We are very good at calculating the odds and seeing two miles down the road. So good, in fact, that we are taking such calculus in mind in front of every decision involving work and investment of any kind, be that physical, intellectual, emotional.
And if the odds seem to be a little off, and there is no plan installed that will lead towards perfect, we are ready to throw in the towel before the game even begins.
Funny thing how many of us like to use the word circumstances. As if on a wider scope it stands for restrictions, obstacles, dead ends we are expected not to overcome; some already dealt cards we are conditioned to abide by.
Fast-forward to the end of the day, the end of the week, the deadline on your project- and you see yourself sobbing in the corner, blaming things on circumstances, odds, not even hesitating to throw in the towel.
Goal setting being one of the few themes that has been discussed to the lengths of exhaustion when it comes to personal development, I decided to make a series of articles about it. And when it comes to the question of why this subject if it is already saturated, and after all why the format of series of articles, let’s get the obvious out of the way and say that, first and foremost, it needs some variety in approach.
Regardless of whether you have the resources to attain formal education or not, self-teaching proves useful and fulfilling any which way you try to spin it. Scrutinizing formal education down to its basics the flaws are more than apparent.
Self-teaching, on the other hand, provides myriad of ways to approach it, is quite flexible, offers a model which, when perfected, allows you to progress in areas way beyond what formal education can afford to teach.
Despite the notion which saturates books and media even way back before the turn of the century, saying that routines are something we should definitely try to avoid, the majority of successful and self-actualized people would beg to differ.
On a wider scope we are being led to believe that routines represent a strict, even masochistic to an extent, set of rules we are conditioned to abide by; same as habits when you think about it, only with the subtle difference of pouring way more intention in the process.