Comments on: Crazy Goals Drive Your Crazy http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/02/08/crazy-goals-drive-your-crazy/ Steve shares his unconventional approach on Business Innovation, Creativity, Goals and Critical Thinking Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Stephen Shapiro http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/02/08/crazy-goals-drive-your-crazy/#comment-34468 Stephen Shapiro Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:44:13 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/02/08/crazy-goals-drive-your-crazy/#comment-34468 Charles, you may very well be right. I believe that when we have the "right goals" they pull us forward rather than having to push. Yes, some things do require effort. But if you have to be reminded over and over, then clearly it is not a life priority. Here are the top 10 goals of all time from 43 Things: - lose weight 28548 people - stop procrastinating 21332 people - Fall in love 19246 people - write a book 18869 people - be happy 17010 people - Get a tattoo 15470 people - drink more water 14634 people - go on a road trip with no predetermined destination 14496 people - get married 13663 people - travel the world 13636 people Only weight loss beat out procrastination. More people want to stop procrastinating than those who want to be happy. Antony, thanks for the "deciding what to do as you are doing it" quote. Spot on! Charles, you may very well be right. I believe that when we have the “right goals” they pull us forward rather than having to push. Yes, some things do require effort. But if you have to be reminded over and over, then clearly it is not a life priority.

Here are the top 10 goals of all time from 43 Things:

- lose weight 28548 people
- stop procrastinating 21332 people
- Fall in love 19246 people
- write a book 18869 people
- be happy 17010 people
- Get a tattoo 15470 people
- drink more water 14634 people
- go on a road trip with no predetermined destination 14496 people
- get married 13663 people
- travel the world 13636 people

Only weight loss beat out procrastination. More people want to stop procrastinating than those who want to be happy.

Antony, thanks for the “deciding what to do as you are doing it” quote. Spot on!

]]> By: Antony Woods http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/02/08/crazy-goals-drive-your-crazy/#comment-34449 Antony Woods Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:11:13 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/02/08/crazy-goals-drive-your-crazy/#comment-34449 Hi Steve, The alternative to the first goal is another Paul Graham phrase: "deciding what to do as you're doing it" http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html Regards / Antony. Hi Steve,

The alternative to the first goal is another Paul Graham phrase: “deciding what to do as you’re doing it”
http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html

Regards / Antony.

]]> By: Charles http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/02/08/crazy-goals-drive-your-crazy/#comment-34446 Charles Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:35:16 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/02/08/crazy-goals-drive-your-crazy/#comment-34446 I looked at this site and decided that frequent reminders of my goals would be yet another form of procrastination as I would have to read and delete them every day. I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect that procrastination is really some form of communication from our "superconscious" telling us that what we're procrastinating about is really not in the best interest of our highest and greatest good. What do you think? Charles I looked at this site and decided that frequent reminders of my goals would be yet another form of procrastination as I would have to read and delete them every day.

I don’t know this for a fact, but I suspect that procrastination is really some form of communication from our “superconscious” telling us that what we’re procrastinating about is really not in the best interest of our highest and greatest good.

What do you think?

Charles

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