On the Value of Not Reaching Your Goals
I Failed At Everything
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With this in mind you should be conscious of what prizes you bet your chips trying to win – you should prioritise the things that bring you joy and deprioritise trying to attain hard-fought prizes that deliver nothing more than negativity, anxiety and illusion.
Steven Bartlett • The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
Most of the time, achieving goals won’t make you any happier than you are right now.1
While some believe this fact about human nature implies striving is wasteful, I think it’s more accurate to say that while achieving goals is overrated, striving toward them is underrated.
While some believe this fact about human nature implies striving is wasteful, I think it’s more accurate to say that while achieving goals is overrated, striving toward them is underrated.
When you’re finally wealthy, you’ll realize it wasn’t what you were seeking in the first place. But that is for another day. [11]