44 — Staying Committed: Traits That Matter
2:08:54 — Token Economies & Rand on Education

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Yaron is the executive chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute and a world class speaker. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government, Equal is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality and In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance. He speaks around the world on a variety of topics including the morality of capitalism, Ayn Rand and her philosophy, finance and economics, and the value of inequality.