Comments on: Misconceptions of Goals: How to Utilize the Power of the Ebb and Flow http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/misconceptions-of-goals-how-to-utilize-the-power-of-the-ebb-and-flow/ ...and your place in it. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:02:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: laura http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/misconceptions-of-goals-how-to-utilize-the-power-of-the-ebb-and-flow/#comment-226 laura Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:44:29 +0000 http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/misconceptions-of-goals-how-to-utilize-the-power-of-the-ebb-and-flow/#comment-226 Matt- I hear you. Definitely Wicks- Good point. (Emily hates when I post comments that just say "good point." She doesn't think it adds any value, but I think your comment is a good point, so I posted that anyway.) Matt- I hear you. Definitely

Wicks- Good point. (Emily hates when I post comments that just say “good point.” She doesn’t think it adds any value, but I think your comment is a good point, so I posted that anyway.)

]]> By: Wicks http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/misconceptions-of-goals-how-to-utilize-the-power-of-the-ebb-and-flow/#comment-225 Wicks Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:07:52 +0000 http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/misconceptions-of-goals-how-to-utilize-the-power-of-the-ebb-and-flow/#comment-225 One doesn't have to live their life in a month. (this is such an American problem). I also think young people feel like they have to accomplish everything without doing any real work. One doesn’t have to live their life in a month. (this is such an American problem). I also think young people feel like they have to accomplish everything without doing any real work.

]]> By: Matt Shultz http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/misconceptions-of-goals-how-to-utilize-the-power-of-the-ebb-and-flow/#comment-222 Matt Shultz Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:10:09 +0000 http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/misconceptions-of-goals-how-to-utilize-the-power-of-the-ebb-and-flow/#comment-222 Good luck on the GRE! That point about setting nigh-impossible goals serving as a motivator matches exactly with my own experience. All the things I've done - joining the army, getting a physics degree, learning Japanese (especially that last one) - I've done almost out of spite. In pretty well every case I had one or more people tell me I was biting off more than I could chew, and that only made me want to prove them wrong. I'm not sure it's universal though; not everyone has that sort of 'fuck you' attitude. A lot of people I know have more of a 'fuck it' attitude. Though maybe that's just more ebb and flow.... Good luck on the GRE!

That point about setting nigh-impossible goals serving as a motivator matches exactly with my own experience. All the things I’ve done - joining the army, getting a physics degree, learning Japanese (especially that last one) - I’ve done almost out of spite. In pretty well every case I had one or more people tell me I was biting off more than I could chew, and that only made me want to prove them wrong. I’m not sure it’s universal though; not everyone has that sort of ‘fuck you’ attitude. A lot of people I know have more of a ‘fuck it’ attitude. Though maybe that’s just more ebb and flow….

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