added by Supritha S · updated 2y ago
Most Accomplishments Are Invisible
- Maybe it’s not the achieving stuff that makes us happy, but rather the act of chasing after achievements. Most people need to feel that they are contributing to society. At least for me, when I try to picture my ideal days, it doesn’t matter if I’ve accomplished anything in the past. But my visions always involve working towards some kind of goal i... See more
from Nobody optimizes happiness by dynomight
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I think “accomplishments” are traps. Accomplishments, by their very definition, exist only in the past or future—which are not even real things.
from Growth Without Goals by Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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- Adam Gopnik: In my lexicon – which may be idiosyncratic but I think is also illuminating – “achievement”represents all the outer-directed, institutionally compelled things we do to advance our lives or those of our children. Getting grades, passing classes, pushing forward into select colleges. All of that. “Accomplishment” on the other hand, means... See more
from Accomplishment vs. Achievement
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accomplishment = inner-directed
achievement = outer-directed