Comments on: Give Up and Get Happy, What Yoda and Buddha Know http://eatenbytigers.com/goals-and-happiness/ Adventures in Non-Conformity Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: 7 ways to reclaim your inherent power — Eaten by Tigers http://eatenbytigers.com/goals-and-happiness/#comment-159 7 ways to reclaim your inherent power — Eaten by Tigers Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:24:44 +0000 http://eatenbytigers.com/?p=386#comment-159 [...] we live in a culture where if you’re not being “productive” (which is subjective, anyway) you’re not a good human being. i used to work for FranklicCovey and can appreciate the excitement and power of goal-setting. however, as i pointed in how productivity ruins your life folks tend to set goals for things other than their most important. add the stress, guilt, and negative associations of failing to meet a made-up metric of where you think you should be and we see that goals don’t exactly make people happy. [...] [...] we live in a culture where if you’re not being “productive” (which is subjective, anyway) you’re not a good human being. i used to work for FranklicCovey and can appreciate the excitement and power of goal-setting. however, as i pointed in how productivity ruins your life folks tend to set goals for things other than their most important. add the stress, guilt, and negative associations of failing to meet a made-up metric of where you think you should be and we see that goals don’t exactly make people happy. [...]

]]> By: Eaten by Tigers http://eatenbytigers.com/goals-and-happiness/#comment-150 Eaten by Tigers Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000 http://eatenbytigers.com/?p=386#comment-150 Word. Word.

]]> By: JIm Whatley http://eatenbytigers.com/goals-and-happiness/#comment-149 JIm Whatley Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:34:01 +0000 http://eatenbytigers.com/?p=386#comment-149 Happy good, sad bad. Happy good, sad bad.

]]> By: Eaten by Tigers http://eatenbytigers.com/goals-and-happiness/#comment-100 Eaten by Tigers Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:07:00 +0000 http://eatenbytigers.com/?p=386#comment-100 some folks may feel a sense of panic when they read this... ultimately. it doesn't matter. others reading that may experience an incredible sense of relief :) i'm reminded of a <a href="http://www.businessbackpacker.com/the-medicine-man-that-lives-in-a-cave/" rel="nofollow">recent post</a> of yours and the lesson that life is fulfilled through actions disconnected from any desire for future outcomes. some folks may feel a sense of panic when they read this… ultimately. it doesn’t matter. others reading that may experience an incredible sense of relief :)

i’m reminded of a recent post of yours and the lesson that life is fulfilled through actions disconnected from any desire for future outcomes.

]]> By: Brooke Ferguson http://eatenbytigers.com/goals-and-happiness/#comment-98 Brooke Ferguson Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:06:51 +0000 http://eatenbytigers.com/?p=386#comment-98 Hey Mark! Great post. I think it is our natural tendency to stress out about "What's Next?!?" or "What's Going To Happen To ME??". We freak out and carry on (as if we were the first person to ask these questions or be concerned). Part of what I'm realizing is that I'm not all that important, and when it comes down to it, it doesn't really matter. If I can just go with the flow and stop trying to conquer the world, I become Much More Happy. The most stressed I've ever been was when I was resisting my situation rather than embracing it. I think the best thing that has happened lately is being humbled and realizing that none of it really matters anyway. Cheers! Hey Mark!

Great post. I think it is our natural tendency to stress out about “What’s Next?!?” or “What’s Going To Happen To ME??”. We freak out and carry on (as if we were the first person to ask these questions or be concerned).

Part of what I’m realizing is that I’m not all that important, and when it comes down to it, it doesn’t really matter. If I can just go with the flow and stop trying to conquer the world, I become Much More Happy. The most stressed I’ve ever been was when I was resisting my situation rather than embracing it. I think the best thing that has happened lately is being humbled and realizing that none of it really matters anyway.

Cheers!

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