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Goals Should Be Fun!

Now, that might just be what project managers (either on a personal or on a company level) should be looking out for when planning their next project.

Steve Pavlina on Goal Planning…

I put this problem aside for a while, and one day when I was journaling, a different approach came to me. Instead of trying to plan the most efficient path to my goal, what would happen if I tried to plan the most enjoyable path?

Home sapiens are creatures of emotion. No matter how well a plan is ever documented on paper, as long as there’s lack of desire to pursue the objective of the plan, it might well stayed on the drawing board.

Logic can only show us the path, but it really is up to how much we enjoy the path that will determine if we ever get to the finishing line.

Maybe that’s why many people can’t get out of debts or save enough for retirement…since spending is always the most enjoyable part of the personal cash flow cycle, while allocating a certain percentage from one’s salary to clear off debts or saving for retirement is easily ranked the lowest in priority when it comes to planning one’s personal finance.

After reading through Steve’s article, the key would be find out the right ingredients to ensure that we do not avoid the problems at hand, but instead, we should work-around the issue with “fun” in mind.





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  • shadowfox
    Can't help it lah, many people are locked into car loans.

    But as they say, if the buying stops, so does the killing.

    Malaysians are just not united enough to boycott the auto industry for at least 6 months.

    Otherwise, you can bring Proton and all the auto industry players here to it's knees, and the govt will have to revise the car prices or suffer the consequences.
  • our inner most desire to seek happiness. however, loans and mismanagement of our credit card debts can lead to stress, sickness and sadness.
    i suppose, we need to set a goal to reverse/restire all that... lah.
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