Friday, November 18, 2005

Commit to the Value

An excellent post on goal setting: Set the goal, commit to the value.
"What she talks about here--goals taking on a life of their own--is a very real trap. The same is true with many planning systems; we need to understand who we are and what we're about, and realize that values come first. If our goals are revealed to be out of sync with those values--or our understanding of those values changes so they are--we change the goal. Putting the goal down and committing to it makes it more likely to be achieved; however, we must understand we are committing to what the goal represents to us. The goal is a means to realize our potential and productively apply our values; it is not an end in itself."
He was also bouncing off a great related post about getting what you want on another interesting blog: overexcitable.

2 comments:

jo_jo said...

Thanks for the compliment, Jeremy! The link was broken for the short you asked about, "Ryan", so here's a webpage....
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414469/
HTH,
Joanna

Jeremy said...

Thanks, jo jo...looks like a powerful film.