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Alternate Point of View for Achieving the Goals

by Utpal Vaishnav on May 11, 2012

Easily achievable goals are often a self-justifying prediction. We shield ourselves from failure, don’t work as intense, look for what’s not good and often get it.

Unachievable goals, on the flip side, will unavoidably lead to discontent. Keep hovering what you expect and sooner or later such goals won’t be achieved. A good result that’s less than what you were hoping feels like a flop-show.

Perhaps it’s worth considering no goals. Just concentrated effort. What you get in return is pure outcome that you deserve.

Maybe, the time spent worrying about unachievable goals if used in doing your best might result into achieving the goals that were once unachievable.

 

 

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