Goals? - Page 2

Originally posted by: Mindbender

To prevent being swayed by the winds that come in from any directions, to give direction to your life, to withstand and rise against all resistance, to be successful ; goals, today are considered crucial.
Goal setting, as an exercise, has been very unrewarding to me so far. Nevertheless, I hope the struggles build me up for a stronger future.
I'd like to listen to the experiences of those who set goals/try to set goals/implement goals. I think there'll be some learning involved.

Setting up goals is easy if you have clarity of though, however its the implementation of these goals which becomes tedious.Sometimes I wonder if its even worth the effort.At times like these I remind myself about why I started in the first place and I continue working.

If I say that the end doesn't matter I'd be lying. It does matter a lot to me but I can't change it. The least I can do for myself is that I work hard enough so that later on even if I fail I don't regret it.

Secondly, I wonder whether swaying with the winds is actually really so bad as it is made to sound. To go with the natural flow- is it so wrong? My mind says it is a romantic concept, but oh well!

Swaying with the wind implies lack of direction- I am already making it sound bad right? I don't mean it that way.Not everyone can be sure of where they are going- in life, in love, at work and at these times we adopt this kind of behavior and let the chips fall as they may.It definitely is freeing...

But I do think that too much is left to the unknown and that scares me (and no I assure you I am not a control freak😆)

Originally posted by: mr.ass

thank god, I thought it was a stupid football topic 😛

Originally posted by: -Zeffa-

Setting up goals is easy if you have clarity of though, however its the implementation of these goals which becomes tedious.Sometimes I wonder if its even worth the effort.At times like these I remind myself about why I started in the first place and I continue working.

Actually, if there's really clarity of thought then implementation shouldn't be that big a problem either, right?

If I say that the end doesn't matter I'd be lying. It does matter a lot to me but I can't change it. The least I can do for myself is that I work hard enough so that later on even if I fail I don't regret it.

Yeah, giving 100% or in short excellence can be a strong source of motivation. It reminds me of a passage from the classic "As a Man Thinketh"-
"Those who are not prepared for the apprehension of a great purpose, should fix the thoughts upon the faultless performance of their duty, no matter how insignificant their task may appear. Only in this way can the thoughts be gathered and focused, and resolution and energy be developed, which being done, there is nothing which may not be accomplished."

Swaying with the wind implies lack of direction- I am already making it sound bad right? I don't mean it that way.Not everyone can be sure of where they are going- in life, in love, at work and at these times we adopt this kind of behavior and let the chips fall as they may.It definitely is freeing...

But I do think that too much is left to the unknown and that scares me (and no I assure you I am not a control freak😆)

Yeah, actually, unknown is a scary place. Related-ly, I have often wondered why we take a stand on various issues. Is it really because we know it is right? Or simply because it is tougher to live in doubt .

Originally posted by: Mindbender

Edited by -Zeffa- - 13 years ago

Originally posted by: -Zeffa-

Yeah, actually, unknown is a scary place. Related-ly, I have often wondered why we take a stand on various issues. Is it really because we know it is right? Or simply because it is tougher to live in doubt .- Right and wrong are relative concepts and so are people's reaction to them.Do we really know what is right, or wrong for that matter? Society has already declared their standards of measurement and we follow them to some extent but who decides whether society itself is right or not?

Originally posted by: Mindbender

That will open a can of worms, mademoiselle! 😛

Is there any ultimate goal or are they only transient tll we hang on to another and then another?