The power of goals .Haven't we come across this often enough nowadays.Every vendor selling a book in the pavement, has at least a dozen books about goal setting and positive thinking.The idea of things coming true due to constant thoughts in the mind is indeed fascinating ..But off late , i was getting the feeling that it sometimes disturbs us if not used in the right way
We all have different dreams.Lets take work .Many of us ,do not like the current job that we are in and are in constant search for what we call a dream company .Depending on the line of work , it can be ranging from a Microsoft to Google , Intel to AMD, Cisco to Juniper ,Ferrari or a Lotus,Docomo to Verizon .I have heard many good and wonderful reviews about google so I am taking that as an example .Lets say I have a goal of working for Google and i do the steps of writing and believing that I am working in Google .Eventually I become a google employee (this really works).
But until i become an employee , everyday I remember the goal and every time i remind myself of the goal, a small part of me is both sad, as well as impatient.It reminds me that I am not in the dream organisation currently .The moment i think of google , i feel incomplete. Its as if i will be happy only if I get into Google or Ferrari or Intel.In the end , we might get work in our dream companies ,but are we happy during the process ?
Its as if we are always hoping and living for some moment in the future .We are always working for a life that would make us happy in times to come .What we don't realise , is when the time comes , there is some other dream ,waiting to disturb us .Many of us live for the future all the time ,forgetting that there is happiness in the present .Agreed goals are important and without them , we would be quite aimless .But we also need to remind ourselves what we actually want .Its not the goal that we seek , but the happiness in achieving the goal .In the race to achieve the goal , lets not forget why we are trying to achieve the goal . My goal was to write a Post this month and what I seek is happiness knowing that there are people who are reading it ;)
One of my all time favourites from Kung Fu Panda "Yesterday is history , tomorrow is a mystery , today is a gift ,that is why it is called PRESENT"
