022 Redesigning Goals
Hello Everybody,
Hope you're having an amazing weekend! Here's your weekly Amazing Things & Ideas Newsletter. Find one original idea from my side followed by the List.
One Original Idea
Redesigning Goals
, we looked at how reflecting on and reviewing what happened in the year, every year-end can become so insightful.
I promised that this week's subject would be on setting goals for the new year to come.
For ease, I've written an article on the complete year-end system; which is (hopefully) the ultimate individual year-end reviewing and goal-setting practice.
To read possibly one of my most important articles published on the blog this entire year, and the promised chunk for today's newsletter, click here➡️
I assure you that this goal redesigning practice we cover in the article can be of immense benefit and clarity resulting in better and much improved actions, decisions, and thinking in 2022 (or any other year after that).
Once again, to read the article, click here➡️
The Amazing Things & Ideas List
Quote of the week:
"There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge." ― Napoleon Hill
Audiobook I'm listening to:
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
I quote the book description here because every word of what it says the book is about, it delivers exquisitely:
"A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's fascinating and humorous quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. He takes subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry, and particle physics, and aims to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. In the company of some extraordinary scientists, Bill Bryson reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before."
The importance of understanding deeply through first principles:
"Don’t face complex issues head-on; first understand simple ideas deeply. Clear the clutter and expose what is really important. Be brutally honest about what you know and don’t know. Then see what’s missing, identify the gaps, and fill them in. Let go of bias, prejudice, and preconceived notions. There are degrees to understanding (it’s not just a yes-or-no proposition) and you can always heighten yours. Rock-solid understanding is the foundation for success."
― Elements of Effective Thinking (article from the blog of Farnam Street)
The value of creative work is not tied to the time it takes to create it. It all adds up:
"When it comes to the idea that the value of creative work, which in the broadest sense includes, for example, decision making and problem-solving, is not tied to time, a story about Pablo Picasso is often cited. This story was first told by Mark H. McCormack and is probably not true, but it illuminates the main point very well:
"It always reminds me of the story about the woman who approached Picasso in a restaurant, asked him to scribble something on a napkin, and said she would be happy to pay whatever he felt it was worth. Picasso complied and then said, “That will be $10,000.”
the astonished woman replied.“But you did that in thirty seconds,”“No,” Picasso said. “It has taken me forty years to do that.”
― On Wasting Time (article from Sven Schnieders' blog)
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Thank you for reading. I hope you found that helpful. Have a great week ahead!
Onward,
Arjun
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