Goals vs. Systems (2013)
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Goals vs. Systems (2013)
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#3Great article and very sustainable way to make change. As willpower seems to be a finite resource, substituting knowledge for willpower is a powerful & sustainable strategy for changing habits.
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#4I’ve thought (and experimented) about this for a while and here’s what I came up with:
* Goals are better for the short-term (we’re talking days and weeks).
* Systems (naturally) are better for the long-term (months and years).
* The best way to system-ize something is to make it a habit.
* A system without an objective is useless and inefficient.
* Which to use ? It depends on your personality AND the task at hand.
* Defining an objective is paramount.
* Objective =/= goal. An objective is of the highest order, a goal is a part of an objective. E.g. Objective: Lose fat, goal: stop consuming sugar.
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#5I highly recommend the book he is referencing here.
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#6I highly recommend the book he is referencing here.
I have read it and made a summary.
Edit: read the summary below.
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#9Previous submissions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13462788 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11767300 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6873386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6922713
Available to everybody by clicking on the link labeled “past” at the top. I don’t know why you chose to highlight those specific four submissions – only one of those received any comments, and that one got a total of three comments.