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Originally Posted by DavidC  I am truly surprised that this article has received such warm greetings in this forum. To me it is add odds with some of the excellent articles elsewhere on this website. |
DavidC's post got me thinking about this tool more and I think there is no contradiction with other things. I see this as a tool, that, like other tools, depends on context. I think the key to using this is to use it WITHIN a life domain and not ACROSS domains. Steve did not use the best examples in his matrix because he was using examples from across domains of life rather than within domains.
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Thirdly, there's no recognition of the interdependence of objectives. I'd like to have a family, something I could likely do quite easily. I'd also like to do have enough money to look after the family. Success in business is by no means guaranteed, so it will tend to rank lower in the CARVER system than starting the family. To me, though, it's a life principle that I won't burden the community by bringing children into the world that I can't look after. Business success is therefore a higher priority than starting a family, but CARVER might give them the opposite ranking. (I understand clearly that others might disagree with this view, but that just reinforces the second point just cited that priorities are individual things.)
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I completely agree, which is why I say one should use it within a domain of life. This not the right tool to use to decide if making friends should be a higher priority than starting a business. And, it will fail miserably if you do that. Those kinds of goals are not "prioritizable" because they cover different domains of life and you can do all of them simulatenously. However, within each domain, you can use this system to help you decide the best course of action for a very specific goal. For example, if my goal at work is to get a promotion and there are 3 potential projects I could work on, I could use this system to decide which project will give me the most bang for my buck. Which project can get me closer to that promotion? Or, if I'm trying to buy a house, which house should I buy?
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The promise of this article, by contrast, is that if you just follow this checklist, your life will be on the right course. Am I alone in thinking this is misguided?
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I don't think that's the message. I think Steve caused confusion by bringing disparate activities into a matrix that really only works if you use it for one very specific goal at a time.
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