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Defining your Core Values
The best wake up call:
1. Write your obituary as you would want it to read.
2. List the milestones it contained in order of achievement.
3. Only work towards those things. Nothing else matters.
Discuss in the comments, would love to hear your thoughts.
@GrantSchultz
- rantfoil 17y agoLoved people in time, money and spirit. And created beautiful software that brought people together. Not sure if order matters, though doing the latter makes the former easier. =)
- organicgrant 17y ago@rantfoil Great point. The argument can be made that ALL software is social. In building great software, we build community. Open source forums around the globe, or social networking around the corner.
- mixmax 17y agoThe thing is that most people don't know what they want. A lot of people think they know what they want, but very few do. Just the other day I had a snowball fight, and it was great fun and a wonderful experience. When I woke up that morning it certainly wasn't in my calendar - I had totally forgotten how much fun fighting with snow is. Also, it's much more about the process than the goal. Notice that people who reach their goals simply set new ones, painters paint whether they're paid or not, hackers hack in their freetime, etc.
- organicgrant 17y agoThe process wouldn't exist without the goal in mind. Whether or not the 'original' goal is achieved, we gain life experiences through our pursuit of happiness, achievement, satisfaction etc
- kael 17y agoHmm, not to get overly philosophical here, but it really depends on what you believe the purpose of life is. If you go very far down this route some people see that there really is no "point". Not to say life isn't worth living (don't worry this isnt my final post), but spontaneity definitely should be included. Like anything its a balance, but one that is hard to calibrate.