Having goals....not good??

[anzel]

I listened to a pod cast... I can't tell you who it was talking but he made a really good point.

Goals are not necessarily the best thing to follow .
He went on to explain that the problem with goals is that they put us in a future mindset and weven forget to live in the now...in the moment.

He also continued to say that by having goals we tend to box ourselves in. And he pointed out that a trait of successful people is alot of times....thinking outside the box.

Hmmmm interesting!

He did admit in contradicting himself right away to say that having goals is still a good thing and that those who can developed goals and follow them is also a trait of successful people...

Bottom line was that there is other ways to skin a cat and we have to be able to apply these ideas at different times throughout our lives...and more importantly be able to apply both at the same time!!

So what do you guys think about it?

Enjoy your day!
Anzel
Euro-Pharmacies.net

 

[Mprtz]

At the risk of stating the obvious, life is a constant balancing act between working for the future and enjoying the present. Doing either to the complete exclusion of the other is likely to lead to an unhappy life.

 

[appleton111]

without goals you have no guidance, without proper preparation you will achieve nothing, goals is how winners get to where they need to go to be what they want to be. without goals you will never achieve your full potential.
Goals are the waypoints in life to assist you in getting to where you need to be.

 

[anzel]

without goals you have no guidance, without proper preparation you will achieve nothing, goals is how winners get to where they need to go to be what they want to be. without goals you will never achieve your full potential.
Goals are the waypoints in life to assist you in getting to where you need to be.

I agree! And I think this guy mentioned it the same way too. But he also talked about how he would work with people that were great achievers and followed goals. He would have them drop the Idea of following goals as an experiment....to see how they manage. Alot of them had a very hard time making decisions without goals in place. What it came down to was they actually had less confidence in themselves and I. Their on the spot decision making....
And yes he was talking about having Balance.

Anzel
Euro-Pharmacies.net

 

[anzel]

May as well add this to the OP...
Mastery vs goal setting , a way to develop yourself.
These points can fit any of your endeavors. From business to marriage to fatloss and muscle development.

The quick fix mentality doesn***8217;t work in the long run and is ultimately destructive to individuals and to society.

Nobody masters anything quickly ***8211; it takes years ***8211; and even then, the work, study and practice continues for a lifetime and you continue getting better through a series of stages.

All major learning and progress occurs not in a straight line, but in short spurts of progress separated by periods on a plateau. This is the mastery curve.

Because we spend more time on plateaus, we must learn to love the plateau ***8211; the grind ***8211; even when we don***8217;t appear to be getting anywhere.

To move along this path, you must practice diligently, and rather than be frustrated during time on plateaus, you practice for the sake of practice itself.

Practice is both a verb and a noun. The person pursuing mastery sees practice more as a noun, not merely something you do like training or rehearsing, but also something you have; a road or path.

The reason it***8217;s so common to set goals, move toward them or even achieve them, but then backslide is because the human mind and body prefer homeostasis, not change (even positive change). Understanding this tendency is a key to staying on the path.

You can learn on your own from books, audios and courses, but if you intend to pursue mastery, the best thing you can do is get first-rate instruction. The self-taught path is chancy and likely longer.

With the mastery mindset, you can enjoy it all ***8211; the challenges, the victories, the plateaus, the progress, the process.

Enjoy your day!
Anzel
Euro-Pharmacies.net