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Originally Posted by Shamou  Xin!
I think that you bought the biggest farce there is among successful people... I have achieved some success and I know a lot of people who also have achieved a lot more than I... and one of the things that we all do is to make believe that it all came easy... we were the chosen ones and success was bestowed on us by pure luck or accident...
No bigger lie was ever told... if you take the time to read biographies... you will find out that there is no such thing as success without meticulous planning and a great deal of dedication and work...
Success is a science... and every science has laws and rules... and if you want to master that science... you have to learn the rules and respect the laws inherent to that science...
Life is a journey... and if you start that journey not knowing where you want to go... you'll end up nowhere... and with nothing... and, that, you can take to the bank...
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Shamou, you got it wrong. I didn't mention it was 'easy'. Yes, I know it involves great dedication and great work. My point is that the view we adopted, that accurate action spawns from goal-setting may not be the best solution.
I can see how a great deal of people don't really know what they want. I guess goal-setting may help them in the beggining. But I don't think it's essential. Goal-setting doesn't tell you who you are, nor who should you be. It's just what you think you'd like to have/be.
As for planning, it's tricky. I think that planning DOES help. Know where you want to go, from where you are starting, and what you have to do. Most people become aware of all of this through goal-setting. In my opinion, it is not necessary. You just need clarity.
Perhaps goal-setting is just treatment for symptoms. The true core of achieving is in character - and maybe that's where our focus should be.
Maybe it's just me, I don't know, but having journals, schedules, scoreboards, goal sheets, doesn't seem to help me that much. I know what I want, going through all this stuff just makes what I want seem mechanical and stiff.
For one, in months of goal setting, I never made a piece of worth. Once, I said 'Enough' and stopped setting art goals for some time. I created what is, so far, my best work.
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I've developed a comfort in knowing that you can't manhandle the universe. If you're doing everything right, then just relax. Inherent in the idea of doing everything right is that you're moving. As long as you keep moving, things are going to shake out. … Things are going to adjust.
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Pardon me, but I present you some words of Will Smith with wich my ideas seem to ressonate. Goal-setting seems a lot like manhandling the universe. You can't do that. What you can do, is give your 100%. And for that, you don't need a binder with tons of sheets describing who you are now and who you'll be tomorrow.
Don't take it personally, goal-setters. If it works for you, great. I'm just trying to upgrade myself.
