Burn Your Goals
by Joshua Medcalf and Jamie Gilbert
A contrarian argument against goal obsession: commit to a mission and the process, focus on controllables, and let outcomes follow. It is short, repetitive and a useful corrective for goal-anxious people.
Read it if…
goals make you anxious and you perform worse because of them.
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Skip it if…
you need concrete goals to function; this will not persuade you.
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Three things you will actually use
- Control the controllables.
- Mission over goals.
- Process produces outcomes.
Do this first
Replace one outcome goal with a daily controllable commitment.
Our verdict
Corrective for goal anxiety.
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