I just saw someone putted this link in the comments under the new article :ambition vs availability
http://zenhabits.net/100-days/
I think it has its points.I found myself when I have goals I tend to mostly think about this goals,(mental masturbation)than putting myself in action ,but otherwise,for example when I really wanted to learn a language very soon,I made it to occupy myself almost all day,with it.Again too much of mental masturbation ,but somehow accomplished its purpose.What do you think?Can someone accomplish better things without setting goals?
Also like the writer of the article ,I have more artistic goals and hobbies,I dont care much about my job career ,and to seem better in my boss.And my goals also are not defined purely by money gain.
I think it depends on what you have to accomplish. I know that studies have found that for tangible, quantitative tasks, giving goals and incentives makes people more productive. For creative tasks giving people benchmarks and incentives makes them LESS productive.
So I think it depends on what you're doing. It's an interesting idea though. I'm not completely sure what I think about it. I may try it out.
I posted that. Leo Baubata has two of the best blogs out there with mnmlist.com also being excellent. I found I really began to enjoy a lot of the benefits of living a lifestyle which aims for minimalism, which I got from that blog, so I've become more and more curious about the idea of living goal-free. That was a guest post, but here's one where Leo talks about it himself:
http://zenhabits.net/no-goal/
It's funny, because like he says; he used to blog a lot about goals. The fact that he gave them up really impresses me and makes me pretty curious. But his job is much more creative, so I think Mark's opinion could still apply. I know I get a great feeling of achievement from improving towards my goals in the gym. But maybe I'd enjoy it even more if I dropped those goals too...
Well I was thinking about it,and I realised that most of my " none accomplished plans" happen in PU.
Now I would blame this in anxiety issues and impossibility of much practice,but also I think too much planning perhaps play its part here.
If for example not have plans about what you will do in the night,or when you go out,if you will approach or not and you let yourself free,perhaps will open new ways for you,specially in the beginning(of this mindset).Also there is some common problems,like people not going out because of their approach anxiety issues(in their mind,no Approach,no girls,so boring night,so better take a rest,I have fall for this routine many times).
In PU what worked for me is to have a couple of goals and then have someone else force me to achieve them.
When I was starting and my Anxiety was just out of the charts a "no-goals" approach just wouldn't work because I will use it as a excuse to not approach: "na, today I'm not picking up, I'm just having fun with my friends, better not to mess it up by risking a rejection". If I tried to set goals and fulfill them by myself I would just chicken out and think "next time I'll do it". But if someone was actually pushing me I would at least approach... And though approaches were mostly aweful and very outcome dependant, eventually I'll find some chick with her own reality that would like me... Numbers game...
Nowadays, just not masturbating for a week or so is enough to break my approach anxiety without goals, I'm just horny enough to approach a women I like without preparing it or having a goal... And to be really sexual also...