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Hi folks,
I'm curious. Has anyone here in this forum really reached their initial goals?
By that, I mean starting with nothing, and deciding "I will do X and earn X in X days/weeks/months/years" and actually achieved it?
I don't know, it seems to me pursuing a goal is actually counter-productive.
There's just too many variables. Too many parameters. Too many things you don't know you don't know.
I'm really talking about starting from scratch.
When you have a profitable business, going from say $1000 to $2000 revenue per month is tangible.
It's merely a matter of increasing speed, efforts, adapting a strategy, to grow 10, 20, or 100%, whatever.
But setting a concrete, precise goal (especially a money one) when you don't have anything going on? Isn't it delusional?
There's this "Backward Law" I came across a few times the last years. Basically it says: the more you're fixated on pursuing something, the more it eludes you.
I heard many people here in this forum with valuable advice say something similar.
And then, there's this video:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXQPL9GooyI
It drives the point in a rather scientific way.
So I'm wondering, has anyone ever really achieved an arbitrary goal they set for themselves, starting from scratch?
I'm curious. Has anyone here in this forum really reached their initial goals?
By that, I mean starting with nothing, and deciding "I will do X and earn X in X days/weeks/months/years" and actually achieved it?
I don't know, it seems to me pursuing a goal is actually counter-productive.
There's just too many variables. Too many parameters. Too many things you don't know you don't know.
I'm really talking about starting from scratch.
When you have a profitable business, going from say $1000 to $2000 revenue per month is tangible.
It's merely a matter of increasing speed, efforts, adapting a strategy, to grow 10, 20, or 100%, whatever.
But setting a concrete, precise goal (especially a money one) when you don't have anything going on? Isn't it delusional?
There's this "Backward Law" I came across a few times the last years. Basically it says: the more you're fixated on pursuing something, the more it eludes you.
I heard many people here in this forum with valuable advice say something similar.
And then, there's this video:
It drives the point in a rather scientific way.
So I'm wondering, has anyone ever really achieved an arbitrary goal they set for themselves, starting from scratch?
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