The following is part of a paragraph from the section called Goal Ambition:
I see that the whole sentence is italicized.
Why is the sentence italicized? Why do words get italicized in general? I think the quote above is italicized to highlight an important idea. It’s an important idea in the article.
My question is how do goals define errors? I think I see how… Wait, I think I read that wrong. I see goals define which errors are important.
An example I think is if you’re throwing the ball to someone who’s running to catch it. The error of throwing it too soon before he even arrives is important to work on. Idk which errors would be unimportant in that scenario. I think maybe if you look at background knowledge and stuff you’ll be able to tell.
Maybe if I compare two goals I’ll get a better picture:
- Throwing the ball to someone stationary at arm’s reach.
- Throwing the ball to someone running at arm’s reach
I think the error of focusing too little or too much power into your throw could apply to both goals. On number two you gotta anticipate where the other person is going to be so the ball makes it to them. Idk
I wonder what makes a goal good and clear. After reading the sentence tho, it seems that if you got a good and clear goal then that’s what’s going to help you progress in life. Not really when you’re struggling to get one thing right at all.
If you have good and clear goals:
I wonder how many errors/problems is all of them. Like, every one of them?? I think since your goal is good and clear then you would know it’s good to work on an error i think. Idk
If you had an unclear and bad goal like one that’s too ambitious then you’ll have so many errors to work on. If you try working on every error/problem then you will get overwhelmed.
The goal can be vague or too perfectionist. I think you’ll have to ignore some problems in perfectionist goals cuz you’ll know about some errors more than others. You can probably come back to them later and see if they’re worth working on maybe.