Keep Your Goals to Yourself!

September 3rd, 2010 with 3 Comments

An interesting thing those pesky scientists do is challenge conventioanl wisdom.  I found this TED talk by Derek Sivers that challenges the conventional wisdom if telling people your goals so they can hold you accountable.  In my personal experience, I learned that I had a better chance of getting something done by keeping my mouth [...]

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Review of Goal-free Living

January 28th, 2010 with 6 Comments

When we are young, we are taught that to be successful, we have to set goals.  But all too often those goals consume us and we wind up sacrificing the now for an uncertain future. Goal-free Living sets out to change that. Steve Shapiro was a former “goal-aholic” who adopted a goal-free living approach.  He [...]

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Don’t Make Resolutions for 2010

January 5th, 2010 with 4 Comments

I’m sure you’ve heard this popular idiom (and I paraphrase for the kiddies out there) Wish in one hand and poop in the other.  See which one gets filled first. That’s right. With the New Year upon us, it is a popular time to set goals and make resolutions.  Probably the same old same old: [...]

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