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Old 11-05-2006, 05:07 PM   #8 (permalink)
takkaria
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Originally Posted by satan View Post
You are not alone. I just read great book about this topic: Overachievement by John Eliot, Ph.D.

In it you can find a small paragraph
"Setting goals is for couch potatoes. The long-standing practice of goal setting is actually a major obstacle to sustained, vigorous motivation - and to being great"
Wow! I've just been listening to "The Maverick Mindset", an audiobook by the same guy, which seems to extoll the same sort of things. I recommend the audiobook, too.
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