Var går gränsen mellan att anstränga sig till sitt yttersta, vara uthållig och aldrig sluta tro på att man kan förverkliga sin dröm - och att blint och envetet streta på och stånga sig blodig utan resultat eller möjligheter att lyckas? Här är ett inlägg i ämnet. (Tyvärr kan jag inte hitta denna artikels referens på nätet, men andra tips från Malcolm Harvey återfinns här.)
Don't Keep Beating Your Head Against That Boulder
By Malcolm Harvey
There's an awful lot of stuff out there on "goal setting", and rightly so for it is the most important aspect of achievement. "If you don't know where you are going, then how do you know when you get there? "But there is a distinct difference between endurance to the bitter end and stupidity.
When going for goals, you need to have strong intention and commitment. You have to be diligent in your actions, concentrating upon your goal and put in enough effort for a long enough time so that your goal is achieved.
But when you are faced with a massive great rock in your path it should not be a trial of strength and endurance to whack your head against it endlessly.
Sometimes you will find a way round it, and sometimes you can't. If that happens, retreat, come at it another way, or bag that particular route. Maybe even bag the stupid goal, if getting past the obstacle requires too much energy and struggle.
You have to think of yourself as a bank account of energy. How much are you paying out, and what is your return on effort?
When faced with obstacles, work your way around them, or wait patiently; sometimes the obstacle disappears or melts away in time. Use your brain not your skull.
Trust your feelings, ask, and watch the signs all around you. You'll know how hard to try, when it's right to push a little harder and when it's best to pull back.
I've found, by bitter experience, that if you don't learn to trust your own intuition and allow time to think things through, it is very easy to stubbornly carry on regardless and really make a mess of things.
Goal setting IS fundamentally important, you will never get anywhere if you don't write down your goals and remind yourself of them daily. (I will cover a practical approach to goal setting in another presentation)
With the world changing at such a rate and opportunities opening up all the time, it is necessary to be very clear about where you are heading.So, my advice is to be focused and determined, but also aware and virulent.
Don't get so locked into striving to reach your goal, that along the path you miss the obvious, easier route opening up to you. Be flexible and don't be scared to change direction a little when it becomes necessary.
There are no prizes for heroism.
It is not failure to admit that you made a mistake or need to step back a little. It is a sign of strength and shows that you are really learning. Also the way would be cleared for all manner of new things to reveal themselves.I subscribe to the Edison School of Learning (you know, the guy who invented the light bulb) - "The more times you fail; the nearer you are to success!"
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