I just finished reading a book called Intentional by Chris Bailey. In it, Chris mentioned about the importance of goals, and how they serve us instead of dreading the power of human agency.
The book talked about learning goals (process ones) and performance goals (outcome-oriented).
And I think instead of devolving into impulsive procrastination, we can straddle between learning and performance underpinned by our pace of progress – given the nature of our goals.
So here’s my observation – when you value your values, the ones that architect your daily progress, no matter how contrary they may seem, you will realise your goals.
If you follow tradition, you don’t likely consider archaic as ‘archaic’. And when you value self-direction – you know the real meaning of autonomy and learning new things. Again, if you believe in the power of societal and familial community that bring you love, gratitude and generosity, you love universalism and benevolence, among other values espoused in the book.
Personally, I meditate everyday twice a day – which, to me, is a process goal. So when you love the journey of ‘becoming’, your goals start manifesting with something called ‘habit energy’ (as posited by a beautiful monk in the book).
Start loving the process and embodying habit energy in your daily dictum, you will begin expanding your self-awareness to create a space where your goals start to shape up over a period of time.
Slowly, your daily disposition becomes your default state – one that also induces a trait change (the one we experience when we practice Ziva Meditation).
Goals are also living entities – who inspire us to realise them – and your soul speaks to them with that imminent intention they deserve to be actualized, because they serve us!
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