Comments on: How Important Are Goals? http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/ Stress Hardiness, Optimizing Stress, Being Fully Alive Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-3131 Jean Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:00:47 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1197#comment-3131 Cathy, Good for you! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. It sounds as if your schedule keeps you busy. Cathy,
Good for you! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. It sounds as if your schedule keeps you busy.

]]> By: Cathy in NZ http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-3127 Cathy in NZ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:15:25 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1197#comment-3127 as a completely different thought...my goal re/my family is to stay as far away from them as possible. But on saying that: a few months ago I decided that I would try them out again and went on a day trip with a few of them to see some others...the upshot is WON'T BE DOING THAT AGAIN IN A HURRY. so the goals I have currently...are about enjoying myself to the best of my ability. I recently decided that even though some days I have problems with rain, weather, traffic, getting about...in the main every day brings the goal closer (whichever the goal it is for that day) :-) .-= Cathy in NZ´s last blog ..<a href="http://cedar51.livejournal.com/10012.html" rel="nofollow">You never know what's in a trademans' toolbox</a> =-. as a completely different thought…my goal re/my family is to stay as far away from them as possible. But on saying that: a few months ago I decided that I would try them out again and went on a day trip with a few of them to see some others…the upshot is WON’T BE DOING THAT AGAIN IN A HURRY.

so the goals I have currently…are about enjoying myself to the best of my ability. I recently decided that even though some days I have problems with rain, weather, traffic, getting about…in the main every day brings the goal closer (whichever the goal it is for that day)

:-)
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]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-3118 Jean Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:45:05 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1197#comment-3118 Rummuser, "Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions...." I agree. I've always been focused on growth rather than on achievement. So goals are simply a way of keeping me engaged in life. They keep me in the optimal stress zone when external events aren't keeping me challenged.   <img src="http://stresstopower.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/inverted-u-graph-stress-challenge.gif" width="380" alt="graph of happiness/productivity vs stress" /> Rummuser,
“Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions….” I agree. I’ve always been focused on growth rather than on achievement. So goals are simply a way of keeping me engaged in life. They keep me in the optimal stress zone when external events aren’t keeping me challenged.
 
graph of happiness/productivity vs stress

]]> By: Rummuser http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-3116 Rummuser Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:00:33 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1197#comment-3116 My compliments on the selection of that apt cartoon. How I wish that I could be like that! .-= Rummuser´s last blog ..<a href="http://rummuser.com/?p=1909" rel="nofollow">Hope And Renewal.</a> =-. My compliments on the selection of that apt cartoon. How I wish that I could be like that!
Rummuser´s last blog ..Hope And Renewal. My ComLuv Profile

]]> By: Rummuser http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-3115 Rummuser Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:59:49 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1197#comment-3115 Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions, they can be changed as your priorities change, new ones added, and others dropped. - O. Carl Simonton. That about sums up my attitude towards goals. For the past decade or so, my goals have been shifting and changing and I have had to adapt to changing circumstances frequently. What gives me joy is in being able to adapt to these changes and taking on whatever comes along. .-= Rummuser´s last blog ..<a href="http://rummuser.com/?p=1909" rel="nofollow">Hope And Renewal.</a> =-. Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions, they can be changed as your priorities change, new ones added, and others dropped.
- O. Carl Simonton.

That about sums up my attitude towards goals. For the past decade or so, my goals have been shifting and changing and I have had to adapt to changing circumstances frequently. What gives me joy is in being able to adapt to these changes and taking on whatever comes along.
Rummuser´s last blog ..Hope And Renewal. My ComLuv Profile

]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-3114 Jean Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:57:32 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1197#comment-3114 Evan, "I also find them easy to change!" I think that's the secret. It's fine to be working toward something, but that doesn't mean we have to be fanatical. Evan,
“I also find them easy to change!” I think that’s the secret. It’s fine to be working toward something, but that doesn’t mean we have to be fanatical.

]]> By: Evan http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-3113 Evan Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:37:28 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1197#comment-3113 I tend to work from the future back - so I'm very goal oriented in that sense. I find them most use to know the next step. I also find them easy to change! I tend to work from the future back – so I’m very goal oriented in that sense. I find them most use to know the next step.

I also find them easy to change!

]]> By: bikehikebabe http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-3112 bikehikebabe Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:55:20 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1197#comment-3112 Come to think of it, most everything I do has a goal behind it. Sewing, gardening, cooking, bicycling the loop. A loop you have to achieve. If you choose to pick a distance, turn around & come back, you might cheat & turn around too soon. Come to think of it, most everything I do has a goal behind it. Sewing, gardening, cooking, bicycling the loop. A loop you have to achieve. If you choose to pick a distance, turn around & come back, you might cheat & turn around too soon.

]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 Jean Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:08:55 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1197#comment-3111 bikehikebabe, I agree! That said, have you ever set some goals that you enjoyed working towards/achieving? bikehikebabe,
I agree! That said, have you ever set some goals that you enjoyed working towards/achieving?

]]> By: bikehikebabe http://stresstopower.com/blog/2009/09/18/how-important-are-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 bikehikebabe Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:51:00 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/?p=1197#comment-3110 "What has brought you the most joy in life?" My family “What has brought you the most joy in life?” My family

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