Plots and Plans - Patrick D. Farley
This one is about setting goals. In my last post I wrote from experience about some ways to approach problems of willpower and increase our chances of doing the things we most want to do. Closely related to that is the practice of goal-setting. If your goals are stated in detail and align well to your deepest values, you'll have an easier time justifying the work to carry them out.
This one is about setting goals. In my last post I wrote from experience about some ways to approach problems of willpower to increase our chances of doing the things we most want to do. Closely related to that is the practice of goal-setting. Your goals are the work that willpower performs , and if they’re stated in detail and align well with your deepest values, you’ll have an easier time justifying the work to carry them out. I’m writing this as someone who resisted planning out long-term goals for a long time, for good-sounding reasons that I’ll describe below. Then
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