Setting Goals Beyond Our Goals
Another core component of this is in having goals beyond our goals. One of the key reasons I failed at both investment banking and as a writer is that I had no idea what to do once I’d “made it”. I’d not thought about the next stage at all, meaning that I floundered within both roles without any of the focus and drive that won me the opportunities in the first place.
“Never give up setting goals,” says Robbins. “Achieving our goals can be a curse unless we have already set higher goals before reaching the first.”
The idea of “outrunning” our dreams, as I found out at the bank, can lead to an “is that all” deflation, albeit in a better setting. Lindsey Agness (2008) quotes John Grinder (the co-founder of NLP) stating ...
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