Superstar Code. Thought no. 2

Abhijit Pradhan
Sep 6, 2018 · 2 min read

Goals : The importance of the WHY behind the WHAT

“man jump about to hold ball near net” by ÁLVARO MENDOZA on Unsplash

When we decide to “Superstar” our life, how do we define where we are vs we “really” are and where we “really” want to be ?

It is of course brave and appreciable to take a step to change your “reality” to a state you desire action that via Goals

But, sometimes our journey towards what we aim at may not be the journey that we “actually” want or simply put, are we spending our life chasing Goals that don’t matter ??!!

Let me give you an example of 3 people having identical goals.

Lose 10 kgs of Weight.

That would make them kindred souls right ? May not be.

Let’s examine their goals closely to try and uncover the “true motivation” behind the goals or the WHY behind the WHAT and you find this

  1. Person 1 wants to lose weight to attract the right person romantically into his life
  2. Person 2 wants to lose weight to gain confidence at work
  3. Person 3 wants to lose weight to turn around a health challenge

So, if you use the True Motivation Filter, one realises that the goals are actually :

  1. Attract the right person into my life
  2. Gain confidence at work
  3. Solve my health challenges

They all probably assumed that their goals were 10 kg weight loss ( and it would get them to these “real goals”) without realising what those real goals were in the first place.

And what happens when we chase the false goals ?

  1. We achieve them and we still don’t feel fulfilled !
  2. We don’t achieve them and feel even worse !

Lose-Lose situation at best !!

What’s the way to know your TRUE GOALS

CLARITY. Use the WHY Filter for every goal. Why are you really doing it ? If it passes that, it is a goal worth chasing. If it is not, then what is the true goal that you haven’t considered chasing !

Abhijit Pradhan

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