Comments on: Goals http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/102 My World, My Thoughts Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:06:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tom http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/102/comment-page-1#comment-77 Tom Tue, 27 May 2008 14:39:33 +0000 http://kgang.com/blog/?p=144#comment-77 I would have to disagree that one can have many goals, I would call them interests. Goals are those things you choose to do at the exclusions of others with the clear understanding of the limits of time. As for reaching a goal, that's part of the difficulty isn't it. The idea, I suppose, is to believe that the benefit of achieving a goal outweighs the struggle, the ends justify the means. The idea of "important difference" I think is a goal in itself. I'm always focused inwardly so the outside world is irrelevant to my goals. If making a difference is a goal it doesn't matter how long it takes because that end will justify the time spent reaching it. If one of your conditions is to also make a difference than we simply view goals differently, I do not have that condition on my goals. I would have to disagree that one can have many goals, I would call them interests. Goals are those things you choose to do at the exclusions of others with the clear understanding of the limits of time.

As for reaching a goal, that’s part of the difficulty isn’t it. The idea, I suppose, is to believe that the benefit of achieving a goal outweighs the struggle, the ends justify the means.

The idea of “important difference” I think is a goal in itself. I’m always focused inwardly so the outside world is irrelevant to my goals. If making a difference is a goal it doesn’t matter how long it takes because that end will justify the time spent reaching it. If one of your conditions is to also make a difference than we simply view goals differently, I do not have that condition on my goals.

]]> By: Adam Horvath http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/102/comment-page-1#comment-76 Adam Horvath Mon, 26 May 2008 13:49:14 +0000 http://kgang.com/blog/?p=144#comment-76 I think about this topic a lot. I find that even if you make goals it's very hard to continue down the path towards them. Reaching a goal takes time, and sometimes you feel as if you are getting nowhere. I have many goals, but they seem so hard to reach sometimes. Also, with a world of 6 billion people, I sometimes feel that there is no point in continuing when there will always be someone better than me. I feel insignificant sometimes and it's hard to believe that I alone can ever make an important difference. I long to be important, partly because I enjoy status, but also partly because I want to change the world for the better. Linkin Park's "In The End" has probably reflected my thinking in this manner the best. I think about this topic a lot. I find that even if you make goals it’s very hard to continue down the path towards them. Reaching a goal takes time, and sometimes you feel as if you are getting nowhere. I have many goals, but they seem so hard to reach sometimes. Also, with a world of 6 billion people, I sometimes feel that there is no point in continuing when there will always be someone better than me. I feel insignificant sometimes and it’s hard to believe that I alone can ever make an important difference. I long to be important, partly because I enjoy status, but also partly because I want to change the world for the better.

Linkin Park’s “In The End” has probably reflected my thinking in this manner the best.

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