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When setting goals for oneself whether it be personal business or spiritual what is best shooting for the stars or being realistic ?
Be realistic! If you set an impossible goal, you will fail (because it is impossible) and this will only make you feel bad about yourself. Set small, measurable goals. As you meet each one, your accomplishments will give you chizuk to keep going.
I think that even gedolim set reasonable goals -even “small” ones – and certainly this is encouraged by roshei yeshiva and mashgichim.
Do both. Have realistic goals set, but don’t think the sky is the limit.
I plan on changing the world in a positive way. Till that’s possible, I’ve got my regular life goals. Of course, I’m too busy trolling online to pay attention to either of my goals 🙂
Realistic goals, of course.
I think shooting for the stars is kind of like an escape, at least sub-consciously.
SanityIsOverrated: Changing the world can also be done one realistic goal at a time.
SanityIsOverrated said:
I plan on changing the world in a positive way. Till that’s possible, I’ve got my regular life goals. Of course, I’m too busy trolling online to pay attention to either of my goals 🙂
So, here’s a famous quote I really like from Steve Jobs (late co-founder of Apple Inc)
-Steve Jobs
I like that quote!
It’s true an individual can change the world with one realistic goal at a time. Personally, I have yet to figure out how I can do that.
Shooting for the stars can be an escape, but without it, we’re limited. People don’t know their own potential. That’s why it’s important not to be encumbered by what we accept ourselves to be. It may be who I am today, but no-one knows how far they can go tomorrow. Don’t get lost dreaming of stars though. You may miss the ship when it takes off.
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