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exploring goal free a bit more

• Posted by Theresa on June 19th, 2006 filed in Book Review, Goal-Free Living, Self-Help

Stephen Shapiro author of Goal-Free Living: How to Have the Life You Want NOW! has more to say from his blog:

Being goal-free is having a sense of direction (not a specific destination), playing full out, and then “meandering with purpose.” Being goal-free does not mean being entirely free from goals. Rather it means being free from the burden of goals that grips so many people. It is about actively participating in life.

When you are consumed by your goals, you focus on the future rather than being present to what is around you. You become stressed. As a result, you don’t perform your best. All of my studies and examples show that people who “try harder” are often less successful in achieving their “goals.”

By being focused on the present, enjoying what you are doing, and being open to new opportunities, success finds you…in all areas of life.

I think I will enjoy what I am going to be doing - yes, I got a job. I am going to be the assistant manager for the FranklinCovey store at the SouthCenter Mall. I am going to relax and enjoy my job, do the best that I can, grow in it, and have fun while helping my store become the best it can. Tomorrow I go in and meet with the manager to figure out my schedule.

Just for the record - when I say relax, I don’t mean I won’t be working hard. What I mean is that I won’t be stressing out trying to make this job fit into some higher plan. And I won’t be stressing trying to find a job that fits my “in-the-box” goal. I am going to focus on the present, enjoy what I am doing and be open to whatever comes my way.

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