Goals vs Systems

Одна из наиболее крутых фраз из Atomic Habits, открывающих глаза на многое, на мой взгляд:
«Winners and losers have the same goals.»

Дальше идет более подробное раскрытие мысли:

Every Olympian wants to win a gold medal. Every candidate wants to get the job. And if successful and unsuccessful people share the same goals, then the goal cannot be what differentiates the winners from the losers.

The goal had always been there. It was only when they implemented a system of continuous small improvements that they achieved a different outcome.

Второй тезис: «Goals restrict your happiness».
«Once I reach my goal, then I’ll be happy.» The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.

Furthermore, goals create an “either-or” conflict: either you achieve your goal and are successful or you fail and you are a disappointment.

A systems-first mentality provides the antidote. When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running. And a system can be successful in many different forms, not just the one you first envision.

Джеймс Клир приводит в пример спортсменов, которые перестают заниматься спортом после того, как они выигрывают важный для себя чемпионат, например, олимпиаду. Цель достигнута и ничто уже больше не мотивирует тренироваться.

The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game.

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P.S. Предыдущая часть серии versus-постов — тык.