If the goals people set for themselves are fundamentally selfish, they will find no real degree of fulfillment on their part, even if they continue to achieve them.
The following framework is something you can use to challenge your motivations and choose your goals well:
- Good-good
- Good-not good
- Not good-good
- Not good-not good
Good-good is the perspective in which a person sets goals that are good for themselves and are also fundamentally good for someone else. These are healthy, balanced goals. Good-good requires that we look beyond our own perspective and consider how others will benefit from the goals we set for ourselves.
Good-Good recognizes that there is power in partnership and encourages people to work together in a way where all parties benefit.
The wise person strives to set goals that benefit everyone. They use discernment, wisdom, and foresight to make wise choices. set goals that will bring them a greater degree of fulfillment in life.
Good-not-good is the perspective and approach to goal setting in which an individual sets goals that are good for themselves, but not good for anyone else. Many people take this approach to goal setting: it's competitive, selfish, and looks solely at what "I" can gain, with little or no consideration for how this affects others .
Those who have chosen this approach to goal setting often fail to recognize how their actions and behaviors might affect other people.
The wise person asks himself the question: "Is this goal good for me and for other people?"
Not good-good is the perspective in which a person sets goals that are good for others but not good for himself.
Such individuals are committed to serving others often at enormous cost to themselves. Being altruistic can be a good thing, but if it is detrimental to the progress an individual is making, it is unwise.
It's nice to give, but sometimes it's also important to count the cost. The wise person engages in a balanced approach to goal setting in which he considers the needs of others, but also his own.
No good-no good is the perspective in which an individual sets goals that demonstrate a complete lack of respect for themselves or anyone else.
People who choose this perspective often do not consider how their actions and behaviors might affect others. They make rash decisions, which means they don't move forward and others in their lives don't move forward either.
This approach serves no one. Others will find it difficult to take seriously people who have chosen to live this way.
This time there are no questions to answer, only sincere introspection is required and if you have reached the end of the article perhaps a new vision of goals has appeared in you. With this wish I invite you to leave your mark in the comments.
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