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This doesn't discredit goals, they're still very useful, and your process must align with your goals to help reach them. The way you'd think about procrastinat

This doesn't discredit goals, they're still very useful, and your process must align with your goals to help reach them. The way you'd think about procrastination, for example, wouldn't be to simply set goals of productivity, but to find the underlying causes of your procrastination. Often this is a lack of organization, a lack of system to determine what to do next, a physiological issue, a lack of time to meet your basic needs, or a lack of ability. All of these have systemic roots, and systematic solutions. Improve your system and get your tasks out of your head (GTD), fix your metabolism (systematic exercise, diet, etc), change your schedule to make time for your unmet needs, or systematically learn skills that allow you to progress faster. Systems thinking isn't about ignoring goals, but rather about solving the roadblocks, which are usually systemic in nature due to the natural complexity of human nature. Rarely are solutions so simple as "want your goal harder." Look one or two levels deeper, and you get into systems thinking, and you find better solutions that are more effective. You still have to want your goal, but you'll be more successful at actually reaching it.

xux 13y ago
What we're discussing here isn't how to maximize happiness. An entrepreneur's job isn't to be happy, it's to get things done. I specifically bring up entrepreneurs because 1.) I assume most people here can connect and 2.) it's one of the professions where short term productivity fix (2-3 years) is more important than bringing a lifetime of "fixes" Yes you can solve your underlying procrastination problem. But assuming it's an underlying psychological issue, can you genuinely undue decades of "damage" in short enough timeframe to run your company? Simply put, there just isnt' time for you to accomplish whatever habit you didn't have before but want to gain by using a system. That's why a system is great for people who are fine with a stable, long-term job. But for an entrepreneur, a "quick fix" solution of using goals will get you further.
- calinet6 13y ago
  This is simply false. Goals are incomplete realizations of the processes needed to accomplish them. You'll find a process whether or not you use your goals in full; the question is whether you do it intently and with awareness of the consequences.

xux 13y ago

What we're discussing here isn't how to maximize happiness. An entrepreneur's job isn't to be happy, it's to get things done. I specifically bring up entrepreneurs because 1.) I assume most people here can connect and 2.) it's one of the professions where short term productivity fix (2-3 years) is more important than bringing a lifetime of "fixes" Yes you can solve your underlying procrastination problem. But assuming it's an underlying psychological issue, can you genuinely undue decades of "damage" in short enough timeframe to run your company? Simply put, there just isnt' time for you to accomplish whatever habit you didn't have before but want to gain by using a system. That's why a system is great for people who are fine with a stable, long-term job. But for an entrepreneur, a "quick fix" solution of using goals will get you further.

calinet6 13y ago
This is simply false. Goals are incomplete realizations of the processes needed to accomplish them. You'll find a process whether or not you use your goals in full; the question is whether you do it intently and with awareness of the consequences.