We all have things that we want to achieve in our lives-getting into the better shape, building a successful business, raising a wonderful family, and so on.
What I’m starting to realize, however, is that when it comes to actually getting things done and making progress in the areas that are important to you, there is a much better way to do things. It all comes down to the difference between goals and systems.
Goals are good for planning your progress and systems are good for actually making progress.Goals can provide direction and even push you forward in the short term, but eventually a well-designed system will always win. Having a system is what matters.
A.None of this is to say that goals are useless. |
B.If you’re a writer, your goal is to write a book. |
C.Forget about predicting the future and build a system. |
D.I never set a word count goal for any particular article. |
E.Committing to the process is what makes the difference. |
F.And for most of us, the path to those things starts by setting a specific goal. |
G.As an example, I just added up the total word count for the articles I’ve written this year. |