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On a contrary note, someone famous said that it's better to set you life's goal as a very hard problem and chip away at it. Every decade you will see the progre
by myth_buster 11y ago
On a contrary note, someone famous said that it's better to set you life's goal as a very hard problem and chip away at it. Every decade you will see the progress you made and will keep you focused. The argument is that if you keep short achievable goals then there is a transition period between goals which are tough and perhaps in hindsight it may look like a sail in the wind.
A very comprehensible example for me is Don Knuth. A part of his drive is his ambition to finish the series of books.
Having said so, there is no panacea and I think it very well depends on how one's system is wired.
- Retric 11y agoThat’s kind of like saying “don’t get cancer” it’s true that avoiding cancer is a good idea, but it’s not really under your control. Another way of putting it is if you talk to lottery winners you’re getting a very biased viewpoint.
- myth_buster 11y agoThe premise is that the goal is sufficiently hard and the reward is the incremental advancements. If at the end, the goal is achieved, it's simply cherry on top. If the goal is not achieved due to unforeseen circumstances, it doesn't mean that the life was purposeless as you can very well see the progress made by tracking incremental achievements. As I said before, its all down to wiring. Also given the advancements in medicine and increase in life expectancies, I think the chances are a lot many people will live to 60+ so planning life for the worst case may not be optimal.