Goals (MoC) - DeveloPassion

# Goals (MoC) ## Notes   - [[12 favorite questions or problems]] - [[3 layers to goals]] - [[Ambitious goals make things happen]] - [[Anti-goals]] - [[Atomic tasks]] - [[Big and hairy goals]] - [[Coaches help achieve clarity, set a goal and choose what to focus on, build a plan towards success, initiate the change and go through the journey]] - [[Decide what you want, and do not stop]] - [[Don't assign tasks. Assign goals and missions]] - [[Don't confuse hobbies and dreams with projects and goals]] - [[Evergreen projects]] - [[Five Whys Technique]] - [[Focus on the process, not the outcome]] - [[How to avoid perfectionism]] - [[How to define and revisit your career goals (Article)]] - [[How to define your life goals]] - [[How to document your goals]] - [[How to engage fully with an activity]] - [[How to stop being average]] - [[Internal goals]] - [[Micromanagement]] - [[Money is a tool, not a goal]] - [[Most people think they are clear when they are not]] - [[Note-taking is a tool, not a goal]] - [[On the importance of non-goals (Article)]] - [[Once we know where we are and where we want to go, we can start our journey by creating a vision for our future selves]] - [[Overcoming Perfectionism - How to Break Free from the Enemy of Progress (Article)]] - [[Periodic reviews]] - [[Periodic Reviews for a Happier and More Productive Life (Article)]] - [[Persistence is key]] - [[Reverse Goal setting]] - [[Scopos (σκοπός)]] - [[Signs that perfectionism is holding you back]] - [[Signs that you are falling into the trap of perfectionism]] - [[SMART Goals]] - [[The challenge is knowing which knowledge is worth acquiring]] - [[The crucial role of setting and pursuing goals]] - [[The Crucial Role of Setting and Pursuing Goals (Article)]] - [[The goal is not the reward. The process is the reward]] - [[The long time horizon is exceptionally difficult for the average person]] - [[The Power of Setting Achievable Goals - How Lowering the Bar Leads to Success (Article)]] - [[The things we have to work for are often the very things most worth having]] - [[The value of smaller goals]] - [[Time Horizons]] - [[To make progress, set the bar lower]] - [[Top 10 reasons why goals are so important]] - [[What does success look like to you in 6 months from now]] - [[What time horizons to consider]] - [[Where do you want to be in 3 years]] - [[Why focusing on less leads to more]] - [[Why Test]] - [[Why time horizons matter]] - [[Work on your list of why's]] - [[Write down your plans]] - [[You cannot attract what you want if you are feeling stress]] - [[Your direction is more important than your speed]]  ## Quotes   - [[A fantastic goal without a fantastic plan is a fantastic fantasy]] - [[A goal is just a wish until you build a system to achieve it]] - [[A goal is not always meant to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at]] - [[All self-help boils down to choose long-term over short-term]] - [[Always know what you want. Do the work. Dreams are not free]] - [[An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of intention]] - [[Ask yourself if what you’re doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow]] - [[At the end of the day, your level of clarity, priorities, focus, and approach will impact your productivity in much more profound ways than all the tool hopping and tweaking in the world ever could]] - [[Change course, but don’t give up]] - [[Change what you're doing, to change where you're going]] - [[Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed]] - [[Clarity of purpose is just the half of the battle. You still need to organize your work so that you can be productive and make progress towards your goal]] - [[Clarity of vision is key to achieving your objectives]] - [[Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world]] - [[Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment]] - [[Do the work needed to reach your goals. Dreams are not free]] - [[Don’t focus on more than one desire at a time]] - [[Don't let life change your goals, because achieving your goals can change your life]] - [[Don’t worry if your goals seem crazy to other people. Oftentimes the crazy ideas are the ones that have the greatest impact]] - [[Dreams without goals are just dreams. They just fuel disappointment]] - [[Expect it to take 100 small failures to achieve 1 big goal]] - [[Feynman used to keep 12 favorite problems in his mind and tested new ideas against them]] - [[Focus on big things but fix papercuts]] - [[For now, ask yourself, 'Who do you want to be' Don’t ask yourself what you want to achieve. Honestly, the world already decides so much of that for you]] - [[Freedom is not a goal, but a direction]] - [[From my experience, the most common trait you will consistently observe in accomplished people is an obsession with completion. Once a project falls into their horizon, they crave almost compulsively, to finish it]] - [[Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress]] - [[Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive]] - [[Grit is to endure the failures and adversity to achieve long term goals]] - [[Have a why, and be relentlessly obsessed with completing small things so you don’t get overwhelmed]] - [[Having big and hairy goals is beneficial, as it creates a vision, brings clarity, and sheds light on the path ahead]] - [[Hitting goals is great, but without vision, we won't know where we're going]] - [[I use journaling as a tool to clarify my thinking and goals. The paper is like a photography darkroom for my mind]] - [[If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable]] - [[If it needs to be done, go do it now]] - [[If you don't know what your goals and priorities are, there's no way you can allocate your time intelligently]] - [[If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else]] - [[If you don't know who you are, there are plenty of people who will give you their opinion]] - [[If you have a goal, write it down. If you do not write it down, you do not have a goal, but a wish]] - [[If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there]] - [[It doesn’t matter where you came from. All that matters is where you are going]] - [[It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end]] - [[It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till]] - [[It's always useful to think about the end goal, but it's also useful to think about the reachable small wins]] - [[It's okay and even recommended to revisit and change your goals along the way]] - [[Lowering the bar doesn't mean setting your sights on mediocrity. It means recognizing the power of incremental progress]] - [[Mastery is the best goal because the rich can't buy it, the impatient can't rush it, the privileged can't inherit it, and nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work]] - [[Meaningful goals turn distraction into discovery]] - [[Momentum comes from taking action. Waiting doesn't help]] - [[Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver]] - [[Most people don't really give up on their dreams. They see the price tag then decide it's too expensive]] - [[None of us chooses how we start this life, but we have a big role in deciding how we finish]] - [[Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success]] - [[Perception is not passive. There is no perception without action. All perceptions are action driven]] - [[Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) channels thoughts, ideas and knowledge into more meaningful action]] - [[Plans for the future need to be reviewed regularly because we change all the time]] - [[Prepare today for what you want tomorrow]] - [[Progress requires action. Action requires clear goals and objectives]] - [[Quit looking back. That's not the direction you're going]] - [[Reality doesn't care about abstract intentions]] - [[Set ambitious goals, but allow yourself a limited number of emergency passes when you slip up]] - [[Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it]] - [[Set your goals high, and do stop from time to time to enjoy the journey and appreciate your progress. But never lose sight of the end goal]] - [[Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there]] - [[Setting high level direction is far superior to specific outcomes]] - [[Setting the bar lower often enables progress and helps avoid needless stress]] - [[Sharing your goals and challenges with people who follow the same path is truly valuable and helpful]] - [[The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn]] - [[The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do]] - [[The fun thing when you have a mission is that you never run out of ideas. It's like a virus that you need to spread around, no matter what]] - [[The journey to achieving your biggest dreams begins with a single, manageable step]] - [[The lack of clarity in our goals is leading to the demise of our souls]] - [[The longer the time horizon, and the more ambitious your goals should be]] - [[The longer the time horizon, the more ambitious your goals should be]] - [[The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing]] - [[The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life]] - [[The quickest fix is the longest path]] - [[The real challenge isn’t accessing information. It’s transforming that information into practical wisdom that serves your goals]] - [[The real dream is still being able to dream]] - [[The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score]] - [[There is no passion to be found playing small, and settling for a life that's less than the one you're capable of living]] - [[Time passing does nothing. It's what we do in that time that matters]] - [[Unclear goals, not a busy schedule, are what really hold you back]] - [[We don't get burned out because of what we do. We get burned out because we forget why we do it. Purpose keeps you fresh!]] - [[We should all have big and hairy goals. Even if those are too ambitious and impossible to achieve, working towards such goals will often help us realize our full potential. We will also be surprised by how far we can go]] - [[We’re kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to lesser goals]] - [[When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps]] - [[When we don't bring clarity into our life, we are like leaves blowing in the wind. We land, like it or not, wherever the wind takes us]] - [[Winners who come from behind, are winners nonetheless]] - [[You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream]] - [[You can be anything but you can’t be everything]] - [[You can have anything you want, but not everything]] - [[You can't organize anything if you don't know what you're organizing for]] - [[You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems]] - [[You get what you focus on]] - [[You need to think small to win big]] - [[You regain control of your attention when you have a goal. A real goal. One that you can't stop thinking about. One that turns anything you read, watch, or listen to into ideas you can apply toward that goal]] - [[Your life is your own project. Personal responsibility isn't blame. It's liberation]]