Many paths
Here’s a common trap we fall into when setting goals.
We come up with an idea of the thing that we want — our end goal. Then, because we know we need to break our big goals into smaller ones, we come up with a short-term goal. With all of our energy, we pursue that short-term goal.
Sometimes, unfortunately, we don’t achieve that short-term goal, or it becomes impossible to pursue, or we get stuck and give up. When that happens, we despair about the future. We think, “This means I’m never going to achieve my end-goal.”
In these moments, what we have forgotten is that there are so many paths to achieve the end-goal. We just settled on this one as our focus, and with all of our energy concentrated upon it, we forgot that there are many other paths that we could take, too.
If a short-term goal doesn’t work out, it doesn’t mean that the long-term goal is doomed. It just means that you need to take a different path to get there. Open your mind to other possibilities and you'll discover that your end-goal is still well within your reach.
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