Goal setting being one of the few themes that has been discussed to the lengths of exhaustion when it comes to personal development, I decided to make a series of articles about it. And when it comes to the question of why this subject if it is already saturated, and after all why the format of series of articles, let’s get the obvious out of the way and say that, first and foremost, it needs some variety in approach.
Regardless of whether you have the resources to attain formal education or not, self-teaching proves useful and fulfilling any which way you try to spin it. Scrutinizing formal education down to its basics the flaws are more than apparent.
Self-teaching, on the other hand, provides myriad of ways to approach it, is quite flexible, offers a model which, when perfected, allows you to progress in areas way beyond what formal education can afford to teach.
Despite the notion which saturates books and media even way back before the turn of the century, saying that routines are something we should definitely try to avoid, the majority of successful and self-actualized people would beg to differ.
On a wider scope we are being led to believe that routines represent a strict, even masochistic to an extent, set of rules we are conditioned to abide by; same as habits when you think about it, only with the subtle difference of pouring way more intention in the process.
We all have a blueprint of how our life should look like couple of years from now. And the general vicinity of what we experience as a reality to what our blueprint looks like is what leads to either happiness and fulfillment in life or frustration and a whole spectrum of negativity.
However, what we rarely seem to control, but nonetheless allow for it to have an influence over our lives, is what other people say and suggest.
Starting a conversation at a cocktail party, or with any relative stranger for that matter, you will notice that the first thing that gets exchanged is your name and job title. It’s like “Hi, I’m Bob and I’m a lawyer” is a common line when describing oneself.
And for the person you are having the conversation with, this should somehow explain a lot about you, define you in a way. At least that’s what we are used to believe.
But there is more to Bob than his law degree and practice just as there is more to you than your education and what you do for a living.