It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
I believe in the saying, 'If you aim at nothing, you're going to hit nothing.' So if you don't set goals, then you have nowhere to go.
Some goals you just never really think about trying to achieve because they just seem so out of reach.
What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
I'm big on setting goals, but I also think that if you have too many lofty ambitions and set goals for everything, you can sabotage your efforts by overextending your brain.
It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.
Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success.
There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way.
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