Defining objectives is an easy task.

Implementing them is the hard task.

And it starts with defining the objective.

I see this regularly. People set themselves an objective they must achieve.

It can be an objective to “scale the company to gain the necessary reputation”, “make sure they become financially independent to then be able to be active as a philanthropist” or “secure the contract with a major customer.”

All these goals imply an obligation, something that must be achieved. They all connect with something that seems to describe a threat should the objective not be attained. They have given themselves a view of what failure would mean.

It’s easy for people to be stuck with such an objective.

The generated anxiety makes it harder to lean into the objective. But it would be necessary to do so to be able to determine the journey it will take to reach such an objective.

The fear to fail can invite the desire to force the result.

That only works if one becomes attached to the result.

From what I’ve seen it transforms the journey into one of small steps that are combined with the hope that one eventually will get there. Most often, by assuming that working even harder is the best recipe.