It’s human nature to care more about the present moment than we do about some abstract time in the future. It’s the difference between wanting to eat that piece of chocolate cake right now when you’re tired and hungry, and feeling great a few months down the line if you’ve been eating healthily and lost some weight; between lusting after a new handbag now, and saving that money to buy a house or to invest for a comfortable retirement; between reading a book or watching your favourite TV show now, and having invested that time in working towards a bigger goal like learning a new language or writing a book and reaping the benefits further down the line.
How do I change the way I think about achieving my goals?
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Re: How do I change the way I think about achieving my goals?
#12To change your thinking about goals, you’ll need to recognize
that goals aren’t for everyone.
And that’s completely okay.
Goals and problems are mentioned in your original post, but they are fundamentally different things.
Goals usually mean you’re adding value. Problems mean you’re fixing something. Mixing the two is likely what’s making things difficult. Sometimes we make a goal to solve a problem, and sometimes we try to solve a problem to achieve a goal.
But goals and problems are not the same thing.
This isn’t just semantics.
We’ve all witnessed those visionary folks that are born to set and achieve goals e.g. Steve Jobs.
Then there are the problem-solving geniuses who can break down and debug just about any problem you throw at them.
This is getting a bit too long, so I wrote up more to help figure out "Which one are you?": https://rayli.net/posts/goals-vs-problems/