Set your aim: tell Otto what you're going for

Your aim is the goal Otto steers by - more bookings, a fuller calendar in a certain season, whatever you are working toward. Once it is set, the Dashboard and the Brain both track progress against it, and Otto's suggestions line up with where you actually want to go.

Set or change your aim in Settings

1. Open Settings > General and scroll to What you're going for.
2. Click Set my aim (or Change, if one is already set).
3. Pick an objective from the select.
4. Add detail in the in-your-own-words field - this is where you make the goal yours, in plain language.
5. Click Save my aim.

When Otto proposes an aim for you

Sometimes Otto works out what you seem to be going for from your activity and proposes it back to you. When that happens you get a confirm prompt with three choices:

• That's it: the proposed aim is right - accept it.
• Change it: close, but not quite - open the editor and adjust it.
• Not now: dismiss the proposal without setting anything.

The aim bar on your Dashboard

The Dashboard can show a bar reading "Otto thinks your aim is X. Right?" with two buttons: That's it to confirm, or Not now to dismiss it. Confirming from the Dashboard works just like confirming in Settings - it is the same aim either way.

Tracking progress in the Brain

Once your aim is set, open the Brain (in the More menu of the right pane) and look for the Toward your aim progress line. It shows how your real results are moving relative to the goal you set, alongside the rest of what the Brain has learned from your outcomes.

Why bother setting an aim

Without an aim, Otto still works - but with one, the progress readouts have a direction, and confirming or correcting Otto's proposed aim keeps him honest about what success means for you. It takes under a minute to set and you can change it whenever your season or priorities shift.

Still stuck? Submit a ticket from this help center and we'll take it from there.