Goals are for losers, systems are for winners - Scott Adams
The pursuit of a goal gives you a purpose and the growth makes you feel great. The completion of a goal makes you feel awesome, but it never lasts long and before long you're left lost, without purpose, which leads to depression, a state which will likely destroy most of your progress you made pursuing the goal.
How do we avoid this lonely state, but still continue to grow and make progress? By thinking in systems, instead of goals. A goal is a target we work towards hitting, a system is the daily process of trying to get better. A goal may be to run a marathon in X amount of time. A system would be to run daily, pushing yourself a little further each day/ It doesn't end once you hit your target as a new target is made each day, continuing growth and the positive feelings attached to that.
Goal - Pass an exam System - Learn something new each day
Goal - Lost 5 stone System - Maintain a healthy weight
Goal - Read a book System - Read a little each day
Task
1. Write down all your goals
2. Break them down into daily tasks
3. Notice how daily improvements make you feel
Journal Questions
1. What systems do you have?
2. What systems have you performed today?
3. How can you convert new goals into systems?
