I'm in the middle of making the switch towards maximizing positive outcomes for others, having realized that I have enough for myself. The author paints a description of self-awareness here that I'll be sure to return to every now and again.
It might be cringeworthy for you, but others may need goals like that which can become incrementally more challenging for their discipline.
Breaking down a goal into a checklist can be useful, e.g. one of my goals was to work at a big company. I broke it down into action items, like who can I talk to? What habits do I need to implement for the medium term to accomplish this? With this systematic approach I made it happen. Another goal I had was to learn a third language. I broke it down into different modalities to hack it over the past year, and now I’m about to spend several months in the country practicing the language.
A list of goals does not need to be rigid, and they could be secondary goals for one’s primary goal or mission.
What if I just want to hang out with my friends? It’s easiest when everyone actually uses the same thing—people literally complain if I text them. The result is I lose touch with people because it’s exhausting keeping track of all the places my friends are.
I'm in the middle of making the switch towards maximizing positive outcomes for others, having realized that I have enough for myself. The author paints a description of self-awareness here that I'll be sure to return to every now and again.