No, I don't want to plagiarise Mr. Godin's great thoughts. But to explain my point and to elaborate on the subject of this post, I have to use the whole post. The emotions I went through in a short span of time. Highlighted in red.
The thing about goals (I am curious. That concept called 'goals'. Let's see what Seth Godin says)
Having goals is a pain in the neck.(Oh, so true! I feel happy)
If you don't have a goal (a corporate goal, a market share goal, a
personal career goal, an athletic goal…) then you can just do your
best.(Oh, true again! The man also feels like that) You can take what comes. You can reprioritize on a regular basis.
If you don't have a goal, you never have to worry about missing it. If
you don't have a goal you don't need nearly as many excuses, either. (I buy. True. Almost on the verge of believing, no point in setting goals.)
Not having a goal lets you make a ruckus, or have more fun, or spend time doing what matters right now, which is, after all, the moment in which you are living. (Hmm… yes, right)
The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. (Yeah, that's what! Just recently I set up myself finally to get to accomplishing a long-cherished dream. I'm finding it a big tough to manage really. What if I didn't have a goal and just went about doing things as I like randomly?)
It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who
lead, who grow and who make an impact… those people have goals. (Ah! see, the man makes his point in the last sentence. Thank God, I have a goal!)
In the shorten run, you feel joy like I felt in the first few paragraphs of the post. In between, there's some scepticism. By the time I reached the end, I realized that I am on the right track though the usual overt manifestations of joy can't be seen. It happens like that. Story telling also works like that. Movies also often end up like that. :)
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