{"id":1881,"date":"2014-03-25T13:27:51","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T19:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2016-01-12T13:30:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T19:30:03","slug":"goal-settings-delicate-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/goal-settings-delicate-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal Setting&#8217;s Delicate Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be careful how you set your goals.<\/p>\n<p>Set your goals too open endedly and you&#8217;ll likely get lost in the chaotic tides of life, as your daily actions do not move in concert and coordination towards any destination.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Never mistake activity for productivity.&#8221;<br \/>\nJim Rohn<br \/>\n<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nSet your goals with too much specificity and you may sail to quickly to a suboptimal destination, as the inspired focus of your daily actions blinds you from recognizing and assimilating new information that indicate bigger and better opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.&#8221;<br \/>\nMark Twain<\/p>\n<p>Set too many goals with unclear prioritization and corresponding energy allocation and you&#8217;ll be a whirling dervish, running circles, feeling productive, when you&#8217;re losing a significant portion of your energy as useless, aimless heat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The man who chases two rabbits catches none.&#8221;<br \/>\nConfucius<\/p>\n<p>Goals have a powerful effect on the subconscious mind.<\/p>\n<p>Use goals to program your subconscious mind suboptimally and some of your potential will be lost.<\/p>\n<p>Use goals to program your subconscious mind optimally and your life will grow faster with greater vitality than it ever has before.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be careful how you set your goals. 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