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Will you expand on what you're trying to say? This doesn't make sense to me. Goals are a desired result. Habits are deeply ingrained practices that are formed
by haswell 6y ago
Will you expand on what you're trying to say? This doesn't make sense to me.
Goals are a desired result.
Habits are deeply ingrained practices that are formed with repetition, and may or may not help you achieve that desired result. Some habits might actually hinder progress.
The only way to know which habits to cultivate (or rely on) is to have a desired result in mind.
Setting goals is important, because it helps clarify what you should spend time on, including the cultivation of habits that will help you achieve the goal. I could invest a lot of myself into the formation of a new (good) habit, but it may not help me achieve my goal.
And goals can also be reached without the formation of habit.
- astockwell 6y agoI cannot speak for the grand-parent, but the general idea is captured in Atomic Habits [1]. [1] https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
- matwood 6y agoLots of people have goals, few have the discipline (habits) to achieve them.
- jrib 6y agoThere's a bit more detail in his book but this first resonated with me when I read Scott Adams' "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life". Here are some of his blog posts on it: https://www.scottadamssays.com/2013/11/18/goals-vs-systems/ https://www.scottadamssays.com/2013/11/18/goals-vs-systems/ https://www.scottadamssays.com/2014/01/21/goals-are-for-losers-passion-is-bull/ https://www.scottadamssays.com/2014/01/21/goals-are-for-lose... Personally, I don't really think of it as goals and habits being mutually exclusive. Specifically, I wholeheartedly agree with your comment, "The only way to know which habits to cultivate (or rely on) is to have a desired result in mind."
- seppin 6y agoOh man, Scott Adams was such a good source for knowledge before he tapped into political snake oil.